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Africa: 2012 Cup of Nations preview

The 2012 African Cup of Nations begins this weekend with two host nations, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, which have such a limited record in this competition. The former has never qualified for an African Cup of Nations before and will be an unknown quantity to most observers of this year's tournament whilst the latter have competed in just four previous tournaments and have only progressed beyond the group stage on just one occasion when reaching the last eight in 1996.

Read the full article at Stoppage Time.

Stoppage Time @ Jan 19, 2012 1:12 PM EDT | Blog Profile

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