The Confederation of African Football has announced that the draw for the final phase of the 33rd edition of the 2022  Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon will take place on Tuesday, August 17, 2021.

“CAF together with the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of Cameroon announce that the draw for the final phase of the 33rd edition of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021, will take place on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at the Yaounde Conference Centre, Cameroon at 19h00 local time (18h00 GMT),” read a statement on Caf website.

“The draw will see the 24 countries that will participate in next year’s TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations descend in the country ahead of 09 January 2022 kick-off.

“Caf will release more information in due course including the draw procedure and special guests.”

The 2022 AFCON is scheduled to begin on the 9th of January till February 6 with five host cities confirmed for the biennial tournament.

Host nation Cameroon are in Pot 1 alongside Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Nigeria and Morocco while Egypt, Ghana, Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Burkina Faso are in Pot 2.

In Pot 3, there is Cape Verde, Gabon, Mauritania, Zimbabwe, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone, and Sudan, Malawi, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia and Gambia complete Pot 4.