After a succe sful stint in the 2008 African cup of nations, Angola were awarded the rights to host the tournament for the first time in its twenty six year history. Angola, who have only featured in the competition four times, preceded to the quarter finals in 2008.Manuel Joses men have been booked at twenty one to one to win the tournament Eric Hosmer Jersey and no wonder when you see their group. Angola have been drawn in an unbelievably hard group with both Algeria and Mali to contend with. As the Black Antelopes were one of the four seeded nations they avoided the likes of Dave Winfield Jersey Cameroon and Ivory Coast and drawn a team from each of the three unseeded groups based on Fifa Rankings and performance. Angola drawn: Algeria, Mali and Malawi.Angolas first opponent, who have qualified for the 2010 Fifa World Cup, are Algeria. Although Rebah Saadanes side failed to qualify for the last two cup of nations, the Desert Foxes turned their fortunes around by not only qualifying for the 2010 world cup but also the 2010 African Cup Tyson Ross Jersey of Nations.The Black Antelopes second group phase opponents are the mighty Mali who have featured in the African Cup Of Nations five times. Despite finishing as runners up and forth place several times, Mali have never won the prestige piece of African silverware.Angolas third and final group opponent are Malawi. Randy Jones Jersey Malawi have only ever qualified for one previous tournament and have never made it past round one of the competition. Likewise, Malawi have never qualified for any other international tournaments.I think that Angola will do better than they would have at other tournaments as they will have a lot of home support but with Mali and Algeria in their group it will be hard for the hosts to precede past the group phase. In first fixture Angola will face Mali, followed by Malawi and finally Algeria on 18th January. Angola may look weak but the Black Antelopes arent out of the firing line yet and could Cory Spangenberg Jersey yet be shock knockout stage participant.