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Ghana to host 2008 African Nations Cup
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-07-09 13:30
Ghana will host the 2008 African Nations Cup after beating Libya in a vote by
the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday.
Ghana won nine votes to Libya's three among executive committee members of
the continent's ruling body in Cairo, CAF said on its website. Senegal's Mawade
Wade, also part of the 13-member committee, was absent for the vote.
Ghana, who hosted the tournament in 1963, 1978 and co-hosted it with Nigeria
in 2000, will use four venues in 2008 - Accra, Kumasi, Sekondi and Tamale.
Kofi Amoah, the Ghana bid committee chairman said: 'I feel excited, I feel we
have worked very hard to win this bid. The 2008 tournament will be for the whole
of African continent.'
This year's Cup was won by host nation Tunisia. Egypt will be the venue for
the 2006 finals.
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