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= Eighth African Musical Cup =

Big four qualifier
From this edition onwards the four countries in the african big four – Mali, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia – Need to participate of a qualification group to earn a spot, the two best performing teams get a slot in the cup.

Seeding and drawing
The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the most World Cup Ranking at the point (After the eighteenth cup), starting from the best placing teams and progressively going down through the pots, and the teams out of the world ranking were sorted based on placings on the African Cup ranking, and finally population.