South Africa has been drawn in Group K for the qualifiers, along with neighbours Zimbabwe and Morocco.

Zimbabwe was recently suspended by FIFA, but still formed part of the draw.

Liberia is the fourth team in the group and can also pose a big threat.

The defending champions, Senegal, are on Group L, alongside Benin, Mozambique and Rwanda.

The 2023 AFCON will be played from June to July next year at the Ivory Coast.

Full draw:

Group A - Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome or Mauritius

Group B - Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Togo, Eswatini (Swaziland)

Group C - Cameroon, Kenya, Namibia, Burundi

Group D - Egypt, Guinea, Malawi, Ethiopia

Group E - Ghana, Madagascar, Angola, Central Africa Republic

Group F - Algeria, Uganda, Niger, Tanzania

Group G - Mali, Congo, Gambia, South Sudan

Group H – Ivory Coast, Zambia, Comoros, Lesotho

Group I - Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Mauritania, Sudan

Group J - Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Botswana

Group K - Morocco, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Liberia

Group L - Senegal, Benin, Mozambique, Rwanda

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