Kenya has been placed in Pot 2 alongside South Africa and Uganda for the Cameroon 2021 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The Harambee Stars will most likely to avoid neighbours Uganda, Guinea, Zambia, Cape Verde, Benin, Gabon, Congo Brazzaville, Mauritania, Niger and Libya in their battle for a return to the continental stage.
Stars bowed out of the 2019 Afcon at the group stages in their first appearance since 2004. That was not the best result Kenyans had hoped for, after 15 years of starvation from continental football.
But while Football Kenya Federation boss Nick Mwendwa has insisted that Kenya will return to the Afcon in 2021, Sebastien Migne, if he will be retained after a dismal show in Egypt, will behoping to land easy opponents when they draws are conducted on July 18 in Cairo, Egypt.
Pot one has seeded Senegal, the top ranked team in Africa, Tunisia, Nigeria, Morocco, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Cameroon (hosts), Egypt, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast and Algeria.
Pot three has Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Malawi, Togo, Sudan, Tanzania
Neighbours Burundi and Rwanda will also avoid each other after landing on pot three, alongside Equatorial Guinea, eSwatini (formerly Swaziland), Lesotho, Botswana, Comoros, Ethiopia and four preliminary-round winners.
Pot 5 has Liberia, Mauritius, Gambia, South Sudan, Chad, Sao Tome e Principe, Seychelles, Djibouti
The eight pot 5 teams will be drawn into four pairings and the winners of the two-leg ties advance to stage 2 as part of pot 4.
After that, there will be 12 groups comprising one team from pots 1-4 and the section winners and runners-up qualify for the finals.
Hosts Cameroon are guaranteed a place so only one other team qualifies from their group.
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