AFCON Draw: Seeding pots at a glance as events holds today in Rabat

… Draw pots at a glance

The Draw Ceremony for the Africa Cup of Nations finals will take place at the Mohamed V National Theatre on Monday (today) in Rabat, Casablanca.

Three-time African champions Nigeria have been placed in Pot 1, alongside seven-time winners Egypt, three-time champions and Cup holders Cote d’Ivoire, two-time winners Algeria, hosts and 1976 champions Morocco and 2021 winners Senegal.

And so Nigeria cannot meet any of the teams in same pot in the preliminaries but could meet any of the other teams in the remaining three pots depending on the lottery of the draw tonight in Rabat.

Here are the four pots at a glance for the CAF AFCON Draw.

Pot 1: Morocco, Senegal, Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire

Pot 2: Cameroon, Mali, Tunisia, South Africa, DR Congo, Burkina Faso

Pot 3: Gabon, Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, Benin Republic

Pot 4: Mozambique, Comoros, Tanzania, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Botswana