2019 AFCON draw released
- Jan 13, 2017
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Zimbabwe has been drawn to play DR Congo, Congo-Brazzaville and Liberia in the qualifiers for the 2019 African Nations Cup following a draw held in Gabon this Thursday.
Zimbabwe is in Group G.
Neighbours South Africa will once again meet bitter rivals Nigeria in the 2019 qualifiers.
The top teams in each pool qualify for the 2019 finals in Cameroon, along with the three best runners-up.
A preliminary round will be played in March where a winner will be decided in ties between Sao Tome e Principe and Madagascar, Comoros and Mauritius, and Djibouti and South Sudan. The dates of the matches will be as follows:
20-28 March 2017: 2 Legs of the Preliminary Round 05-13 June 2017: Match Day 1 19-27 March 2018: Match Day2 03-11 September 2018: Match Day 3 & Match Day 4 08-16 October 2018: Match Day 5 05-13 November 2018: Match Day 6 Group A Senegal Equatorial Guinea Sudan Sao Tome e Principe or Madagascar
Group B Cameroon Morocco Malawi Comoros or Mauritius
Group C Mali Gabon Burundi Djibouti or South Sudan
Group D Algeria Togo Benin Gambia
Group E Nigeria South Africa Libya Seychelles
Group F Ghana Ethiopia Sierra Leone Kenya
Group G DR Congo Congo-Brazzaville Zimbabwe Liberia
Group H Ivory Coast Guinea Central African Republic Rwanda
Group I Burkina Faso Angola Botswana Mauritania
Group J Tunisia Egypt Niger Swaziland
Group K Zambia Mozambique Guinea-Bissau Namibia
Group L Cape Verde Uganda Tanzania Lesotho
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