AFCON 2012 draw out

  1. Posted on Monday 22 February 2010 - 08:56
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    Glorea Bentil, AfricaNews reporter in Accra, Ghana
    The draw for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations was held in DR Congo over the weekend. Ghana will face Sudan in their qualifying campaign after the two were drawn together in Group 9. Holders Egypt were handed a tough group as they take on former champions South Africa, Niger and Sierra Leone in their group.
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    In Group 9 Ghana and Congo were placed alongside Congo and Swaziland.

    Forty-four teams were entered into the draw by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

    Cameroon will play Senegal, DR Congo and Mauritius in Group 5.

    Togo were not in Saturday's draw but could still be included at a later date if their appeal over a ban from the next two Nations Cups with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) is successful.

    Togo were banned from the 2012 and 2014 Nations Cups by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) because of government interference after withdrawing from the 2010 tournament.

    The 2012 AFCON would be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea

    Draw

    Group 1: Mali, Cape Verde Islands, Zimbabwe, Liberia

    Group 2    : Nigeria, Guinea, Ethiopia, Madagascar

    Group 3    : Zambia, Mozambique, Libya, Comoros Islands

    Group 4: Algeria, Morocco, Tanzania, Central African Republic

    Group 5: Cameroon, Senegal, DR Congo, Mauritius

    Group 6: Burkina Faso, Gambia, Namibia, Mauritania

    Group 7: Egypt (holders), South Africa, Sierra Leone, Niger

    Group 8    : Ivory Coast, Benin, Rwanda, Burundi

    Group 9: Ghana, Congo, Sudan, Swaziland

    Group 10: Angola, Uganda, Kenya, Guinea Bissau

    Group 11    : Tunisia, Malawi, Chad, Botswana

    Note: Group winners plus best three runners-up qualify for finals with co-hosts Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

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