2018 African Nations Championship seeding

The draw of the final tournament was held on 17 November 2017, 19:30 WET (UTC±0), at Sofitel Rabat in Rabat, Morocco.[1]

Seeding

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[2] The hosts Morocco were seeded in Group A. The remaining teams were seeded based on their results in the four most recent final tournaments: 2009 (multiplied by 1), 2011 (multiplied by 2), 2014 (multiplied by 3), 2016 (multiplied by 4):[3][4][5]

  • 7 points for winner
  • 5 points for runner-up
  • 3 points for semi-finalists
  • 2 points for quarter-finalists
  • 1 point for group stage

Based on the formula above, the four pots were allocated as follows:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Morocco (hosts) (10 pts)
  2.  Libya (22 pts)
  3.  Ivory Coast (15 pts)
  4.  Angola (14 pts)
  1.  Nigeria (13 pts)
  2.  Guinea (12 pts)
  3.  Cameroon (12 pts)
  4.  Zambia (11 pts)
  1.  Rwanda (10 pts)
  2.  Uganda (9 pts)
  3.  Sudan (6 pts)
  4.  Congo (3 pts)
  1.  Burkina Faso (3 pts)
  2.  Mauritania (3 pts)
  3.  Namibia (0 pts)
  4.  Equatorial Guinea (0 pts)

Final draw

Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Morocco  Ivory Coast  Libya  Angola
 Guinea  Zambia  Nigeria  Cameroon
 Sudan  Uganda  Rwanda  Congo
 Mauritania  Namibia  Equatorial Guinea  Burkina Faso

References

  1. ↑ "Draw on November 17th in Rabat". CAF. 18 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Results and Fixtures of Total CHAN Morocco 2018 draw". CAF. 17 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Total CHAN 2018: Pots for final draw revealed". CAF. 15 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Procedure for the draw" (PDF). CAF. 15 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ranking of qualified teams" (PDF). CAF. 15 November 2017.


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