The draw which was originally slated for November 18th in Kigali, was brought forward by the African football governing body, and will now be staged three days earlier.
The finalists for the 2016 CHAN tournament are hosts Rwanda, Angola, DR Congo, Gabon, Ethiopia, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The tournament will be played from January 16 to February 7 in Rwanda.