The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have announced the pots for the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations  (AFCON) qualifiers.

The 2021 AFCON is set to take place in Cameroon who were supposed to host the current tournament before losing their hosting rights in November.

Now just days before the 2019 AFCON final, Africa’s footballing governing body have announced the five pots ahead of the upcoming tournament’s qualifiers.

The first three pots will be composed of 12 teams as for the remaining two they will have just eight teams. The teams have been distributed depending on their FIFA rankings.

Egypt were placed in pot one alongside the likes of Algeria, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, Nigeria, and Tunisia.

The pots will be divided as follows: