The Black Stars of Ghana have been paired alongside with South Africa and Sudan in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The draw took place on Thursday evening at the headquarters of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo.
CAF Deputy General Secretary of Football and Development, Anthony Baffoe, was in charge of proceedings and he was assisted by Algerian football great Rabah Madjer, Eto’o and Nigeria’s Kanu.
The 48 teams were drawn into 12 groups of four teams in addition to the four winners of the preliminary round.
In Group A, Mali will join Guinea, Namibia and the winners between Liberia and Chad for size, while Group B has Burkina Faso, Uganda, Malawi and Djibouti/Gambia. AFCON 2019 quarter-finalists South Africa will have their hands full in Group C against Ghana and Sudan.
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations will be staged in Cameroon.
Preliminary round of the qualifiers will be played in October 2019, while the group stage will kick off in November and will end in November 2020.
Ghana are yet to win the Africa Cup of Nations title since 1982.
Below is the full draw:
Group A – Mali, Guinea, Namibia, Liberia/Chad
Group B – Uganda, Malawi, Burkina Faso, South Sudan/Seychelles.
Group C – South Africa, Sudan, Ghana, Mauritius/Sao Tome.
Group D – Gabon, Angola, DR Congo, Djibouti/Gambia.
Group E – Mauritania, Central African Republic, Morocco, Burundi.
Group F – Mozambique, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Rwanda.
Group G – Egypt, Kenya, Togo, Comoros Island.
Group H – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Algeria, Botswana
Group I – Guinea Bissau, Congo, Senegal, Eswatini.
Group J – Tanzania, Libya, Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea.
Group K – Madagascar, Niger, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia.
Group L – Sierra Leone, Benin, Nigeria, Lesotho.
Source: kickgh.com
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One thing is for sure here, Kwasi Appiah is not a coach who can win Ghana any medal looking at his technical bankruptcy. Again the name Black Star, should be changed to Bright Stars. In fact the who country continues to sit in darkness with such name. No STAR in the heavenly places is considered black. When the name is changed, we shall be capable of lifting the World cup in our third attempts. I say this by Revelation and not a mere saying. I told my colleagues about Algeria winning the AFCON long ago. I predicted the 2018 UEFA cup final 3:1 in favour of Real Madrid, 2019 EUFA two nil in favour of Liverpool and it was. Ghana can forget about Local coach - Appiah, change the Black Star to Bright Stars. I have been forbidden to name it after my team because it is a National Name. Thanks
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unserious stars....all they know is to dance..we are fed up with them
they can even draw them with oboadaka fc or akatrika fc who cares. By the way who do they think will commit his/her heart to support this "uselxxx" venture again. If they will play fine , if they wont play ohooohh! . After we need money to build parliament chamber pxxt and the likes