CAIRO, May 19 (Reuters) - ⁠The following is the draw for the ⁠2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers conducted ‌in Cairo on Tuesday:

Group A: Lesotho, Niger, Gabon, Morocco

Group B: South Sudan, Malawi, Angola, Egypt

Group C: Somalia, Gambia, ​Ghana, Ivory Coast

Group D: Eritrea, ⁠Kenya, Guinea, South Africa

Group ⁠E: Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic ⁠of ‌Congo

Group F: Central African Republic, Mauritania, Benin, Burkina Faso

Group G: Congo, Namibia, ⁠Comoros, Cameroon

Group H: Botswana, Libya, Uganda, Tunisia

Group ​I: Burundi, ‌Togo, Zambia, Algeria

Group J: Ethiopia, Sudan, Mozambique, ⁠Senegal

Group K: ​Liberia, Rwanda, Cape Verde, Mali

Group L: Guinea-Bissau, Tanzania, Madagascar, Nigeria

The top two teams in each group ⁠qualify for the finals in Kenya, ​Tanzania and Uganda from June 19-July 17 next year, except for Groups D, H and L ⁠where the highest-placed side besides the three co-hosts will go to the 24-team finals.

The qualifiers will be played over three match windows from ​September 21-October 6 and ⁠November 9-17 this year and then March 22-30 ​next year. Two qualifying matches ‌per team will be played ​in each window.

(Compiled by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Toby Davis)