Defending Champions Zambia has been placed in Group B of the 2021 Cosafa Cup.
In a draw conducted in South Africa on Thursday, the five times Southern African Champions will face neighbours Malawi and Islanders Madagascar and Comoros.
In Group A, host South Africa has been placed alongside neighbours Botswana, Eswatini and Lesotho.
Bafana Bafana have won three times.
Guests Senegal are in Group C and will come head to head with six times winners Zimbabwe , Mozambique and Namibia.
The tournament will take place from July 7 to July 18, 2021.
The top team in each pool, as well as the best second-place finisher, will advance to the semifinals. There will be no Plate competition this time around.
The Copper Bullets will be aiming for a sixth title to match record winners Zimbabwe (six wins), South Africa have won four titles, Angola three, and Namibia have a single title to their name.
Mozambique, Malawi, and Botswana have all twice been finalists but ended up on the losing side on both occasions. Lesotho (2000) is the only other team to reach the decider.
Zambia won the tournament in 1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, and 2019.
