AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS 2013 QUALIFIED COUNTRIES
	Country		Qualified as	Appearance in finals	Previous best performance
		South Africa	Hosts	8th	Winners (1996)
		Ghana	Winner against Malawi	19th	Winners (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)
		Mali	Winner against Botswana	8th	Second place (1972)
		Zambia	Winner against Uganda	16th	Winners (2012)
		Nigeria	Winner against Liberia	17th	Winners (1980, 1994)
		Tunisia	Winner against Sierra Leone	16th	Winners (2004)
		Côte d'Ivoire	Winner against Senegal	20th	Winners (1992)
		Morocco	Winner against Mozambique	15th	Winners (1976)
		Ethiopia	Winner against Sudan	10th	Winners (1962)
		Cape Verde	Winner against Cameroon	1st	Debut appearance
		Angola	Winner against Zimbabwe	7th	Quarter Finals (2008, 2010)
		Niger	Winner against Guinea	2nd	Group Stage (2012)
		Togo	Winner against Gabon	7th	Group Stage (six times)
		Congo DR	Winner against Equatorial Guinea	16th	Winners (1968, 1974)
		Burkina Faso	Winner against Central African Republic	9th	Fourth Place (1998)
		Algeria	Winner against Libya	15th	Winners (1990)
	Draw for the four Groups of 4 teams takes place on 24th October 2012