Cairo hosts AFCON 2027 qualifiers draw… massive anticipation and fierce clashes ahead
Egypt hosts the AFCON 2027 qualifiers draw in Cairo with huge anticipation as 48 teams battle for qualification in a highly competitive seeding system
The African continent 🌍 turns its attention to Cairo 🇪🇬 as the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in 6th of October City hosts the official draw ceremony for the AFCON 2027 qualifiers ⚽🔥.
The draw will take place on Tuesday at 3:00 PM ⏰, with top officials from both the Egyptian FA and CAF attending, led by Eng. Hany Abo Rida 👔, as African national teams eagerly await their path toward the continental tournament 🌍⚽.
Egypt 🇪🇬 continues to strengthen its position as a key hub for African football 🏆, having successfully hosted numerous major CAF events in recent years ⚽🔥.
A total of 48 national teams 🌍 will compete in the qualifiers, divided into four pots according to FIFA rankings 📊, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the final tournament 🏆⚽.
The three host nations (Kenya 🇰🇪, Tanzania 🇹🇿, Uganda 🇺🇬) will also participate in the qualifiers despite already qualifying, in order to gain competitive experience ⚽🔥.
📊 Full Seeding Pots
🟦 Pot 1:
Morocco 🇲🇦 – Senegal 🇸🇳 – Nigeria 🇳🇬 – Algeria 🇩🇿 – Egypt 🇪🇬 – Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 – Tunisia 🇹🇳 – Cameroon 🇨🇲 – DR Congo 🇨🇩 – Mali 🇲🇱 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
🟩 Pot 2:
Cape Verde 🇨🇻 – Ghana 🇬🇭 – Guinea 🇬🇳 – Gabon 🇬🇦 – Uganda 🇺🇬 – Angola 🇦🇴 – Benin 🇧🇯 – Zambia 🇿🇲 – Mozambique 🇲🇿 – Madagascar 🇲🇬 – Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 – Comoros 🇰🇲
🟨 Pot 3:
Kenya 🇰🇪 – Libya 🇱🇾 – Tanzania 🇹🇿 – Niger 🇳🇪 – Mauritania 🇲🇷 – Gambia 🇬🇲 – Sudan 🇸🇩 – Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 – Namibia 🇳🇦 – Togo 🇹🇬 – Malawi 🇲🇼 – Rwanda 🇷🇼
🟥 Pot 4:
Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 – Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 – Congo 🇨🇬 – Central African Republic 🇨🇫 – Liberia 🇱🇷 – Burundi 🇧🇮 – Ethiopia 🇪🇹 – Lesotho 🇱🇸 – Botswana 🇧🇼 – South Sudan 🇸🇸 – Eritrea 🇪🇷 – Somalia 🇸🇴
⚠️ Ranking controversy
The inclusion of Ghana 🇬🇭 and Cape Verde 🇨🇻 in Pot 2 sparked major debate despite both teams qualifying for the 2026 World Cup ⚽🔥, mainly due to their failure to reach AFCON 2025 😮.
🔥 Huge anticipation in Egypt
Egyptian fans 🇪🇬 are eagerly waiting for the draw to discover the national team’s path ⚽, with hopes of a strong return for the Pharaohs 🏆 to continental glory 🌍🔥.
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