AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIP OF NATION EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2015 The Nation Cup since 1960 of Africa Cup of Nation last hosting Nations had hosted Botswana[5] - Cameroon[6] 1972 Congo DR[7] - Guinea[8] - Morocco[9] 1988 South Africa[10] 2013 Zambia[11] - Zimbabwe[12] - Morocco had had her second opportunity since 1988 now is subjected to deny love of humanities across the world because due her respond to ''OBJECT known EBOLA'' this will serve as educational platform instant where religion berries will close hence christian and Muslim have a common goes. Equatorial Guinea host Nation accept challenge stigmatization of Ebola will not over shade entertainment and passion of soccer respectively. Representative, countries and soccer here come Equatorial of Guinea fan but woe to EBOLA as subject ahead and arise to all villages, towns, cities, countries, Nations and Continents as a description for humanities to love your neighbor countries as yourself. Because human being are the most valuable thing made that His made after Heaven and Earth. All 16 teams have now qualified for the African Cup of Nations early next year. Nigeria who got to the last 16 in the World Cup (the furthest of any African side at last summer’s World Cup) have failed to qualify for the tournament losing 3-1 to Ghana. The African Cup of Nations will take part between the 17th of January and the 8th of February and players in the Premier League could end up missing at least 4 or 5 games depending on how well they do, but which players could be heading off to Equatorial Guinea for the tournament in the New Year? Below I have put together a table of players who could be going to the African Cup of Nations. PL Players Who Could Be Going To AFCON 2015 Venues[edit] [show]Map of all coordinates from Google Map of up to 200 coordinates from Bing The four Equatorial Guinean cities selected to host the tournament are Malabo, Bata, Mongomo and Ebebiyín.[27] Malabo and Bata were also host venues for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Bata Malabo 2015 Africa Cup of Nations is located in Equatorial Guinea MongomoMongomo BataBata MalaboMalabo EbebiyínEbebiyín Mongomo Ebebiyín Estadio de Bata Nuevo Estadio de Malabo Estadio de Mongomo Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín Capacity: 35,700 Capacity: 15,250 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 5,000 Bata Stadium Equatorial Guinea.JPG Estadio de Malabo Equatorial Guinea.JPG Stade-Mongomo.jpg Format[edit] Only the hosts will get an automatic qualification spot, the other 15 teams will qualify through qualification tournament. At the finals, the 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams each. The teams in each group play a single round robin. After group stage, the top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarterfinals. The quarterfinal winners will advance to the semifinals. The semifinal losers will play in third place match, while winners will play in final.[28] Draw[edit] The finals draw was held on 3 December 2014 in Malabo.[27][29] It was initially to be held on 26 November 2014 in Rabat before the change of host country.[1][30] The 16 teams were divided into four pots based on the CAF Ranking, with the hosts Equatorial Guinea placed in Pot 1 automatically.[31] The ranking is computed using the teams' results in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers (weighted by 2), 2013 Africa Cup of Nations finals (weighted by 3) and qualifiers, the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals (weighted by 2) and qualifiers (weighted by 0.5), and the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[32] Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Equatorial Guinea (host; assigned to A1) Ghana (48 pts) Ivory Coast (44 pts) Zambia (41 pts) Burkina Faso (40 pts) Mali (38 pts) Tunisia (32.5 pts) Algeria (28 pts) Cape Verde (26.5 pts) South Africa (23.5 pts) Cameroon (23.5 pts) Gabon (22 pts) Guinea (19 pts) Senegal (19 pts) DR Congo (18 pts) Congo (13 pts) Match officials[edit] The following referees were chosen for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Referees Algeria Mehdi Abid Charef Burkina Faso Juste Ephrem Zio Cameroon Néant Alioum Ivory Coast Noumandiez Doué Egypt Gehad Grisha Ethiopia Bamlak Tessema Weyesa Gabon Eric Otogo-Castane The Gambia Bakary Gassama Ghana Joseph Odartei Lamptey Guinea Aboubacar Mario Bangoura Kenya Sylvester Kirwa Madagascar Hamada Nampiandraza Mali Koman Coulibaly Mauritania Ali Lemghaifry Mauritius Rajindraparsad Seechurn Morocco Bouchaïb El Ahrach Senegal Maguette Ndiaye Senegal Malang Diedhiou Seychelles Bernard Camille Sudan El Fadil Mohamed Hussein South Africa Victor Gomes Tunisia Med Said Kordi Zambia Janny Sikazwe Assistant referees Algeria Albdelhak Etchiali Angola Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos Burundi Jean-Claude Birumushahu Botswana Oamogetse Godisamang Cameroon Evarist Menkouande Ivory Coast Yéo Songuifolo Djibouti Hassan Egueh Yacin Egypt Tahssen Abo El Sadat Bedyer Eritrea Angesom Ogbamariam Ghana Malik Alidu Salifu Guinea Aboubacar Doumbouya Kenya Marwa Range Morocco Redouane Achik Niger Yahaya Mahamadou Nigeria Peter Edibe Rwanda Theogene Ndagijimana Senegal Djibril Camara Senegal El Hadji Malick Samba South Africa Zakhele Siwela Sudan Ali Waleed Ahmed Tunisia Anouar Hmila Squads[edit] Main article: 2015 Africa Cup of Nations squads Each team can register a squad of 23 players.[28] Group stage[edit] Result of countries participating in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarter-finals Group stage The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[28] Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned; Goal difference in games between the teams concerned; Goals scored in games between the teams concerned; If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply; Goal difference in all games; Goals scored in all games; Drawing of lots. Group A[edit] Main article: 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 2 Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match(es) will be played on 17 January 2015. Source: CAF Rules for classification: Tiebreakers 17 January 2015 Equatorial Guinea Match 1 Congo Estadio de Bata, Bata Burkina Faso Match 2 Gabon Estadio de Bata, Bata 21 January 2015 Equatorial Guinea Match 9 Burkina Faso Estadio de Bata, Bata Gabon Match 10 Congo Estadio de Bata, Bata 25 January 2015 Gabon Match 17 Equatorial Guinea Estadio de Bata, Bata Congo Match 18 Burkina Faso Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín Group B[edit] Main article: 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 2 Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Cape Verde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 DR Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match(es) will be played on 18 January 2015. Source: CAF Rules for classification: Tiebreakers 18 January 2015 Zambia Match 3 DR Congo Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín Tunisia Match 4 Cape Verde Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín 22 January 2015 Zambia Match 11 Tunisia Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín Cape Verde Match 12 DR Congo Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín 26 January 2015 Cape Verde Match 19 Zambia Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín DR Congo Match 20 Tunisia Estadio de Bata, Bata Group C[edit] Main article: 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Group C Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 2 Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match(es) will be played on 19 January 2015. Source: CAF Rules for classification: Tiebreakers 19 January 2015 Ghana Match 5 Senegal Estadio de Mongomo, Mongomo Algeria Match 6 South Africa Estadio de Mongomo, Mongomo 23 January 2015 Ghana Match 13 Algeria Estadio de Mongomo, Mongomo South Africa Match 14 Senegal Estadio de Mongomo, Mongomo 27 January 2015 South Africa Match 21 Ghana Estadio de Mongomo, Mongomo Senegal Match 22 Algeria Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo Group D[edit] Main article: 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Group D Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 2 Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match(es) will be played on 20 January 2015. Source: CAF Rules for classification: Tiebreakers 20 January 2015 Ivory Coast Match 7 Guinea Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo Mali Match 8 Cameroon Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo 24 January 2015 Ivory Coast Match 15 Mali Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo Cameroon Match 16 Guinea Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo 28 January 2015 Cameroon Match 23 Ivory Coast Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo Guinea Match 24 Mali Estadio de Mongomo, Mongomo Knockout stage[edit] Main article: 2015 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third place where no extra time shall be played.[28] Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 31 January – Bata Winner Group A 4 February – Bata Runner-up Group B Winner Match 25 1 February – Malabo Winner Match 28 Winner Group D 8 February – Bata Runner-up Group C Winner Match 29 1 February – Mongomo Winner Match 30 Winner Group C 5 February – Malabo Runner-up Group D Winner Match 27 Third place 31 January – Ebebiyín Winner Match 26 7 February – Malabo Winner Group B Loser Match 29 Runner-up Group A Loser Match 30 All times local (UTC+01:00). Quarter-finals[edit] 31 January 2015 17:00 Winner Group A Match 25 Runner-up Group B Report Estadio de Bata, Bata Referee: () 31 January 2015 20:00 Winner Group B Match 26 Runner-up Group A Report Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín Referee: () 1 February 2015 17:00 Winner Group C Match 27 Runner-up Group D Report Estadio de Mongomo, Mongomo Referee: () 1 February 2015 20:00 Winner Group D Match 28 Runner-up Group C Report Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo Referee: () Semi-finals[edit] 4 February 2015 20:00 Winner Match 25 Match 29 Winner Match 28 Report Estadio de Bata, Bata Referee: () 5 February 2015 20:00 Winner Match 27 Match 30 Winner Match 26 Report Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo Referee: () Third place play-off[edit] 7 February 2015 17:00 Loser Match 29 Match 31 Loser Match 30 Report Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo Referee: () Final[edit] Main article: 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final 8 February 2015 20:00 Winner Match 29 Match 32 Winner Match 30 Report Estadio de Bata, Bata Referee: () Media[edit] Broadcasting[edit] Territory Channel Ref Australia beIN Sports Europe Eurosport South Africa SABC Arab world beIN Sports Senegal RTS Mali ORTM France Canal+ Group Ghana GTV Sub-Saharan Africa SuperSport United Kingdom British Eurosport ITV United States beIN Sports Japan NHK Colombia Senal Colombia, Win Sports New Zealand SKY Sports Brazil SporTV Asia Fox International Channels India Sony SIX