Africa Cup of Nations draw: Holders Zambia pooled with Nigeria

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GROUP A
GROUP B
GROUP C
GROUP D
S Africa Ghana Zambia Cote d'I.
Angola Mali Nigeria Tunisia
Morocco Niger B Faso Algeria
C Verde DR Congo Ethiopia Togo Holders Zambia face a tough defence of their Africa Cup of Nations crown next year after being paired with continental heavyweights Nigeria, along with Burkina Faso and Ethiopia, in the first round.
Hosts South Africa will play Cape Verde, who qualified after dispatching Cameroon, in the tournament's opening game after the pair were drawn together in Group A. Bafana Bafana will also face neighbours Angola as well as Morocco.
Cote d'Ivoire , finalists in 2012, will take on North African giants Tunisia and Algeria in Group D, along with a Togo side making theirfirst appearance at the competition since the shootings at the Angolan edition in 2010.