How to Watch the African Cup of Nations in the USA and Canada

January 10th, 2008 | by: Daryl |

PLEASE NOTE: The information below refers to the 2008 tournament. Click here for information about watching the 2010 African Cup of Nations.

There are a lot of US and Canadian soccer fans – and fans from other countries where the tournament isn’t on regular TV – frantically searching for a way to watch the African Cup of Nations. Hopefully this will provide some answers:*

Sites like telesud, MyAfricanFootball.com, boachannel and African Path all offer the same service on the Ghana2008tv platform. It costs $29.99 to watch the Africa Cup of Nations group stage and $14.99 for the knockout stage, or you can view individual games for a one-off payment.

To sign up through MyAfricanFootball.com, click on the image to your right and it will walk you through the setup.

I’ve used this service and have no complaints. The quality is good and the feed is reliable. However, we understand that this doesn’t work for everybody. Some people have had trouble with the sign up process, others aren’t keen to pay for the subscription.

If so, your other option is to watch via the borderline legal world of pirate internet streams. The quality isn’t as good and nothing is guaranteed, but here’s a guide to watching the Africa Cup of Nations in this way.

Finally, if you don’t mind iffy picture quality and French commentary and/or don’t want to download streaming software to your computer, www.seneweb.com, the Senegalese site, seems to be broadcasting all of the games for free. You may have to experiment a bit — Laurie found the Morocco-Namibia game by clicking on a link that said Ghana-Guinea. But she’s not not complaining. It’s free and legal

*this post has been updated to contain the most accurate information

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By Soccero | January 22nd, 2008 at 12:52 am

I watched Ivory Coast vs Nigeria on http://www.vibeghana.com for free, and they promise to show all games of the african cup of nations free at http://www.vibeghana.com

By chansason | January 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 am

i have sing in at http://www.jumptv.com and i can’t watch the gamesif anyone know help please.

Posted from Canada

By Pat | January 22nd, 2008 at 4:08 pm

Am a Zambian in Sweden trying to watch Zambia play but i have failed to find the game online, free off course any help??

Posted from Sweden

By Keith | January 22nd, 2008 at 6:35 pm

Go to http://www.vibeghana.com

By jules nwaima | January 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 pm

Does any one have the phone number for ART America? I am a time warner subscriber and recently added ART (channel 178 in Kansas City) just so that I could watch the African Nations Cup games. So far the games are not being shown even though ART on dishnetwork is showing the games. I need to call their customer service to confirm that they won’t be carrying the entire tournament on Time Warner so that I can call my cable channel and cancel.

By mzalendo | January 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 pm

where do you click to watch the game on vibeghana.com?

Posted from United States

By sai krishna | January 23rd, 2008 at 12:52 am

watch africa cup of nations Live streaming sopcast,media player ,real player links absolutely free at http://asiatv.blogspot.com

By Anchor | January 23rd, 2008 at 11:00 am

I AM A DIE HARD SOCCER FAN WHO ADMIRES AFRICAN SOCCER ALTHOUGH I AM A CANADIAN!
PLS WHERE DO YOU CLICK AT VIBEGHANA.COM? IT SEEM A NEWS PAGE TO ME. PLS RESPOND AND SHARE YOUR IDEA AS WE LIKE TO SEE THE GAMES LIKE YOU TOO. THANKS!

By Laurie | January 23rd, 2008 at 11:33 am

Anchor, I couldn’t find the link either. With luck the person who posted the comment will be back to respond.

Posted from United States

By bondeikid | January 23rd, 2008 at 2:34 pm

guys, go to this website, and you can watch all games for free. I just watched Senegal vs Tunisia. good luck.
http://livefooty.doctor-serv.com/wed23.1/SouthAfrica_Angola2.html

Posted from United States

By Brad | January 23rd, 2008 at 2:42 pm

I have been using that stream for all the games bondeikid but suddenly it’s not working for me anymore. I can’t get it to load right now. It just says “Preparing channel Live-footy.org” and never loads.

Posted from Canada

By Soccer Fun | January 24th, 2008 at 12:37 am

I went to VibeGhana and click on any article on the home page it will then take you to the category page, whiles at the category page look on the list and select sports videos, if there is a game schedule you will be able to watch it there live and they also have highlight videos for all the 2008 african cup of nations games, hope you find it go to http://www.vibeghana.com

By chris | January 24th, 2008 at 3:29 am

how can i get the african cup of nations free online

By sai krishna | January 24th, 2008 at 5:23 am

watch africa cup of nations,italian seria ,carling cup,fa cup ,english premier league and all the football matches will be live streaming free at

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By Bangoura | January 24th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

WATCH ALL THE MATCHES LIVE IN MIAMI AT CHURCHILL’S PUB. 305 757 1807

Posted from United States

By Soccer Fun | January 26th, 2008 at 7:08 am

Cameroun v Zambia Live http://netfootball.net/

By young | January 26th, 2008 at 10:16 am

does anyone know what channel in sopcast will show cameroon v. zambia?

Posted from United States

By sai krishna | January 26th, 2008 at 10:28 am

watch Fa cup,english premiere league live streamings at
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By liXar | January 26th, 2008 at 1:11 pm

Hey People, If you speak french, u can watch the ACN free on http://www.seneweb.com, it’s a senegalese website.
the link is located on the right hand side; just click on the blue link: suivez le match en direct and u’ll watch all game live.

I Hope u gonna enjoy the Good game!

liXar

Posted from United States

By Anchor | January 29th, 2008 at 9:46 pm

IS THERE ANY BODY WHO IS STILL IN THE DARK REGARDING HOW TO WATCH THE AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS MATCHES GOING ON IN GHANA AT THE MOMENT? PLS LET ME KNOW SO AS TO GET A PRETTY GUIDE TO WATCHING THE REST OF THE GAMES FREE OF CHARGE VIA YOUR COMPUTER PROVIDED YOU HAVE A HIGH SPEED INTERNET CONNECTION.

Regards,

Canada………

By Ivanildo | January 29th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

Please, send me information about how to watch the ACN via my computer.

Posted from United States

By sunitha | January 30th, 2008 at 11:47 am

Watch Africa cup live streams,english premier league live streams

http://football-livestreams.blogspot.com/

By jason | February 4th, 2008 at 3:25 pm

you can also watch africa nation cup matches online TV from http://live.vizhole.com

By Ann Smith | February 7th, 2008 at 1:09 pm

Shame on the organizers of the African Cup of Nations. You should have ensured that fans throughout the world could watch the African Cup of Nations on television or on the internet without paying a fee.

Posted from United States

By adham | February 9th, 2008 at 8:15 am

u cann watch it for free on sattelite TV on “TV5″.It’s in french but it’s excelent quality and absolutely free!!!

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