The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday in Cairo, Egypt conducted the Draw for the qualification series for next year’s African Nations Championship (CHAN) billed for Rwanda.

The draw which was based on the zonal representation of the National Associations affiliated to CAF, pitched the Super Eagles B against Burkina Faso.

It is the only qualifying round in which the two teams will be engaged, and the first leg of the fixture comes up between Oct. 16 and Oct. 18.

The second leg holds between Oct. 23 and Oct. 25.

Forty-two teams are engaged in the qualifiers that will produce the 15 teams which will join the hosts for the final tournament scheduled for Jan. 16 to Feb. 7, 2016.

Three teams are to qualify from Zone West B, which has Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger Republic and Togo.

The Northern Zone has four teams, from which two teams will qualify, while Zone West A has eight teams from which two teams will qualify.

Central Zone has six teams, from which three teams will qualify, while Central East will produce only two teams aside host nation Rwanda.

Southern Zone has the most number of participating teams and will produce three teams from 12 nations.

CHAN is a tournament designed exclusively for footballers playing in their domestic leagues.

The first edition was held in 2009 in Cote d’Ivoire with DR Congo emerging as champions.

The second edition was held in 2011 in Sudan, with Tunisia as winners, while Libya won the third edition in 2014 in South Africa.(NAN)

*Details of the Draw for the 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying competition made in Cairo Sunday:

North

Mini-league

June 19-21: Libya (holders) v Tunisia; July 3-5: Morocco v Libya; Aug 14-16: Tunisia v Morocco; Aug 28-30: Morocco v Tunisia; Oct 16-18: Tunisia v Libya; Oct 23-25: Libya v Morocco

Note: teams finishing first and second qualify

West A

Preliminary round

Guinea Bissau v Mali, Mauritania v Sierra Leone, Guinea v Liberia, Senegal v Gambia

First legs: June 19-21, second: July 3-5

First round

Guinea Bissau or Mali v Mauritania or Sierra Leone, Guinea or Liberia v Senegal or Gambia

First legs: Oct 16-18, second: Oct 23-25

*Note: first-round winners qualify

West B

First round

Ghana v Ivory Coast, Nigeria v Burkina Faso, Niger v Togo

First legs: Oct 16-18, second: Oct 23-25

*Note: winners qualify

Central

First round

Democratic Republic of Congo v Central African Republic, Cameroon v Congo Brazzaville, Chad v Gabon

First legs: Oct 16-18, second: Oct 23-25

Note: winners qualify

Central East

Preliminary round

Tanzania v Uganda, Djibouti v Burundi, Ethiopia v Kenya

First legs: June 19-21, second: July 3-5

*First round

Tanzania or Uganda v Sudan, Djibouti or Burundi v Ethiopia or Kenya

First legs: Oct 16-18, second: Oct 23-25

*Note: first-round winners qualify