Head coach of the senior men's national team the Black Stars, C.K Akonnor has departed Ghana for the capital of Cameroon Yaounde for the AFCON 2021 draw.

He was accompanied by the the Director for international competitions at the Ghana FA Mr Alex Asante.

The draw will take place at Palas de Congres Hotel in Younde on the Tuesday, 17 August, 2021 and will see the 24 participating teams divided into six groups of four.

Ghana are placed in Pot 2 with record champions Egypt, two time holders Cote D’Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea. Host Cameroon are in Pot 1 with champions Algeria, 2019 finalists Senegal, three time champions Nigeria and 1976 champions Morocco.

The 24 qualified teams are allocated to four pots of six teams each, based on the FIFA/Coca Cola World Ranking released on 12th August (the lasr ranking released before the date of the draw).

The attached is the procedure of the drawing of lots of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon, 2021.

Also attached is the match calendar of the tournament.

CAF AFCON Cameroon 2021 pre draw fixtures Draw Procedures - AFCON 2021 eng

Draw Procedures - AFCON 2021 eng