Seeding and Grouping Procedure
The draw for the tournament took place on 19 October 2007. The sixteen teams were divided into four pots according to their performances in past Cup of Nations tournaments. Ghana, as host, were automatically seeded as the top team in Group A. Egypt, the defending champions, were seeded as the top team in Group C. Each group consists of four teams, one drawn from each of the pots.
- Pot 1: Ghana (Group A), Egypt (Group C), Nigeria, Tunisia
- Pot 2: Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Morocco, Senegal
- Pot 3: Guinea, Mali, South Africa, Zambia
- Pot 4: Angola, Benin, Namibia, Sudan
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