Nigeria Seeded for
2015 AFCON Thu, 21/02/2013 - 2:52pm | JONATHAN ISAIAH Nigeria have been named among
the top seeds for the 2015
Africa Cup of Nations draw
scheduled to take place next
month. The seeding of the Super
Eagles means Nigeria will avoid some of the tough countries on
the continent during the
qualifiers. Nigeria won the just
concluded African Cup of Nations
in South Africa for the third time
after 19 years and also the Super Eagles jumped 22 places in
the recent rankings released by
FIFA from 52 to 30.Also beaten
finalist Burkina Faso have been
seeded because of theor exploits
in the Nations Cup and finishing second.Among the countries
seeded are Ghana, Ivory Coast,
Burkina Faso and Mali. Forty-four
teams are on the starting line of
the qualifiers. The countries were seeded in
four pots of 11 teams each
according to their current
ranking.
The last pot will be decided after
the preliminary round of matches.
The draw will take place on
March 10 in Morocco during Caf
General Assembly. Seedings
Pot One: Nigeria, Burkina Faso,
Ivory Coast, Togo, Mali, South
Africa, Cape Verde, DR Congo,
Zambia, Tunisia, Ghana.
Pot Two: Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea,
Sierra Leone, Gabon, Uganda,
Congo, Central African Republic.
Pot Three: Ethiopia, Benin,
Angola, Niger, Zimbabwe,
Equatorial, Mozambique, Malawi, Burundi, Liberia, Sudan.
Pot Four: To be determined after
the preliminary round

haba! it's too early to start talking about 2015 african nations cup. i guess caf needs the money sharparly but it's really sending the wrong message. abeg make dem chill!

nas4q: haba! it's too early to start talking about 2015 african nations cup. i guess caf needs the money sharparly but it's really sending the wrong message. abeg make dem chill!

they are planning ahead na

Let's go There.

We suppose to even start now. Heaven helps those who help them selves. Proactive can be an advantage.