Cairo, October 13, 2011 (MAP)
Cairo, October 13, 2011 (MAP)
Morocco was placed in Pot 3 along with Mali, Senegal and Burkina Faso at the end of the repartition of the drawing of lots of the 28th African Cup of Nations (CAN), due on October 29th in Malabo.
To the exception of the co-hosts (Gabon and Equatorial Guinea), the 14 qualified teams will be ranked based on their performances during the last three Africa Cup of Nations, i.e. the 2006, 2008 and 2010 editions.
In conformity with the regulations of the competition, Equatorial Guinea, the host team shall be the top seeded team of group A and Gabon will be the top seeded team of group C. According to their ranking in the last three editions, Ghana and Ivory Coast are
the teams in Pot 1 and will be the top seeded teams of groups B and D.
Here follows the repartition of Pots:
Pot 1: Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast.
Pot 2: Tunisia, Angola, Zambia, Guinea.
Pot 3: Morocco, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso.
Pot 4: Sudan, Libya, Botswana, Niger.