The draw has been made for the 2012 African Cup of Nations . The two-yearly tournament will be without some of African football 's most successful teams , with seven-time winners Egypt and 1980 and 1994 champions Nigeria both failing to qualify for the showpiece competition . The tournament will get underway with Equatorial Guinea v Libya on January 21 in Bata . In a statement released by Fifa, it said that the decision to host the competition was taken after "careful consideration" and "in light of recent developments in Libya".
The draw has been made for the 2012 African Cup of Nations . The tournament will get underway with Equatorial Guinea v Libya on January 21 in Bata . In a statement released by Fifa, it said that the decision to host the competition was taken after "careful consideration" and "in light of recent developments in Libya".