As we start the New Year, Nigerias national football side have qualified for the two most prestigious events that the squad couldhavequalified for, the World Cup and the African Cup Of Nations.Nigerias Tournament HistoryNigeria started to establish themselves as a dominate force in African Football at the start of the 1980s. That year the African outfit were able to bag their first of two African Cup of Nations trophies, the team were able to win the tournament on home soil, as they defeated Algeria 3-0 in the final. The Super Eagles also sustained tworunners up finishes in that decade, as they were beaten on both occasions by Cameroon, one in 1984 and the other coming four years later in 1988. Nigeria ended up finishing as the runners up in the year 1990; however the Nation Carlos Gomez Jersey were able to defeat Zambia in the 1994 final, to secure their second African Cup of Nations trophy. The last era however has seen the Nigeria National Team finish in 3rd place on three different occasions, on the other hand Jo Bonfreresquad were able to kick off the new decadeas the runners upof the African Cup of Nations. Then the Nigeria national squad finished in 3rd place on three straight occasions, 2002, 2004 and 2006, as Nigeria were able to defeat Mali twice and Senegal, toclaim the third placed honour.2010NationsCup QualificationLuckily for Nigeria thenational side were able to finish as the group winners of Group B, just one point ahead of2nd placed Tunisia. The CAF Third Round saw the Group Winners of each of the four Noah Syndergaard Jersey groups qualify for the2010 World Cup, aswell as the top three teams in each groupwere able to gain acce s into the 2010 African Cup Of Nations. Anyway on Nigerias perspective theteam werevery unconvincingin the third round of qualification, even thoughShaibu Amodu side were unbeaten in Group B, they were regarded as Pete Alonso Jersey draw specialists as the team finished the group, with three wins and three draws from theirsix respective games. From the first four games of the qualification round Nigeriadrew three of themties, the first one being against Mozambique. The next game saw the Super Eagles demolish Kenya, howeverthe two games after the Kenya win, Tunisia frustrated Nigeria asthe 1994 tournament winners were succumbed to twodraws againstThe Eagles Of Carthage.On the other hand Nigeria were able to finish the group on a high note, however the results were still unconvincingly poor as the Super Eagles defeated Mozambique 1-0 and Kenya3-2, in their final two group games. Luckily for Amodu, Obafemi Martins and Yakubu were able to come to his saviour, as the Super Eagles edged the group with a final total of twelve points.Nigeria In GroupCNigeria will probably be happy with this group, as the likely outcome will see them and most likely Egypt surpa sfrom Group C. However Benin could provide stiff competition for both of them Nationalsides, as the Benin squad is packed withquality players from French Ligue 1. Mozambique is the other sidein Group C, however even though they gave Nigeria a Jose Reyes Jersey run for their money in theQualifying Rounds, the group overall will most likely be too competitive for them. The first group game sees Nigeria take on one of the tournaments favourites Egypt, Nigeria then play Benin in their 2nd group fixture,and lastly the SuperEagles finish the group with a tie against Mozambique.Can Nigeria Win?Can Nigeria win the African Cup Of Nations 2010? Well with the squad that Shaibu Amodu has picked, the team could well go far in this years tournament. Even though Obafemi Martins isan injury doubt, Nigeria still has the likes of Kanu, Yakubu, Odemwingie and Victor Obinna, all of whom are capable of scoring goals at international level.The squad alsoconsists of John Obi Mikel, Seyi Olofinjana and Joseph Yobo. On paperthe Super Eagles attacking force is one of the best in African Football, however it is the defence whichcould well crack under pre sure at this years African Cup of Nations. Uwa Echiejile, Onyekachi Apam and Yusuf Mohamed are all inexperienced defenders at International level. Overall Nigeriacould well make the semi finals of the number oneAfricantrophy; however the Final could prove to Michael Conforto Jersey be too much of a long shot on the Super Eagles behalf.