The draw for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers have been made, which sees former champions drawn against each other.
Three-time champions Nigeria will face 1996 winners South Africa, Libya and Seychelles in Group E, as they bid to qualify for the showpiece after falling to reach the previous editions.
Cameroon will qualify automatically as hosts nation, but have been pitted alongside 1976 champions Morocco, Malawi and either Comoros or Mauritius.
Egypt who have won the AFCON on seven occasions, will battle 2004 champions Tunisia, Niger Republic and Swaziland in Group J.
Hosts Cameroon will be joined by the 12 group winners, alongside the three best runners-up when the tournament will be played in 2019.
But if the Indomitable Lions top their qualification group, the second-place team in Group B will contest for a spot at the finals, when the qualifiers begins in June 2017 and ends in November 2018.
The full draw:
A: Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, Sao Tome/Madagascar
B: Cameroon, Morocco, Malawi, Comoros/Mauritius
C: Mali, Gabon, Burundi, Djibouti/South Sudan
D: Algeria, Togo, Benin, Gambia
E: Nigeria, South Africa, Libya, Seychelles
F: Ghana, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Kenya
G: DR Congo, Congo, Zimbabwe, Liberia
H: Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Central African Republic, Rwanda
I: Burkina Faso, Angola, Botswana, Mauritania
J: Tunisia, Egypt, Niger, Swaziland
K: Zambia, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Namibia
L: Cape Verde, Uganda, Tanzania, Lesotho
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