The tournament, taking place in Egypt, will be a curtain-raiser for soccer's main event in the summer, the eagerly-awaited 2006 World Cup, and features five teams who have qualified to play in Germany.
TWI, the television arm of IMG, will produce 17 two-hour shows for BBC3's 25th Nations Cup coverage, which will be shown between 7pm and 9pm from January 20.
The commission, from BBC Sport's Niall Sloane, will involve a fast turnaround for the TWI crews covering mostly two matches per night in five different venues, particularly where games do not finish before transmission.
