2015 Africa Cup Of Nations Jan 17 - Feb 08,2015

 

The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, is the 30th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the International Football Championship of Africa.

The tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted by Morocco, who previously hosted it in 1988, but Morocco refused to host the tournament at the scheduled dates because of the Ebola Virus Epidemic in West Africa and the host country was later changed to Equatorial Guinea

 It is organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and held from Jan 17 - Feb 08,2015

Tournament Format
Qualification for the tournament were made up of four stages, three preliminary rounds and a final group stage.

The 21 best-ranked teams were given a bye to the group stage, while the next 26 teams began play in the second preliminary round, and four lowest ranked teams started at the first round.

The three preliminary rounds were a series of playoffs, with the winners advancing.

51 teams entered the tournament (excluding initial hosts Morocco)

Morocco would have automatically qualified as hosts; however, after their refusal to host, they were expelled from the tournament by the CAF

Equatorial Guinea was chosen as the new host, and despite having played in the qualifiers and been disqualified due to fielding an ineligible player, they now qualify for the tournament automatically

The defending champions Nigeria failed to qualify for the tournament

Each team can register a squad of 23 players

Four Equatorial Guinean cities are selected to host the tournament -Malabo,Bata,Mongomo and  Ebebiyin

Qualified Teams


Group A
Gabon
Equatorial Guinea
Congo Burkina Faso

Group B
Zambia
Tunisia
Cape Verde
DR Congo

Group C
Algeria
Ghana
Southa Africa
Senegal

Group D
Ivory Coast
Mali Cameroon
Guinea

Fixtures