By Robert Kayindi James
The Uganda national football team, the Cranes have today been seeded in port four ahead of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers groups draws. According to reports, the group draws will be held on June 24th, 2016.
In port four, Uganda is along with Zambia, current Group D opponents of the 2017 AFCON qualifiers Burkina Faso, Gabon, Guinea and Libya.
Five groups consisting of four teams each will be formulated and the leader from each group will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup that will be held in Russia.
Here are the full port seedings;
Pot 1: Algeria, Cöte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia
Pot 2: Cape Verde, Egypt, Congo DR, Nigeria and Mali
Pot 3: Cameroon, Morocco, Guinea, South Africa and Congo
Pot 4: Uganda, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Gabon and Libya