Tunisia national team - FILE
CAIRO - 28 April 2019: Tunisia plays three tough friendly games before the start of the 2019 African Nations Cup in Egypt.
Tunisia's first friendly match will be against Iraq on June 7 at the Olympic Stadium in Rades.
Four days later, the Tunisian team flies to Croatia to face the 2018 World Cup runners-up and finishes preparations against Burundi in Rades on 17 June.
Tunisia delegation will then fly to Suez City on June 19 to start their journey in 2019 African Nations Cup, 9TH Tunisian Channel reported.
Tunisia are in Group E with Angola, Mali and Mauritania. The Tunisian team starts off against Angola on June 24 in Suez.
The matches will be played in the Cairo, Air Defense, Al Salam, Alexandria, Suez and Ismailia stadiums. The Cairo Stadium will host the opening match and final match.
Group A: Egypt, DR Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe - This group of matches will be played at Cairo Stadium
Group B: Nigeria, Guinea, Madagascar, Burundi - This group of matches will be played at Alexandria Stadium
Group C: Senegal, Algeria, Kenya, Tanzania - This group of matches will be played at Air Defense Stadium
Group D: Morocco, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Namibia - This group of matches will be played at Al Salam Stadium
Group E: Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, Angola - This group of matches will be played at Suez Stadium
Group F: Cameroon, Ghana, Benin, Guinea-Bissau - This group of matches will be played at Ismailia Stadium
Egypt won the rights to host the tournament after being selected over South Africa.
The 2019 African Cup of nations was initially scheduled to be hosted by Cameroon. However, Cameroon was stripped of hosting the tournament for serious delays in preparations.
Egypt is the most successful nation in the history of the competition as Egypt has won a record of seven titles including three in a row between 2006 and 2010.
Egypt has been known for its ability to host the biggest sports tournaments as the country has one of the best infrastructures in the continent, besides the huge passion of its people towards sports, especially football.
Since 1996, a total of 16 teams were allowed to participate at the tournament but for the first time in history, 24 nations will compete to win the title in 2019.
Since the launch of Egypt's official bid to host the tournament, the Egyptian Football Federation announced the stadiums which would host the games.
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