Slim Win Games: An Analytic Appraisal of the African Nations Cup Finals (AFCON 2013) 

Samson A. Arekete

 Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Redeemer’s University, Redemption City, km 46 Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Mowe, Ogun State, Nigeria.

Samson_Arekete@yahoo.com

Accepted   May 15, 2013

The game of football (or soccer) enjoys one of the greatest followings in the world. The African Nations Cup Finals is played biennially at some selected locations and draws participants from sixteen (16) countries that were competitively selected after series of qualifying games played on the league basis – home and away games. This paper focuses on an analytical appraisal of the African Nations Cup with a view to gaining better understanding of the tournament, its format and changing scenarios from one level of the competition to another. We examine the changing rules and scenarios of the AFCON game as it moves through various stages and look at the predictability of the winners.

 

Keywords: Football, Slim-Win, Game, League, Adversarial Game.

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