Schedule
The MTN 26th Africa Cup of Nations - GHANA 2008 Schedule of Games (Matches)
NOTE: All city venues in Ghana are @ GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
Please do your math! Take away 5 hours for New York, USA; Add 1 hour for Lagos, Nigeria; Keep same hour for London, UK; take away 8 hours for Los Angeles, USA; Add 9 hours for Tokyo, Japan etc.
* The number preceding the match is the order of games that will play out in a linear time order. 32 Games altogether!
Group A Matches - Date • Time • Venue
1 GHANA v GUINÉE Sunday 20 Jan 17H:00 Accra
2 NAMIBIA v MOROCCO Monday 21 Jan 15H:00 Accra
9 GUINÉE v MOROCCO Thursday 24 Jan 17H:00 Accra
10 GHANA v NAMIBIA Thursday 24 Jan 19H:30 Accra
17 GHANA v MOROCCO Monday 28 Jan 17H:00 Accra
18 GUINÉE v NAMIBIA Monday 28 Jan 17H:00 Sekondi
Group B Matches - Date • Time • Venue
3 NIGERIA v CÔTE D’IVOIRE Monday 21 Jan 17H:00 Sekondi
4 MALI v BENIN Monday 21 Jan 19H:30 Sekondi
11 CÔTE D’IVOIRE v BENIN Friday 25 Jan 17H:00 Sekondi
12 NIGERIA v MALI Friday 25 Jan 19H:30 Sekondi
19 NIGERIA v BENIN Tuesday 29 Jan 17H:00 Sekondi
20 CÔTE D’IVOIRE v MALI Tuesday 29 Jan 17H:00 Accra
Group C Matches - Date • Time • Venue
5 EGYPT v CAMEROON Tuesday 22 Jan 17H:00 Kumasi
6 SUDAN v ZAMBIA Tuesday 22 Jan 19H:30 Kumasi
13 CAMEROON v ZAMBIA Saturday 26 Jan 17H:00 Kumasi
14 EGYPT v SUDAN Saturday 26 Jan 19H:30 Kumasi
21 EGYPT v ZAMBIA Wednesday 30 Jan 17H:00 Kumasi
22 CAMEROON v SUDAN Wednesday 30 Jan 17H:00 Tamale
Group D Matches - Date • Time • Venue
7 TUNISIA v SENEGAL Wednesday 23 Jan 17H:00 Tamale
8 SOUTH AFRICA v ANGOLA Wednesday 23 Jan 19H:30 Tamale
15 SENEGAL v ANGOLA Sunday 27 Jan 17H:00 Tamale
16 TUNISIA v SOUTH AFRICA Sunday 27 Jan 19H:30 Tamale
23 TUNISIA v ANGOLA Thursday 31 Jan 17H:00 Tamale
24 SENEGAL v SOUTH AFRICA Thursday 31 Jan 17H:00 Kumasi
Quarter Final Matches - Date • Time • Venue
25 1st A - GHANA v 2nd B - NIGERIA Sunday 03 Feb 17H:00 Accra
26 1st B - CôTE D’IVOIRE v 2nd A - GUINÉE Sunday 03 Feb 20H:30 Sekondi
27 1st C - EGYPT v 2nd D -ANGOLA Monday 04 Feb 17H:00 Kumasi
28 1st D - TUNISIA v 2nd C -CAMEROON Monday 04 Feb 20H:30 Tamale
Semi-Final Matches - Date • Time • Venue
29 Winner of match 25 - GHANA v Winner of match 28 - Cameroon *** Thursday 07 Feb 17H:00 Accra
30 Winner of match 26 - CôTE D’IVOIRE v Winner of match 27 - Egypt *** Thursday 07 Feb 20H:30 Kumasi
3rd Place Matches - Date • Time • Venue
31 Loser of match 29 GHANA v Loser of match 30 CôTE D’IVOIRE *** Saturday 09 Feb 17H:00 Kumasi
Final Match - Date • Time • Venue
32 Winner of match 29 Cameroon v Winner of match 30 Egypt *** Saturday 10 Feb 17H:00 Accra **** FINAL for Trophy!
Where to watch?
• Watch comprehensive coverage of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations on the BBC.
• Watch live Internet stream coverage of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations on
3A TeleSud in USA (En Direct!).
• Match schedules for Euorpe: BBC; Setanta; Sky and EuroSport
• Live Internet Stream of Matches - CAN 2008 Live
• Live Internet Stream of Matches - Jump TV
• Satellite Transmission in North America - FTA (Free-To Air) Ku band Broadcasts
All time are GMT so if you have your sat set up on the East coast of the USA; then take away 5 hours. Start looking for programming about these games on these networks and satellites.
You will need at least a 75 cm dish + a dish motor to rotate dish to various satellites; a Ku Linear LNB and a DVB satellite box.
Key:
Network - Nationality - Languages used - Frequency - Polarity - Symbol rate VPID/APID
2M - Morocco - Arabic/French - Galaxy 25 (97.0*W) 12152 Horizontal (H) 20000 288 289
STV - Sudan - Arabic - Galaxy 25 (97.0*W) 12145 Vertical (V) 22000 2023 2033
Tunis 7 - Tunisia - Arabic/French - Galaxy 25 (97.0*W) 11836 Vertical (V) 20765 262 263
NTA Plus - Nigeria - English - Galaxy 25 (97.0*W) 11896 Vertical (V) 22000 656 657
RTPi - Portugal - Portuguese - Galaxy 25 (97.0*W) 12032 Horizontal (H) 3004 33 34
RTS - Sénégal - French - Galaxy 25 (97.0*W) 121222 Horizontal (H) 20000 895 896
1 NAMIBIA v MOROCCO Monday 21 Jan 15H:00 - 2M
3 NIGERIA v CÔTE D’IVOIRE Monday 21 Jan 12H:00 NTA
5 EGYPT v CAMEROON Tuesday 22 Jan 17H:00 -ART
6 SUDAN v ZAMBIA Tuesday 22 Jan 19H:30 STV
7 TUNISIA v SENEGAL Wednesday 23 Jan 17H:00 RTS
8 SOUTH AFRICA v ANGOLA Wednesday 23 Jan 19H:30 RTPi
9 GUINÉE v MOROCCO Thursday 24 Jan 17H:00 2M
12 NIGERIA v MALI Friday 25 Jan 19H:30 NTA
14 EGYPT v SUDAN Saturday 26 Jan 19H:30 STV
15 SENEGAL v ANGOLA Sunday 27 Jan 17H:00 RTS/RTPi
16 TUNISIA v SOUTH AFRICA Sunday 27 Jan 19H:30 Tunis 7
17 GHANA v MOROCCO Monday 28 Jan 17H:00 2M
21 EGYPT v ZAMBIA Wednesday 30 Jan 17H:00 -ART
22 CAMEROON v SUDAN Wednesday 30 Jan 17H:00 STV
23 TUNISIA v ANGOLA Thursday 31 Jan 17H:00 Tunis 7
24 SENEGAL v SOUTH AFRICA Thursday 31 Jan 17H:00 RTS
29 Ghana Vs. Cameroon, Thursday 7 Feb 17H:00 ART, TV5, 3A TeleSud
30 Egypt Vs. Côte D’Ivoire, Thursday 7 Feb 20H:30 ART, TV5, 3A TeleSud
