CAF 2019 AFCON Draw Ready For Friday

The draw for the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) is scheduled to take place in Egypt this evening. 

Ahead of the draw the procedure has been agreed by CAF’s executive committee, including the pots and seedings, which were determined according to FIFA world rankings. 

The tournament will see 24 African teams go head-to-head in Egypt between June 21 and July 19, with Cameroon the defending champions. It will be the 32nd edition of AFCON and the first time the contest will feature 24 teams, instead of the usual 16.

The agree pots for the draw are as follows:

Pot 1: Egypt, Cameroon, Senegal, Tunisia, Nigeria, Morocco

Pot 2: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Mali, Cote D’Ivoire, Guinea, Algeria

Pot 3: South Africa, Uganda, Benin, Mauritania, Madagascar, Kenya

Pot 4: Zimbabwe, Namibia, Guinea Bissau, Angola, Tanzania, Burundi