Setanta Sport presents 
African Cup of Nations 2002 
January 19 - February 10 
ALL matches LIVE on closed-circuit TV. 


23rd African Nations Cup will be broadcast live for the first time in North America!

The biannual African Cup of Nations tournament has been played since 1957 and is therefore older than the corresponding European championship.

The 2002 African Nations Cup will take place in Mali. The poor West African state will try to establish a similar enterprise like the successful adventure of Burkina Faso in 1998. In the past the Mali national team has shown themselves sporadically at the top of African Football. They finished second in 1982. In 1994 they finished fourth. Mali has been just a bit unlucky in qualifying for ANC 2000 and had a tough draw in the preliminary knock out round for World Cup 2002 qualifiers which saw them eventually eliminated by Libya.

Group 1

A- Nigeria, B- Namibia, C- Zambia, D- Madagascar Despite a recent lack of form it should be no problem for Nigeria to reach one of the two top places as it can be expected that the three competitors will take points off each other. Struggling Zambia meanwhile will have to focus concentration because the difficult away matches at Madagascar and against the recently strong Namibians could set up a closer race for the second spot.

Group 2

A- Liberia, B- Mauritius, C- Congo, D- S. Africa A very interesting group: Liberia and Congo are both quite good teams, regularly on the verge of qualification. Mauritius has been a decent team, especially at home. South Africa should be too solid a team to fail. The race for second place seems wide open with Liberia and Congo the most likely candidates.

Group 3

A- Kenya, B- Tunisia, C- Gabon, D- Morocco Although Kenya will make another attempt to revive East African football and Gabon might win some home matches, Morocco and especially Tunisia seem too far above them in a group that does not promise much exciting news.

Group 4

A- Algeria, B-Burkina Faso, C- Burundi, D- Angola This is a rather exciting group although no recent 'big' names are among the four. Even Burundi might have a chance in this constellation. The other three are quite equally strong and it might be an interesting competition. 

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