2015 Afcon draw in numbers

Rockvillefilm sportainment  takes a closer look at the fascinating numbers that make up what is the much awaited draw this week as Africa is set to welcome a new champion in February.

0- The number of teams making a debut at the 2015 African Cup of Nations. There will be zero debutants

1- The number of times Algeria lost in their qualifying campaign. They were defeated 2-0 by Mali away.

2- This is the second time Equatorial Guinea and Cape Verde will participate in the showpiece

2- Only two defending champions have failed to defend their title, Egypt 2012 and Nigeria 2015

3- On the third day of December, the draw will take place live on your World of Champion on SS7HD, SS7, SS7N, Select from 8PM CAT

4- There will be four pots based on seedings

6- Burkina Faso's Jonathan Pitroipa netted six times in the qualifying campaign to stake claim as top scorer

7- West Africa will have seven representative at the finals, highest, from a regional body. Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Mali

8- Coach Claude Le Roy has been to eight African Cup of Nations finals (Cameroon, DR Congo and Senegal twice and once each with Ghana and Congo Brazzaville)

9-The number of former champions in the draw on Wednesday evening

10- Only 10 of the finalists are previous Afcon hosts.

10- The number of finalists that featured in the 2013 African Cup of Nations

13-The European coaches that will be on the sideline - the highest ever in Afcon history

15- The points accumulated by Algeria, the highest after six rounds of matches

18- Algeria is the highest ranked team in Africa and in the recently released global rankings they are 18th

19- The statistic of the nations that have hosted the African Cup of Nations since its inception in 1957

21- Cote d'Ivoire will be in their 21st ever appearance at the competition, the highest compared to all finalists

30- This will be the draw for the 30th edition of the African Cup of Nations

37- It is now 37 months since the last Afcon draw took place in Malabo

51- The teams that entered the competition for 2015 African Cup of Nations qualification

125- Number of matches played in the qualifying campaign to the final

175- There were 175 different scorers in the qualifying campaign

268- Total of goals scored in the qualifiers

368- The number of players that will be registered to feature in the event

1 600- The International Conference of Sipopo, the venue for the draw, largest conference room has 1 600 seats