South Africa hasn't placed bid to replace Morocco as Afcon hosts: Safa

South Africa have not expressed any desire to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to step in and replace Morocco as hosts for the 2015 Afcon finals, the South African Football Association said on Tuesday.

"No South Africa or the South African Football Association is not one of the countries to have shown a latest desire to replace Morocco as hosts for the 2015 Afcon finals. That's the position we were on a few days or weeks ago and it hasn't changed," said Safa communications boss Dominic Chimhamvi.

"However, the association would like to make a request to the media to kindly afford CAF the space and time until they make a final announcement as to who the next hosts will be,"" added Chimhamvi.

This follows CAF's statement on Tuesday that "the Executive Committee took note of receipt by 10 November, 2014 of some applications of national associations confirming their desire to host the 2015 competition on the dates agreed."

CAF confirmed that it has received applications which are currently under review, and "the Executive Committee will finalize the selection of the successful National Association shortly and confirm the place and date of the draw of the final tournament at the same time.

CAF on Tuesday stripped Morocco of the rights to host the 2015 Afcon following the north African Kingdom’s refusal to host the biennial continental tournament over fears of the Ebola epidemic.

“Having firmly and unanimously notified on 3 November its decision to keep the competition on the dates indicated, the Executive Committee confirmed that the Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2015 will not take place in Morocco,” read a statement on the CAF website.