Bids Shortlist
The five countries who were shortlisted to host the tournament including one joint bid:
- Angola
- Gabon / Equatorial Guinea
- Libya
- Nigeria (reserve hosts)
Gabon and Equatorial Guinea won the right to host the tournament after defeating a Nigerian bid along with two other bid winning nations, Angola and Libya. Bids from Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Senegal were rejected. For the first time in CAF history, the hosts of three successive tournaments were chosen at the same time; Angola was chosen to host in 2010, Gabon/Equatorial Guinea were chosen as hosts for the 2012 cup and Libya was originally scheduled to host the 2013 edition. In light of the Libyan civil war, Libya and South Africa then traded places, with the former arranging in 2017 and the latter in 2013 instead.
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