BREAKING NEWS: CAF Names Super Eagles Opponents For 2015 AFCON 27.04.2014, 14:53 Football The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has unveiled the Super Eagles opponents for the qualifiers of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, holding in Morocco. According to the draws announced at CAFs headquarters in Cairo a while ago, Nigeria is drawn in Group A alongside the hosts of the last edition of the competions, South Africa, Sudan and the Winner of Match 37/38. Those that would compete in Group B are Mali, Algeria, Ethiopia and Winner of Match 43/44. While Burkina Faso, Angola, Gabon and Winner of Match 33/34 would trade tackles in Group C. For Group D, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, DR Congo and Winner Match 41/42 would slug it out. Group E would witness west African battles among Ghana, Togo, Guinea and Winner of Match 35/36. Zambia, Cape Verde, Niger and Winner of Match 45/46 would fight for places in Group F. * AFCON Draw ceremony Group G, which many analysts have dubbed the group of death, would see Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal and Winner of Match 39/40 fight for the tickets available in the group. Egypts most successful coach Hassan Shehata pulls the draw for the tournament that will be held from 17 January to 8 February in 2015 in Morocco. The opening Ceremony will be in Marrakech. CAF has announced that the qualifiers will be played in home and away fixtures. Nine of the 28 teams will qualify for the Nations Cup: The group winners and runner-ups, along with the best third-placed side. The host team, Morocco, will automatically qualify. Egypt are the record winners of the Nations Cup with seven titles under their belt, which they won in 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2010. However, the 10 Second round draws are: Match 5 & 6 Liberia vs Lesotho Match 7 & 8 Kenya vs Comoros Match 9 & 10 Madagascar vs Uganda Match 11 & 12 Mauritania vs Equatorial Guinea Match 13 & 14Namibia vs Congo Match 15 & 16 Libya vs Rwanda Match 17 & 18 Burundi vs Botswana Match 19 & 20 Central African Republic vs Guinea Bissau Match 21 & 22 Swaziland vs Sierra Leone Match 23 & 24 Gambia vs Seychelles Match 25 & 26 Sao Tome e Principe vs Benin Match 27 & 28 Malawi vs Chad Match 29 & 30 Tanzania vs Zimbabwe Match 31 & 31 Mozambique vs South Sudan First leg to be held 16,17 or 18 May 2014 while the the second leg 30,31 May or 1 June 2014.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 14:32:46 +0000
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