The draw for the 2017 AFCON would be held today at Libreville and Ghana would be hoping to get a favorable group for easy qualification to the next stage of the competition which begins in January at Gabon.
Details of the Pots for the draw include:
Pot 1: Gabon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Algeria
Pot 2:Â Tunisia, Mali, Burkina Faso, DR Congo
Pot 3:Â Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco, Egypt
Pot 4:Â Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Guinea Bissau
For the draw, host Gabon automatically goes to A1 and holders Cote d’Ivoire in C1. A draw will be done for Ghana and Algeria for the positions of either B1 or D1.
The second stage will be drawing of teams in Pot 4. The first team drawn goes to A4, B4 for the second, C4 for the third and D4 for the fourth team.
The same procedure will be repeated for Pot 3 and Pot 2 until the groups are completed.
The final tournament will be held from 14 January to 5 February 2017 in the Gabonese cities of Libreville, Franceville, Oyem-Bitam and Port-Gentil.
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