The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has revealed the seeding for the draw for the qualifiers which expectedly sees champions, Nigeria in pot 1 while the likes of Egypt and Cameroon who hitherto used to be amongst the continent’s super powers in pot 2.
The draw ceremony will take place on March 10 in Morocco during Caf General Assembly, with the qualification procedure reverting to its normal format as opposed to the modified mode for the just-concluded edition.
Forty-four teams are on the starting line and seeded in four pots of 11 teams each according to their current ranking.
The preliminary round is scheduled to start in June.
As host country, Morocco qualified automatically.
Pot one: Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Mali, South Africa, Cape Verde, DR Congo, Zambia, Tunisia, Ghana.
Pot two: Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Uganda, Congo, Central African Republic.
Pot three: Ethiopia, Benin Republic, Angola, Niger, Zimbabwe, Equatorial, Mozambique, Malawi, Burundi, Liberia, Sudan.
Pot four: To be determined after the preliminary round.
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