AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2015 QUALIFIED COUNTRIES
	Country		Qualified as	Appearance in finals	Previous best performance
		Equatorial Guinea	Hosts	2nd	Quarter-finals (2012)
		Cape Verde	Group F winners	2nd	Quarter-finals (2013)
		Algeria	Group B winners	16th	Winners (1990)
		Tunisia	Group G winners	17th	Winners (2004)
		South Africa	Group A winners	9th	Winners (1996)
		Zambia	Group F runners-up	17th	Winners (2012)
		Cameroon	Group D winners	17th	Winners (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002)
		Gabon	Group C winners	6th	Quarter-finals (1996, 2012)
		Burkina Faso	Group C runners-up	10th	Runners-up (2013)
		Senegal	Group G runners-up	13th	Runners-up (2002)
		Ivory Coast	Group D runners-up	21st	Winners (1992)
		Ghana	Group E winners	20th	Winners (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)
		Guinea	Group E runners-up	11th	Runners-up (1976)
		Mali	Group B runners-up	9th	Runners-up (1972)
		Congo	Group A runners-up	7th	Winners (1972)
		DR Congo	Best third placed team	17th	Winners (1968, 1974)
	Draw for the four Groups of 4 teams took place on 3rd December 2014