At a star-studded ceremony in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, on Tuesday, Morocco was drawn in Group C where the Atlas lions will face a tough test against Ghana, Comoros, and the panthers of Gabon.
The draw which was initially scheduled on June 15 before getting postponed due to the pandemic restrictions, witnessed the presence of Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe, Cameroon legend Roger Milla and icons such as Didier Drogba, El Hadji Diouf and Samuel Eto’o.
In other draw highlights, Cameroon, host country of the competition and second most titled nation in Africa with five trophies, will face in the opening match Burkina Faso on January 9 in Yaoundé, then Ethiopia and Cape Verde.
Egypt, seven-time winners of the CAN, with its star Mohammed Salah, will face Nigeria in Group D in another highly competitive first-round match. Sudan and Guinea Bissau will accompany both teams.
The Algerian Fennecs were drawn in Group E where they will also face Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea.
Senegal, another contender for the final victory, with its star Sadio Mané, inherited group B with Malawi, Guinea and Zimbabwe.
Finally, in group F, Tunisia and Mali will face Gambia and Mauritania.
The tournament, which features 24 teams from the mother continent and runs from January 9 to February 6, will see the winners and runners-up in each of the six groups, plus the best four third-placed teams, reach the knockout phase.
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