The qualification race for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027 will formally start on Tuesday as Africa’s 48 nations put together to find their opponents throughout the attract Cairo, Egypt.
CAF has already confirmed the 4 draw pots, setting the stage for what guarantees to be a extremely aggressive qualification marketing campaign forward of the match that will likely be hosted by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania in 2027.
The draw, scheduled for 3:00 PM native time (12:00 GMT), will happen on the headquarters of the Egyptian Soccer Affiliation and can decide the 12 qualifying teams.
Pot 1 comprises Africa’s greatest soccer powers, with Morocco, Senegal, Nigeria, Algeria and reigning champions Côte d’Ivoire main the checklist of prime seeds.
Additionally positioned among the many top-ranked nations are Egypt, Tunisia, Cameroon, DR Congo, Mali, South Africa and Burkina Faso.
Pot 2 options a number of harmful sides able to inflicting main upsets, together with Uganda, Ghana, Guinea, Gabon, Zambia and Angola.
Different nations in Pot 2 embody Cape Verde, Benin, Mozambique, Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea and Comoros, including additional energy and steadiness to the draw.
Pot 3 consists of co-hosts Kenya and Tanzania alongside Libya, Sudan, Rwanda, Namibia and Malawi.
The remaining nations have been positioned in Pot 4, together with Zimbabwe, Burundi, Botswana, South Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia, with lots of them hoping to safe historic qualification to the continental finals.
Though Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania have already certified routinely as hosts, the three nations will nonetheless take part within the qualifiers. CAF laws state that just one extra group will qualify from any group containing one of many co-hosts, whereas the opposite teams will ship two groups to the finals.
The qualifiers will likely be performed between September 2026 and March 2027, with the draw now set to form the highway to PAMOJA 2027.