The draws for the Orange African Cup of Nations, Morocco 2015 was held on Sunday in Cairo.
The draws produced some tough groups with Cameroun facing Cote D’Ivoire in one group, Tunisia will face Egypt and Senegal while Ghana will facing Togo in another. Meanwhile, Champions, Nigeria will face South Africa and Sudan in another group.
The detailed groups are:
Group A
Nigeria
South Africa
Sudan
Namibia/Congo vs Libya/Rwanda
Group B
Mali
Algeria
Ethiopia
Sao Tome & Principe/Benin vs Malawi/Chad
Group C
Burkina Faso
Angola
Gabon
Liberia/Lesotho vs Kenya/Comoros
Group D
Cote d’Ivoire
Cameroon
DR Congo
Swaziland/Sierra Leone vs Gambia/Seychelles
Group E
Ghana
Togo
Guinea
Madagascar/Uganda vs Mauritania/Equatorial Guinea
Group F
Zambia
Cape Verde
Niger
Tanzania/Zimbabwe vs Mozambique/South Sudan
Group G
Tunisia
Egypt
Senegal
Burundi/Botswana vs Central African Republic/Guinea Bissau.
The group phase will be preceded by the First and Second stage of the qualifying series that will give birth to seven teams.
Group winners and runner-up of each group plus the third-best team will join hosts Morocco for the final tournament.
First Round
First leg: 16,17,18 May 2014
Second leg: 30,31 May or 1 June 2014
Second Round
First Leg: 18,19,20 July 2014
Second Leg: 1,2,3 August 2014
Final round
Day 1: 5-6 September 2014
Day 2: 10 September 2014
Day 3: 10-11 October 2014
Day 4: 15 October 2014
Day 5: 14-15 November 2014
Day 6: 19 November 2014
The 30th edition of the AFCON will be played from 17 January through to 8 February 2015.