With everyone awaiting the draw for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations with excitement to find out which opponents Uganda Cranes will face, the drawing pots for the tournament in Egypt have been revealed.
The Cranes qualified despite losing to neighbours, Tanzania on Sunday 3-0 in a match that sparked mixed feelings among Ugandans.
Uganda has been placed in Pot 3 with South Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Zimbabwe, Angola and debutants Burundi in the Africa Cup of Nations group stage draw which is slated for April.
The other remaining 16 countries are also seeded in the remaining three pots, from which the 24 teams will be drawn into six groups of four teams each.
The seedings were approved by the Organising Committee of the Africa Cup of Nations at its meeting on Monday, 25 March 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
They were determined taking into account the performance of the qualified teams during the following competitions: Africa Cup of Nations final tournaments (2013, 2015 and 2017), Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers (2015, 2017, and 2019) and the March 2019 FIFA World Rankings.
The teams will be drawn into six groups of four teams. The hosts Egypt will be in Group A.
The draw will take place on 12 April 2019, on a historic place facing the Sphinx and the Pyramids, near Cairo, Egypt.
After the first round of matches, the top two countries in each group, along with the best four third-placed nations will progress to the knockout phase; the round of 16.
The competition will be held from 21 June, with the final to be played on 19 July 2019.
The Pots:
Pot 1: Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Senegal.
Pot 2: Morocco, Nigeria, Algeria, Guinea, Mali, DR Congo.
Pot 3: Uganda, South Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Zimbabwe, Angola, Burundi.
Pot 4: Mauritania, Namibia, Benin, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania.
Uganda will be tight on semi final
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