Soccer-2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw

The draw for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers was conducted in Cairo on Thursday: Group A: Mali, Guinea, Namibia, winner playoff Liberia v Chad

Group B: Burkina Faso, Uganda, Malawi, winner playoff South Sudan v Seychelles Group C: Ghana, South Africa, Sudan, winner playoff Mauritius v Sao Tome e Principe

Group D: DR Congo, Gabon, Angola, winner playoff Djibouti v The Gambia Group E: Morocco, Mauritania, Central African Republic, Burundi

Group F: Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Mozambique, Rwanda Group G: Egypt, Kenya, Togo, Comoros Islands

Group H: Algeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana Group I: Senegal, Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Eswatini

Group J: Tunisia, Libya, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea Group K: Ivory Coast, Niger, Madagascar, Ethiopia

Group L: Nigeria, Benin, Sierra Leone, Lesotho Cameroon, who are in Group F, qualify automatically as hosts. Except in Group F, the top two teams in each group qualify for the finals. In Group F, the top team excluding Cameroon will also qualify.

The play-off games will be in October and the group stage starts in November. The last round of qualifiers are set for November 2020.

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