User:Mpejkrm/Sandbox/2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches will determine the participating teams for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

A total of 16 teams will compete in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. As host country, Morocco qualified automatically.

Qualified teams

 * † Bold indicates champion for that year

Format
All 53 members of CAF entered the draw.

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 * 1) 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire
 * 2) 🇬🇭 ghana
 * 3) 🇲🇱 mali
 * 4) 🇳🇬 nigeria
 * 5) 🇪🇬 egypt
 * 6) 🇹🇳 tunisia
 * 7) 🇨🇲 cameroon
 * 8) 🇧🇫 burkina faso
 * 9) 🇨🇻 cape verde
 * 10) 🇺🇬 uganda
 * 11) 🇸🇳 senegal
 * 12) 🇱🇾 libya
 * 13) 🇸🇱 sierra leone
 * 14) 🇬🇦 gabon
 * 15) 🇲🇿 mozambique
 * 16) 🇨🇩 congo
 * 17) 🇸🇩 sudan
 * 18) 🇧🇯 benin
 * 19) 🇲🇼 malawi
 * 20) 🇪🇹 ethiopia
 * 21) 🇱🇷 liberia
 * 22) 🇳🇦 namibia
 * 23) 🇷🇼 rwanda
 * 24) 🇰🇪 kenya
 * 25) 🇧🇮 burundi
 * 26) 🇸🇹 sao tome and principe
 * 1) 🇸🇩 sudan
 * 2) 🇧🇯 benin
 * 3) 🇲🇼 malawi
 * 4) 🇪🇹 ethiopia
 * 5) 🇱🇷 liberia
 * 6) 🇳🇦 namibia
 * 7) 🇷🇼 rwanda
 * 8) 🇰🇪 kenya
 * 9) 🇧🇮 burundi
 * 10) 🇸🇹 sao tome and principe
 * 1) 🇰🇪 kenya
 * 2) 🇧🇮 burundi
 * 3) 🇸🇹 sao tome and principe
 * 1) 🇸🇹 sao tome and principe
 * 1) 🇸🇹 sao tome and principe
 * 1) 🇸🇹 sao tome and principe


 * 1) 🇬🇼 guinea-bissau
 * 2) 🇰🇲 comoros
 * 3) 🇸🇿 swaziland
 * 4) 🇸🇸 south sudan
 * 5) 🇩🇯 djibouti
 * 6) 🇪🇷 eritrea
 * 7) 🇸🇴 somalia
 * 1) 🇸🇸 south sudan
 * 2) 🇩🇯 djibouti
 * 3) 🇪🇷 eritrea
 * 4) 🇸🇴 somalia

Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Qualifying round
In the qualifying round, teams are drawn into knock-out ties, where each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides are level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, the tie proceeds directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).

First round
The draw for the first round was held at the CAF Executive Committee on 31 January 2014 at Cairo, Egypt. The ten teams ranked 44–53 will play in this round.

Comoros won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Guinea-Bissau won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

South Sudan won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Djibouti won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Eritrea won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 27 April 2014 at Cairo, Egypt. The 43 teams ranked 1–43 and the five winners of the qualifying round will play in this stage. The 48 teams are drawn into 12 groups of 4, where each group is played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group and the three best second-placed teams qualify for the finals.

Group G










