The AFCON draw went down yesternight at the host country, Egypt where the teams all over the continent will square it out for the football king of the continent.
Here are some facts about the Cup that you maybe never knew;
The 2019 AFCON draw pitted hosts Egypt with Zimbabwe, Uganda and Congo while defending Champions Cameron landed in Group F with newcomers Benin and Ghana.
Five Africa Cup of Nations facts after the draw for 2019 tournament was made in Cairo Friday:
Egypt will be hosts for a record fifth time. They previously staged the Cup of Nations in 1959, 1974, 1986 and 2006, winning three of those four tournaments and finishing third in the other.
Only three countries, hosts, Egypt Sudan and Ethiopia, took part in the first tournament in February 1957 where there was no qualifying competition at the time.
The most successful country has been Egypt with seven titles followed by Cameroon (five), Ghana (four), Nigeria (three) and the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Ivory Coast (two each).
Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o is the leading overall Cup of Nations scorer, notching 18 goals in six tournaments between 2000 and 2010.
Egypt goalkeeper Essam El Hadary became the oldest player at 44 years and 21 days to feature in the tournament when he faced Cameroon in the 2017 final in Libreville.
Here is how the groupings appear as they were pooled yesterday:
Group A: Egypt, DR Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Group B: Nigeria, Guinea, Madagascar, Burundi
Group C: Senegal, Algeria, Kenya, Tanzania
Group D: Morocco, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Namibia
Group E: Tunisia,Mali, Mauritania, Angola
Group F: Cameroon,Ghana, Benin, Guinea-Bissau