Sports News of Friday, 12 April 2019Source: primenewsghana.comAFCON 2019: How draw will be conductedFile photoThe Africa Cup of Nations draw takes place on Friday (18:00 GMT), with the 24 participating teams waiting to discover their countries' fate. But first there will be the process on how the draw will be conducted and it started with the seeding of the teams for the competition. The draw to be held in Cairo will be based on the April Fifa rankings which, ordinarily, would have placed Cameroon (ranked 54) and Egypt (57) among the second seeds. Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana - who lost out on top seedings because of Egypt and Cameroon - Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Algeria are the second seeds. DR Congo (when called Zaire), Ghana, Ivory Coast and Algeria have won the competition and Mali and Guinea came agonisingly close, finishing runners-up.

Source: GhanaWeb April 12, 2019 05:15 UTC