كتب : Omar Shoeb
The draw, that included 47 countries divided into 12 groups, was held in the Confederation for African Football (CAF) headquarters in the 6th of October district in Cairo.
All groups included four countries with the exception of Group 12 that includes only three countries, Morocco, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
Egypt will start their title defense campaign by playing against Burundi in September in Cairo.
Each group’s top-seeders will qualify directly to the 2008 African Cup finals, while three more second-placed countries, according to their points, will join the group leaders.
The 2006 African Cup runners-up, Ivory Coast, were draw to Group one alongside Djibouti, Gabon and Madagascar.
The full draw:
Group One: Ivory Coast, Gabon, Madagascar, Djibouti
Group Two: Egypt, Botswana, Burundi, Mauritania
Group Three: Nigeria, Uganda, Lesotho, Niger
Group Four: Tunisia, Sudan, Mauritius, Seychelles
Group Five: Cameroon, Rwanda, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea
Group Six: Angola, Kenya, Swaziland, Eritrea
Group Seven: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Tanzania
Group Eight: Guinea, Algeria, Cape Verde, Gambia
Group Nine: Togo, Mali, Benin, Sierra Leone
Group 10: DR Congo, Libya, Ethiopia, Namibia
Group 11: Zambia, Congo, Chad, RSA
Group 12: Morocco, Zimbabwe, Malawi