Holders Algeria grouped with Ivory Coast, Nigeria drawn with Egypt in AFCON

The
delayed
event,
which
will
be
hosted
in
Cameroon
from
January
9
to
February
6,
features
24
teams
for
the
second
time
with
six
groups
of
four.

Algeria,
who
triumphed
in
Egypt
in
2019,
are
alongside
1992
and
2015
winners
Ivory
Coast
as
well
as
Sierra
Leone
and
Equatorial
Guinea
in
Group
E.

Hosts
Cameroon
will
open
the
tournament
in
Group
A,
where
they
were
drawn
alongside
Burkina
Faso,
Ethiopia
and
Cape
Verde.

Record
seven-time
winners
Egypt,
who
last
lifted
the
title
in
2010,
are
grouped
with
three-time
champions
Nigeria,
Sudan
and
Guinea-Bissau
in
Group
D.

Arsenal
team-mates
Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang
and
Thomas
Partey
will
face
off
in
Group
C
with
Gabon
and
Ghana
alongside
first-timers
Comoros
and
top
seeds
Morocco.

Debutants
Gambia
are
alongside
Tunisia,
Mali
and
Mauritania
in
Group
F,
while
2019
runners-up
Senegal
are
in
Group
B
with
Zimbabwe,
Guinea
and
Malawi.

Fierce
matching
awaiting
you
in
the
2021

#TotalEnergiesAFCON!
🤩

Which
group
are
you
anticipating
its
matches
the
most?
👀

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—
#TotalEnergiesAFCON
2021
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(@CAF_Online)

August
17,
2021

Africa
Cup
of
Nations
draw:

Group
A:
Cameroon,
Burkina
Faso,
Ethiopia,
Cape
Verde

Group
B:
Senegal,
Zimbabwe,
Guinea,
Malawi

Group
C:
Morocco,
Ghana,
Comoros,
Gabon

Group
D:
Nigeria,
Egypt,
Sudan,
Guinea-Bissau

Group
E:
Algeria,
Sierra
Leone,
Equatorial
Guinea,
Ivory
Coast

Group
F:
Tunisia,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Gambia