Johannesburg---Zimbabwe has been handed a tricky draw for the 2012 CAF African Nations Cup that will be held in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. In a draw conducted in Angola on Saturday, The Warriors were pooled in Group 1 alongside unpredictable Mali and minnows Cape Verde and Liberia.
His affords Zimbabwe n opportunity to make up to missing out on the last edition of the tournament, which was held in Angola in January.
This followed a disastrous qualification campaign that cost Brazilian-born coach Valinhos his job.
Meanwhile, the teams were drawn into eleven groups of four teams each and will play each other on a round-robin basis. The winners of each group will qualify for the finals as well as the three best second placed teams.
Equatorial Guinea and Gabon qualify automatically as co-hosts.
From the draw, 44 teams will take part in the qualifying series. The teams will be battling for the 14 spots for the final tournament.
FULL DRAW
Groups Countries
1. Mali Cape Vert Zimbabwe Liberia
2. Nigeria Guinea Ethiopia Madagascar
3. Zambia Mozambique Libya Comores
4. Algeria Morocco Tanzania Central Africa
5. Cameroon Senegal Rd congo Mauritius
6. Burkina Faso Gambia Namibia Mauritania
7. Egypt South Africa Sierra Leone Niger
8. Cote dIvoire Benin Rwanda Burundi
9. Ghana Congo Sudan Swaziland
10. Angola Uganda Kenya Guinea-Bissau
11. Tunisia Malawi Chad Botswana
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