サッカー-堅い draw for Africa Cup of Nations 支えるもの／所有者s Algeria
Aug 17 (Reuters) - Defending 支持する／優勝者s Algeria were drawn with the Ivory Coast in a 堅い group for next January´s Africa Cup of Nations 決勝戦 while hosts Cameroon will kick off the tournament against Burkina Faso.
Algeria, who won the 2019 版 in Egypt, will not have to play the Ivorians until their last Group E game, by which time both countries could have 前進するd from the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する at the expense of underdogs Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Cameroon, hosting the tournament 50 years after their only previous time, have a tricky game against Burkina Faso in Yaounde in Group A on Jan. 9 and will also 直面する Ethiopia and the Cape Verde Islands, who have been their bogey 味方する in 最近の qualifying 競争s.
Egypt and Nigeria were paired together in Group D while Ghana and Morocco will compete in Group C.
With the 最高の，を越す two teams in each group 加える the four best third-placed finishers 前進するing to the ノックアウト 行う／開催する／段階, it is not 推定する／予想するd there will be any 早期に 死傷者s の中で the fancied 味方するs.
"It does look a balanced draw," said Cameroon 広大な／多数の／重要な Samuel Eto´o.
The Comoros Islands, who are in Group C, and Gambia, in Group F, will 参加する in the 決勝戦 for the first time.
Two stadiums in Yaounde 加える newly built or refurbished 発生地s in Bafoussam, Douala, Garoua and 四肢 will be used in the tournament, which was 延期するd by a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It 結論するs on Feb. 6 next year.
Cameroon were supposed to host the 2019 決勝戦 but were stripped of the 権利 by the 連合 of African Football when 視察官s 設立する they were not ready. Egypt stepped in as hosts at the last minute.
Draw:
Group A: Cameroon (hosts), Burkina Faso, Cape Verde Islands, Ethiopia
Group B: Guinea, Malawi, Senegal, Zimbabwe
Group C: Comoros Islands, Gabon, Ghana, Morocco
Group D: Egypt, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, Sudan
Group E: Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Ivo ry Coast, Sierra Leone
Group F: Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Tunisia (令状ing by 示す Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Toby Davis)
