So it's almost that time again, when your favorite African player leaves his team for three weeks throwing your club's season in disarray.
This year's tournament is different for a couple of reasons, it's the first time since 1996 that the holder will not be defending the title (yes Egypt failed to make it). Also this year's main favorites have not won the title for about 20 years. Here are the groups -
Group A
Equatorial Guinea [co-host]
Libya
Senegal
Zambia
Group B
Côte d'Ivoire
Sudan
Burkina Faso
Angola
Group C
Gabon [co-host]
Niger
Morocco
Tunisia
Group D
Ghana
Botswana
Mali
Guinea
fixtures can be seen here.