African Cup of Nations betting preview

Outright tournament winner

The African Cup of Nations was first held in 1957. Since then it has always taken place between the 10th and 31st of January. In the first month of 2010 the 27th edition of the tournament will take place.  The qualification for this edition of the African Cup of Nations began in October 2007. Fifty three African National teams turned up, out of which only 16 nations have qualified to go to Angola, the country that will host the tournament.

The nation that has won the African Nation’s Cup the mostis Egypt, winning the tournament an overall of 6 times. Ghana and Cameroon have won the Cup four times each.  This year’s favourites are Ivory Cost at odds of 9/4 with Bet 365 – click here for £100 in free bets

In recent years the Ivory Cost team has gained quite the selection of players. Worldly renowned footballers from clubs like Barcelona, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City. However, the team has had only one win dating to 1992. Since 1965 the Ivory Cost has appeared in 17 editions of the African Cup of Nations.

Other teams to lookout for this year are ever strong Egypt, Cameroon and Nigeria. Whilst Ivory Coast are a very strong team, we feel they are too short to back outright, and there may be some vaule in taking a chance on Nigeria at 8/1 with Paddy Power. Nigeria boast a strong squad packed with recognised Premier League players such as Jon Obi Mikkel, Obafemi Martins, Yakubu, Kanu, and Joseph Yobo to name but a few.

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