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CAF completes Nations Cup
seeds
Accra, Oct 18, GhanadotGNA - The Confederation of African
Football (CAF) has named host Ghana, Nigeria, Tunisia and
Egypt in the top tier for the 26th edition of the African
Cup of Nations (Ghana CAN 2008).
Four-time winners, Cameroon lead the pack in the second tier
along with Cote D'Ivoire, Morocco and Senegal.
The third tier is made up of Guinea, Mali, South Africa and
Zambia with the last tier comprising Angola, Benin, Namibia
and Sudan.
The draw for the Ghana 2008 tournament slated for the Accra
International Conference Centre, (AICC) on Friday, October
19 would put four teams in Four Groups.
One team from each of the tiers will be allocated in a
group.
Information pieced together by GNA Sports indicates that
Ghana will be based in Group A in Accra with Egypt as head
of Group C in Kumasi.
The seeding is determined by performance of past African
Nation's Cup finals.
Below is the complete seeding.
Pool 1 - Ghana (hosts), Egypt (champions), Nigeria, Tunisia
Pool 2 - Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Morocco, Senegal
Pool 3 - Guinea, Mali, South Africa, Zambia
Pool 4 - Angola, Benin, Namibia, Sudan
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