Angola will host the event six months before the 2010 World Cup finals take place in South Africa. It beat off rival bids from Libya, Nigeria and a joint Gabon-Equatorial Guinea bid.
The Confederation of African Football also appointed Gabon & Equatorial Guinea as joint hosts for the 2012 tournament and Libya as host in 2014. It is the first time the Confederation has named the hosts for three successive tournaments at the same time.
Nigeria was been selected as a reserve candidate should any of the hosts be unable to stage the competition.
