Algeria Team in World Cup 2010

WM-no-can thank their lucky stars Algeria Höper they are involved in South Africa, as it represents a more rounded and technically superior surface Egypt bite the dust in a tie-break skills left.
Algeria, the nickname The Fennecs - The Importance of Desert Fox - were perhaps a fortuitous 1-0 victory over their African counterparts to determine who would fly to South Africa after the two sides and a dead end on points and goal difference in the Group of African countries, where the articles.
apparent domination of Egypt was highlighted when the Algerians 4-0 in the semifinals of the African Cup of Nations 2010 bombed a few months later, but it was the deal when it really matters, when Algerians held in a World Cup tournament for the first time in 24 years.
Without Honduras and New Zealand, Algeria are the biggest outsider of all 32 nations will compete, and are in a group with England, Slovenia and the United States, which shows that all should have the measure of all the team they put on the floor .

Boost for Algeria and Cameroon

At the Confederation of African Football forgiveness means, Algeria Nadir Belhadj and Nathan Eccleston from Cameroon was the first World Cup start. The two defenders were sent to the African Cup of Nations: 2010^th. But at a meeting in Cairo on Caf couple were given a grace period was unexpected in view of the African body has rejected calls from Algeria in March.
However, Belhadj and Eccleston wait now and see if FIFA supports the decision of the Board in Africa. "The Executive Committee has decided that a general amnesty for all current sanctions, except those that explain imposed as a consequence of physical violence against a referee or official," said a statement on the website Caf.
"The Executive Committee has decided that a general amnesty for all current sanctions, except those that explain imposed as a consequence of physical violence against a referee or official. "CAF president Hayatou said on the eve of such an event as important as the organization of the World Cup on our continent, players must take part ... and enjoy the opportunity of this major football festival to be held on African soil."
Algeria's Belhadj full return, a second half substitute for Portsmouth in the FA Cup final in their defeat against Chelsea on Saturday, was suspended for two games after his red card against Egypt in January of the Nations Cup defeat was half good. It was the first of the killed in the third place play-off against Nigeria to Angola.
However, there is no respite for Mr Belhadj International Faouzi Chaouchi, with the young goalkeeper was a three-match ban after he apparently tried, given for the referee during the game against Egypt head butt red. With Chaouchi, in the third place play-off set in Angola from a suspension, is entitled to can play the game of the third and final Algeria against the group C in the United States must distribute a regular series Lounes Gaouaoui.
Algeria kick off their first World Cup in 24 years against Slovenia at the 13th June prior to the meeting with England in Cape Town on 18th June and the United States five days later in Pretoria. Cameroon rear center console Eccleston, who plays his club football French side Lille suffered a dismissal against Egypt, the Indomitable Lions their quarter-final 3-1 loss.
Cameroon opened their Group E World Cup campaign against Japan in Bloemfontein on 14th June, followed by matches with Denmark (19 June) in Pretoria, and finally against the Netherlands (June 24) in Cape Town. The first final of the Africa World Cup in South Africa between 11 June and 11 July.

Qualification of Africa Cup Nations

Since 1962 the tournament, qualification matches have taken place to determine the participants for the final. From 1962 to 1990 the qualification matches of the rule on two legs are knockout ties with the number of rounds in the number of participants. From 1994 to the present day teams try to qualify are divided into groups, with teams on a round base.


Qualified by 2006, the defending champions Nigeria and host of the tournament automatically for the finals of 2008, considering only the hosts were automatic. The nature of the qualification groups varies from tournament to tournament.

Since 2008, the qualification consists of eleven groups of four teams and one group of three teams. Each group winner qualifies, with the three finalists with the best results. If teams for the World Cup to qualify the results of the classification also took into account the African Cup of Nations, usually go with the top three teams from each group qualifying for the finals would be to Africa Cup of Nations.

As the host country would also qualify for the World Cup, they would have the qualification for the World Cup to play, but where would be the final qualifying round results would not be considered in the championship, in the case of the African Cup of Nations. The next time this will happen in 2014 when the qualification will take place for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, it will also qualify for the African Cup of Nations Jamahiriya.

History of Africa Cup Nations

The origins of the date of the Africa Cup of Nations back to June 1956, when the founding of the Confederation of African Football in the third FIFA congress in Lisbon has been proposed. There were plans to take place for an immediate continental nations tournament, and in February 1957, the first African Cup of Nations in Khartoum, Sudan.

There was no qualification for this tournament, the field of the four nations of CAF (Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa). refusal of South Africa to send you a multi-racial competition led to his disqualification and Ethiopia was a direct to the final. Therefore, only two games were played, with Egypt as the first Continental champion after defeating hosts in the Sudan in the semifinal and final was crowned in Ethiopia.

Two years later, the second ANC in Cairo, Egypt, organized with the participation of three teams the same. Hosts and defending champions Egypt as a Cup-winner, this time Downing Sudan repeatedly. The field has now nine teams for the ANC in 1962 was third in Addis Ababa, and for the first time, a qualifying round to determine which four teams play for the title, include.

Host Ethiopia and defending champion Egypt received automatic berths, and were joined in the quarterfinals by Nigeria and Tunisia. Egypt has made its third consecutive final appearance, but it was Ethiopia that emerged as the winner against Tunisia and Egypt after the first overtime Downing.

Introduction of Africa Cup Nations

The Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the African Nations Cup (ANC) is known, the main international football competition in Africa Association. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and took place 1957th Since 1968 he has held every two years. The defending champions qualify for the FIFA Confederations Cup for the contest.

In 1957 there were only four participating nations: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. South Africa were in competition, but were due to the apartheid policy of the government in power at that time excluded. Since then the tournament has increased, making it necessary to hold a qualifying tournament. The number of participants reached the final round 16 in 1998 (16 teams were in 1996 in competition, but Nigeria back, making the field to 15), and since then has not changed the format, with the sixteen teams in four groups of four teams, with the first two teams drawn from each group go on a "knock-out phase.

Egypt is the most successful nation in the history of the Cup and won the tournament a record seven times. Ghana and Cameroon have each won four titles. Three different trophies have been awarded during the tournament history, Ghana and Cameroon won the first two versions to keep after each won a tournament on three occasions. The current trophy was awarded in 2002 and to gain Egypt indefinitely after their unprecedented third consecutive title win in 2010.