The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations was held in an odd-numbered year.
 CAF agreed to award the next three editions from 2010 to Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Libya respectively
Moreover, a weighted coefficient on points was given to each of the last three editions of the Africa Cup of Nations as follows:2012 edition: points to be multiplied by 32010 edition: points to be multiplied by 22008 edition: points to be multiplied by 1The teams were then divided into four pots based on the ranking

