WHY ZAMBIA ARE TOP SEEDS AT AFCON 2015 Equitorial Guinea, Ghana, Zambia and Burkina Faso will be top seeds at AFCON 2015 and will be placed in POT 1. The seeding is based on the Points system of which gives the Winners of the AFCON 7 Points, Runners Up 5 Points, Semi Finalists 3 Points, Quarter Finalists 2 Points and Group Stage 1 Point. The Points are multiplied depending on the last 3 Editions that a team featured in. For this AFCON it will be based on the 2013 ( * 3), 2012 ( *2) and 2010 ( *1). This is how Ghana ( 20 Points), Zambia ( 19 Points) and Burkina Faso ( 18 Points) managed to be in POT 1 together with Equitorial Guinea who find themselves in the Pot by virtue of being hosts. Had Nigeria qualified Burkina Faso would not have been in POT 1 as they would have been displaced since Nigeria would have had 24 Points. Here is a Full list of all the POTS. POT 1 Equitorial Guinea ( Hosts), Ghana ( 20 points), Zambia ( 19 points), Burkina Faso ( 18 Points) POT 2 Ivory Coast ( 18 Points), Mali ( 16 Points), Tunisia ( 8 Points), Algeria ( 6 Points) POT 3 Cape Verde ( 6 Points), South Africa ( 6 Points), Gabon ( 5 Points), DR Congo ( 3 Points) POT 4 Cameroun ( 2 Points), Senegal ( 2 Points, Guinea ( 2 Points), Congo ( 0 Points)
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