{"id":65077,"date":"2014-11-14T12:12:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T12:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=65077"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:46:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T16:46:24","slug":"2015-afcon-equatorial-guinea-host-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/2015-afcon-equatorial-guinea-host-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 AFCON: Equatorial Guinea to host tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
Equatorial Guinea have been named as the hosts for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, replacing Morocco.<\/p>\n
The Confederation of African Football selected a new host for the 17 January to 8 February finals after rejecting Morocco’s request to delay the event.<\/p>\n
Morocco were concerned over the spread of the outbreak of the Ebola virus.<\/p>\n
Caf subsequently expelled Morocco from the relocated tournament, which will now be held in the country who co-hosted with Gabon in 2012.<\/p>\n
Equatorial Guinea will now take on sole responsibility for holding the 16-team event, despite having only two major stadiums in the capital Malabo and Bata.<\/p>\n
It is not clear whether the new hosts will be able to play in the tournament because the team was disqualified in July for fielding an ineligible player in a preliminary qualifier against Mauritania on 17 May.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Equatorial Guinea have been named as the hosts for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, replacing Morocco. The Confederation of African Football selected a new host for the 17 January to 8 February finals after rejecting Morocco’s request to delay the event. Morocco were concerned over the spread of the outbreak of the Ebola virus. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":61601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[29,3,38],"yoast_head":"\n