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Ghana placed in Pot 2 ahead of AFCON 2021 draw

By Vincent Ashitey
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF), has released the procedure for the draw of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021.

The draw which will take place at Palas de Congres Hotel in Yaounde on Tuesday, 17 August, 2021 will see the 24 participating teams divided into six groups of four.

Ghana are placed in Pot 2 with record champions Egypt, two-time holders Cote D’Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea. Host Cameroon are in Pot 1 with champions Algeria, 2019 finalists Senegal, three time champions Nigeria and 1976 champions Morocco.

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The 24 qualified teams are allocated to four pots of six teams each, based on the FIFA/Coca Cola World Ranking released on 12th August (the last ranking released before the date of the draw).

The attached is the procedure of the drawing of lots of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon, 2021.

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