2019 Africa Cup of Nations: Live Draw

Published on: 12 April 2019

Welcome to GHANAsoccernet LIVE coverage of the group stage draw for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

 

The draw takes place this evening  at the Sphinx and Pyramids just outside of Egypt’s capital Cairo, with 24 countries await their fate ahead of the tournament finals in Egypt, as the tournament is scheduled to kick off from June 21-July 19.

Cameroon, the reigning champions, are placed in Pot 1 alongside hosts Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia, Nigeria and Morocco, while 2015 champions Ivory Coast are in Pot 2.

 

 

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Head coach of the Black Stars of Ghana, Kwesi Appiah and former Vice-President of the Ghana Football Association who also doubles as a member of CAF Organizing Committee George Afriyie are among the dignitaries to arrive at the event.

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We're just a few minutes from getting underway...

Live Updates

This one of the most beautiful scenes to watch as the draw commences with some fireworks. Egypt raising the standards

It seems people across the continent are falling in love with the staging of the AFCON draw at the magnificent and historical Pyramid.

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The 32 edition of the draw will be conducted by Deputy CAF General Secretary Anthony Baffoe.

We have some African legends who have joined us to help us in the draw tonight

On stage are Mustapha Hadji, El Hadji Diouf , Mohammed Hassan and Yaya Toure.

We already have the first draw of the evening as

  • First team out of Pot 4 is Zimbabwe.
  • They go into Group A with Egypt.
  • Burundi are in Group B.
  • Tanzania are in Group C
  • Namibia are in Group D
  • Angola are into Group E
  • Guinea-Bissau are into Group F being the last team out of Pot 4

 

  • Uganda will move to Group A where they join Egypt and Zimbabwe
  • Madagascar are into Group B
  • Kenya will be in Group C
  • South Africa are into Group D
  • Mauritania are into Group E

This is the full draw for the Africa Cup of Nations 2019 which kicks off on June 21, 2019 with the opening match between Egypt and Zimbabwe

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And that concludes the draw!

Thanks for joining us.

By Herbert BOAKYE YIADOM

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