Zimbabwe To Face DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea And Sierra Leone In 2027 AFCON Qualifiers
Zimbabwe will take on DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone in the TotalEnergies AFCON Pamoja 2027 qualifiers, which are due to kick off in September and run through the October and November international windows.
Black News 
The draw was conducted by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo on Tuesday. Group E pits Zimbabwe against the group’s highest-ranked side, DR Congo, who were in pot one. Equatorial Guinea were drawn from pot two as the second-highest ranked team, while Sierra Leone came from pot three. Zimbabwe were placed in pot four.
Across the 12 groups, the top two teams will qualify automatically for the tournament. Because the finals will be co-hosted by three nations, the group containing the hosts will have different qualification criteria.
Full draw for the AFCON Pamoja 2027 qualifiers:
Group A has Morocco, Gabon, Lesotho and Niger. Group B is made up of Egypt, Angola, Malawi and South Sudan. In Group C, the Ivory Coast are drawn alongside Ghana, Gambia and Somalia.
Group D has South Africa, Guinea, Kenya and Eritrea. Group E, as noted, includes DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. Group F has Burkina Faso, Benin, Mauritania and the Central African Republic.
Group G comprises Cameroon, Comoros, Namibia and Congo. Group H has Tunisia, Uganda, Libya and Botswana. In Group I, Algeria will face Zambia, Togo and Burundi.
Group J is headlined by Senegal, who are joined by Mozambique, Sudan and Ethiopia. Group K brings together Mali, Cape Verde, Rwanda and Liberia. Finally, Group L has Nigeria, Madagascar, Tanzania and Guinea-Bissau.
