2014 African Cup of Nations

The 2014 African Cup of Nations will be the 29th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It will be hosted by Libya. [cite news |title=Angola to host 2010 Nations Cup |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/football/africa/5314036.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2006-09-04 |accessdate=2006-09-27 ] Libya won the right to host the tournament after defeating a Nigerian bid along with three other bid winning nations, Angola, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Bids from Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Senegal were rejected and did not reach the shortlist. For the first time in CAF history, the hosts of three successive tournaments were chosen at the same time; Angola was chosen to host in 2010, Gabon/Equatorial Guinea were chosen as hosts for the 2012 cup and Libya for the 2014 edition. Nigeria was chosen as a stand-by host in the event that one of the chosen nations were to become unsuitable. It will be the second time that Libya hosts the event, the previous time being in 1982.

Bids shortlist

Five countries were put on the shortlist to host the tournament including one joint bid.

*flag|Angola
*flag|Gabon / flag|Equatorial Guinea
*flag|Libya
*flag|Niger / flag|Nigeria

Qualification

*fb|Libya: Host country for 2014 African Cup of Nations.

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