[Filipe Reis]

2015 AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS

The final stage of this competition will be held between 17 January and 8 Febuary 2015 in Morocco.

QUALIFIERS

First Round

1st Leg: 17/18 May 2014
2nd Leg: 30 May/1 June 2014

Liberia 1-0 Lesotho
Lesotho 2-0 Liberia

Kenya 1-0 Comoros
Comoros 1-1 Kenya

Madagascar 2-1 Uganda
Uganda 1-0 Madagascar

Mauritania 1-0 Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea 3-0 Mauritania

Namibia 1-0 Congo Brazzaville
Congo Brazzaville 3-0 Namibia

Libya 0-0 Rwanda
Rwanda 3-0 Libya

Burundi 0-0 Botswana
Botswana 1-0 Burundi

Central African Republic 0-0 Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau 3-1 Central African Republic

Swaziland 1-1 Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone 1-0 Swaziland

São Tomé and Príncipe 0-2 Benin
Benin 2-0 São Tomé and Príncipe

Malawi 2-0 Chad
Chad 3-1 Malawi

Tanzania 1-0 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe 2-2 Tanzania

Mozambique 5-0 South Sudan
South Sudan 0-0 Mozambique

Gambia vs Seychelles (*)

(*) Gambia disqualified


***

The winners of First Round will advance to the Second Round of qualifiers. The 7 winners of the Second Round will join the top 21 of CAF Ranking in the Group Stage.


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[HajdukSplit]

Libya being eliminated this early is quite a surprise, failing to win at home cost them. Whoever faces Seychelles next should already advance to the group stage

Another upset as Guinea-Bissau easily dispatch Central African Republic who had some good results in the World Cup qualifying.

 

[HajdukSplit]

So the first round is complete, some very interesting results. I would consider the progress of the likes of Lesotho, Rwanda, Seychelles (albeit a walkover), Guinea-Bissau to be the big surprises so far. Neither of these sides though got an ideal draw in the next round

Second Round
Lesotho vs. Kenya
Uganda vs. Equatorial Guinea
Congo vs. Rwanda
Botswana vs. Guinea-Bissau
Sierra Leone vs. Seychelles
Benin vs. Malawi
Tanzania vs. Mozambique

These matches will be played on the weekend of July 18-20 (first leg) and August 1-3 (second leg). The winners of the two-leg playoff will enter the group stage qualification round which starts on the FIFA date in September. Hard to see any of these teams making it all the way to the final tournament

 

[Filipe Reis]

2015 AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS

The final stage of this competition will be held between
17 January and 8 Febuary 2015 in Morocco.

QUALIFIERS

Second Round

1st Leg: 18/20 July 2014
2nd Leg: 1/3 August 2014


Benin 1-0 Malawi
Malawi 1-0 Benin [4-3 after pens.]

Seychelles 0-2 Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone - Seychelles

Congo Brazzaville 2-0 Rwanda
Rwanda 2-0 Congo Brazzaville [4-3 after pens.]

Botswana 2-0 Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau 1-1 Botswana

Lesotho 1-0 Kenya
Kenya 0-0 Lesotho

Tanzania 2-2 Mozambique
Mozambique 2-1 Tanzania

Uganda 2-0 Mauritania
Mauritania 0-1 Uganda


***

The 7 winners of the Second Round will join the top 21 of CAF Ranking in the Group Stage.


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[Andor]

Sierra Leone through because Seychelles did not want to travel to them because of the Ebola outbreak in the region.

 

[Filipe Reis]

Sierra Leone through because Seychelles did not want to travel to them because of the Ebola outbreak in the region.

A galant way the Seychelles found of escaping another defeat.

 

[Filipe Reis]

2015 AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS

The final stage of this competition will be held between
17 January and 8 Febuary 2015 in Morocco.


QUALIFIERS

GROUP STAGE

Group A
NIGERIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SUDAN
RWANDA

Group B
MALI
ALGERIA
ETHIOPIA
MALAWI

Group C
BURKINA FASO
ANGOLA
GABON
LESOTHO

Group D
IVORY COAST
CAMEROON
DR CONGO
SIERRA LEONE

Group E
GHANA
TOGO
GUINEA
UGANDA

Group F
ZAMBIA
CAPE VERDE
NIGER
MOZAMBIQUE

Group G
TUNISIA
EGYPT
SENEGAL
BOTSWANA

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The top two of each group will join the best 3rd placed team and Morocco, the hosts.


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[HajdukSplit]

Group G is pretty tough, I would assume the best third place team will be from there as long as nobody slips up against Botswana. The rest is pretty much straight forward but I doubt Cameroon will have easy time with DR Congo. Quite surprising that Cameroon kept on with Volker Finke, thought he would be the first manager sacked p

 

[Filipe Reis]

Group G is pretty tough, I would assume the best third place team will be from there as long as nobody slips up against Botswana. The rest is pretty much straight forward but I doubt Cameroon will have easy time with DR Congo. Quite surprising that Cameroon kept on with Volker Finke, thought he would be the first manager sacked p

I think Group C is also difficult to predict. I don't see who are the clear favourites between Burkina, Angola and Gabon.

 

[Filipe Reis]

2015 AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS

QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE

GROUP A

05/09/2014
Sudan 0-3 South Africa
(Vilakazi 55', 61', Ndulula 79')

06/09/2014
Nigeria 2-3 Congo Brazzaville
(Ambrose 13', Salami 89'; Oniangué 16', Thievy Bifouma 41', 54' pen.)

Current table
1 South Africa ...1G 1W 0D 0L 3-0 3P
2 Congo ..........1G 1W 0D 0L 3-2 3P
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3 Nigeria .......1G 0W 0D 1L 2-3 0P
4 Sudan ...1G 0W 0D 1L 1L 0-3 0P

10/09/2014
Congo Brazzaville vs Sudan
South Africa vs Nigeria

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GROUP B

06/09/2014
Ethiopia 1-2 Algeria
(Saladin Said 90'+5' pen.; Soudani 35', Brahimi 81')

07/09/2014
Mali 2-0 Malawi
(Sako 52', Diabaté 90'+3')

Current table
1 Mali .............1G 1W 0D 0L 2-0 3P
2 Algeria ..........1G 1W 0D 0L 2-1 3P
-----------------------------------------
3 Ethiopia ..........1G 0W 0D 1L 1-2 0P
4 Malawi .............1G 0W 0D 1L 0-2 0P

10/09/2014
Malawi vs Ethiopia
Algeria vs Mali

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GROUP C

06/09/2014
Burkina Faso 2-0 Lesotho
(Pitroipa 11', Alain Traoré 49')

Gabon 1-0 Angola
(Mbingui 45')

Current table
1 Burkina Faso ...1G 1W 0D 0L 2-0 3P
2 Gabon ...........1G 1W 0D 0L 1-0 3P
-----------------------------------------
3 Angola .........1G 0W 0D 1L 0-1 0P
4 Lesotho ......1G 0W 0D 1L 0-2 0P

10/09/2014
Angola vs Burkina Faso
Lesotho vs Gabon

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GROUP D

06/09/2014
DR Congo 0-2 Cameroon
(Njie 45'+3', Aboubakar 81')

Ivory Coast 2-1 Sierra Leone
(Doumbia 63', Gervinho 68'; Kei Kamara 43')

Current table
1 Cameroon ...........1G 1W 0D 0L 2-0 3P
2 Ivory Coast ........1G 1W 0D 0L 2-1 3P
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3 Sierra Leone ....1G 0W 0D 1L 1-2 0P
4 DR Congo ......1G 0W 0D 1L 0-2 0P

10/09/2014
Cameroon vs Ivory Coast
Sierra Leone vs DR Congo

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GROUP E

05/09/2014
Casablanca (MOR)
Guinea Conakry 2-1 Togo
(Soumah 11' pen., Sylla 45'; Ayite 58')

06/09/2014
Ghana 1-1 Uganda
(Andre Ayew 50' pen.; Mawejje 45')

Current table
1 Guinea ........1G 1W 0D 0L 2-1 3P
2 Uganda ........1G 0W 1D 0L 1-1 1P
-----------------------------------------
2 Ghana ...........1G 0W 1D 0L 1-1 1P
4 Togo ..............1G 0W 0D 1L 1-2 0P

10/09/2014
Togo vs Ghana
Uganda vs Guinea Conakry

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GROUP F

06/09/2014
Zambia 0-0 Mozambique

Niger 1-3 Cape Verde
(Maazou 34'; Garry Mendes 3', Odair Fortes 14', Zé Luís 24')

Current table
1 Cape Verde ......1G 1W 0D 0L 3-1 3P
2 Mozambique ......1G 0W 1D 0L 0-0 1P
-------------------------------------------
2 Zambia ...............1G 0W 1D 0L 0-0 1P
4 Niger ...................1G 0W 0D 1L 1-3 0P

10/09/2014
Cape Verde vs Zambia
Mozambique vs Niger

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GROUP G

05/09/2014
Senegal 2-0 Egypt
(Mame Diouf 17', Sadio Mané 45')

06/09/2014
Tunisia 2-1 Botswana
(Khazri 74', Chikhaoui 90' pen.; Mogorosi 44')

Current table
1 Senegal .........1G 1W 0D 0L 2-0 3P
2 Tunisia ........1G 1W 0D 0L 2-1 3P
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3 Botswana ..1G 0W 0D 1L 1-2 0P
4 Egypt ......1G 0W 0D 1L 0-2 0P

10/09/2014
Botswana vs Senegal
Egypt vs Tunisia


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[HajdukSplit]

Good win by South Africa away in Sudan, but have Sudan regressed a bit in the past few years? I'm sure the political situation doesn't help

 

[HajdukSplit]

Both Ghana and Nigeria losing at home

Surprisingly a lot of away wins so far, quite unique when it comes to Africa

 

[HajdukSplit]

Now Ivory Coast are losing at home

Nigeria lost 3:2 to Congo
Ghana managed to salvage a draw against Uganda

Its still early and surely they will qualify comfortably at the end but some shocking results today

 

[HajdukSplit]

Ivory Coast with two goals in the second half managed to beat Sierra Leone

Tunisia needed a 90th minute penalty to beat Botswana at home

Mali-Malawi has been pushed to tomorrow due to heavy rains

 

[Filipe Reis]

2015 AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS

QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE

GROUP A

10/09/2014
Congo Brazzaville 2-0 Sudan
(Fodé Doré 4', Oniangué 90'+1')

South Africa 0-0 Nigeria

Current table
1 Congo ............2G 2W 0D 0L 5-2 6P
2 South Africa ...2G 1W 1D 0L 3-0 4P
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3 Nigeria ........2G 0W 1D 1L 2-3 1P
4 Sudan ........2G 0W 0D 2L 0-5 0P


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GROUP B

10/09/2014
Malawi 3-2 Ethiopia
(Nyondo 18', 66', Banda 62'; Kebede 44', Saleh 90'+2')

Algeria 1-0 Mali
(Medjani 86')

Current table
1 Algeria .......2G 2W 0D 0L 3-1 6P
2 Mali .............2G 1W 0D 1L 2-1 3P
-----------------------------------------
3 Malawi ............2G 1W 0D 1L 3-4 3P
4 Ethiopia ...........2G 0W 0D 2L 3-5 0P


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GROUP C

10/09/2014
Angola 0-3 Burkina Faso
(Bancé 43', Pitroipa 49', 57')

Lesotho 1-1 Gabon
(Lekhanya 65'; Madinda 89')

Current table
1 Burkina Faso ....2G 2W 0D 0L 5-0 6P
2 Gabon ............2G 1W 1D 0L 2-1 4P
-----------------------------------------
3 Lesotho ........2G 0W 1D 1L 1-3 1P
4 Angola ........2G 0W 0D 2L 0-4 0P


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GROUP D

10/09/2014
Sierra Leone 0-2 DR Congo
(Mubele 51', Bokila 86')

Cameroon 4-1 Ivory Coast
(N'jie 15', 76', Aboubakar 38', 54'; Yaya Touré 25')

Current table
1 Cameroon ..............2G 2W 0D 0L 6-1 6P
2 DR Congo .............2G 1W 0D 1L 2-3 3P
---------------------------------------------
3 Ivory Coast ........2G 1W 0D 1L 3-5 3P
4 Sierra Leone .....2G 0W 0D 2L 1-4 0P


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GROUP E

10/09/2014
Togo 2-3 Ghana
(Ayité 11', Adebayor 76'; Asamoah Gyan 23', Agyemang-Badu 34', Atsu 85')

Uganda 2-0 Guinea Conakry
(Massa 21', 43')

Current table
1 Uganda ........2G 1W 1D 0L 3-1 4P
2 Ghana ........2G 1W 1D 0L 4-3 4P
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3 Guinea ......2G 1W 0D 1L 2-3 3P
4 Togo .......2G 0W 0D 2L 3-5 0P


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GROUP F

10/09/2014
Mozambique 1-1 Niger
(Dominguês 5' pen.; Cissé 25')

Cape Verde 2-1 Zambia
(Zé Luís 33', Ryan Mendes 78'; Mulenga 54')

Current table
1 Cape Verde ......2G 2W 0D 0L 5-2 6P
2 Mozambique ......2G 0W 2D 0L 1-1 2P
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3 Zambia ...............2G 0W 1D 1L 1-2 1P
4 Niger ...................2G 0W 1D 1L 2-4 1P


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GROUP G

10/09/2014
Botswana 0-2 Senegal
(Saido Mané 33', Dame N'Doyé 84')

Egypt 0-1 Tunisia
(Ben Yousef 14')

Current table
1 Senegal .........2G 2W 0D 0L 4-0 6P
2 Tunisia .........2G 2W 0D 0L 3-1 6P
--------------------------------------
3 Botswana ...2G 0W 0D 2L 1-4 0P
4 Egypt .......2G 0W 0D 2L 0-3 0P


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[Filipe Reis]

Impressive win by Cameroon over Ivory Coast. The Indomitable Lions didn't beat the Elephants since 2005 and they did it with a bang. It looks like firing coaches is not always the best way to start a renovation.

Here's the beauty with which Clinton N'jie closed the score:

QfU6qNhpYzU​

 

[HajdukSplit]

yeah watched the match, impressive though CIV defended poorly. Cameroon have almost completely revamped their squad from their World Cup debacle.

Congo's victory over Sudan puts some pressure on Nigeria to get a result in South Africa

 

[HajdukSplit]

Egypt lose their opening two fixtures, making likely 6 points necessary against group bottom feeders Botswana. Nigeria got a point in South Africa, not a bad result, had they lost they would have been in a bit of trouble too

 

[Filipe Reis]

Egypt lose their opening two fixtures, making likely 6 points necessary against group bottom feeders Botswana. Nigeria got a point in South Africa, not a bad result, had they lost they would have been in a bit of trouble too

I really don't see Egypt going through from that group even if they beat Botswana twice. Nigeria may still have a chance.

 

[HajdukSplit]

There are reports that Ghana have sacked Kwesi Appiah and have hired Milovan Rajevac who coached the team at the 2010 World Cup