Zambia will meet Cape Verde Islands, Niger and a team to join group F after preliminaries.

Zambia was seeded and has had a direct qualification to the draws.

FULL LIST OF DRAWS

Group A
Nigeria…
South Africa
Sudan
Winner of Match 37/38

Group B
Mali
Algeria
Ethiopia
Winner of Match 43/44

Group C
Burkina Faso
Angola
Gabon
Winner of Match 33/34

Group D
Cote d’Ivoire
Cameroon
DR Congo
Winner Match 41/42

Group E
Ghana
Togo
Guinea
Winner Match 35/36

Group F
Zambia
Cap[e Verde
Niger
Winner Match 45/46

Group G
Tunisia
Egypt
Senegal
Winner Match 39/40

SCHEDULE OF PRELIMINARIES:

Second Round
Match 5 & 6 Liberia vs Lesotho
Match 7 & 8 Kenya vs Comoros
Match 9 & 10 Madagascar vs Uganda
Match 11 & 12 Mauritania vs Equatorial Guinea
Match 13 & 14 Namibia vs Congo
Match 15 & 16 Libya vs Rwanda
Match 17 & 18 Burundi vs Botswana
Match 19 & 20 Central African Republic vs Guinea Bissau
Match 21 & 22 Swaziland vs Sierra Leone
Match 23 & 24 Gambia vs Seychelles
Match 25 & 26 Sao Tome e Principe vs Benin
Match 27 & 28 Malawi vs Chad
Match 29 & 30 Tanzania vs Zimbabwe
Match 31 & 31 Mozambique vs South Sudan