The draw has been made for the Africa Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast and Ghana in the same group.

Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou's Ivory Coast will face Michael Essien's Ghana in Group B. John Mikel Obi's Nigeria find themselves in Group C which contains reigning champions Egypt and Mozambique, recent World Cup qualifier opponents of Nigeria.

The first games will be played in host nation Angola on Sunday 10 January.

Nigeria coach Shaibu Amodou was at the draw, where he was pleased with his side's opposition in the group stages, although he did add a word of caution admitting there were 'no small teams in football anymore'.

The full results from the draw, which took place in Angola, can be seen below:

Group A: Angola, Mali, Algeria, Malawi.

Group B: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Burkina Faso.

Group C: Egypt, Nigeria, Benin, Mozambique.

Group D: Cameroon, Tunisia, Zambia, Gabon.