The draw ceremony for the 35th Africa Cup of Nations finals will take place at the Mohamed V National Theatre in Rabat, Morocco on Monday evening.

Three-time African champions Nigeria have been placed in Pot 1, alongside seven-time winners Egypt, three-time champions and Cup holders Cote d’Ivoire, two-time winners Algeria, hosts and 1976 champions Morocco and 2021 winners Senegal.

Super Eagles’ Head Coach ÉRIC SÉKOU CHELLE and Team Administrator, DAYO ENEBI ACHOR, alongside the Chairman of NFF Technical and Development Committee, ALHAJI SHARIF RABIU INUWA will attend the colourful ceremony in the heart of Morocco’s administrative capital.

The final tournament that begins on 21st December and ends on 18th January is unique in some ways, including being the first ever to start in a particular year and run into another year. Morocco will play host to Africa again since hosting the 1988 tournament that was won by Cameroon.

The North African country was handed the hosting right for the 2015 finals, but ducked at the eleventh hour in the midst of the ebola scare across some nations in the continent