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These are the countries Ghana will not meet in the group stage of AFCON 2019

The draw for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be held in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Friday.

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Ghana are in pot 1 with Cameroon, Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia and Ivory Coast 

The rule is that countries in the same pot will not be drawn in the same group in the 2019 Africa up of Nations (AFCON).

The Black Stars stand the chance of pairing some of the former champions of the competition in pot 2 Morocco, Nigeria, Algeria, among other non-former winners of the competition such as Mali, Guinea, etc.

Former winners South Africa are one of the teams Ghana can be drawn in the same group, having been drawn placed in pot 2.

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Debutants Mauritania and Madagascar are in pot 4, which is the last of the four pots.

Below are all the four pots 

Pot I         Pot 2     Pot 3        Pot 4

Egypt         Morocco   Uganda      Mauritania

Cameroon     Nigeria    South Africa   Namibia

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Ghana        Algeria    Guinea-Bissau  Benin

Ivory Coast    Guinea    Zimbabwe     Kenya

Tunisia       Mali       Angola        Madagascar

Senegal       DR Congo  Burundi      Tanzania

The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations will be played in June.

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Ghana last won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1982 in Libya. 

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