The Nigeria's Senior Women’s team are in Group B alongside  Ghana, Kenya and Mali.

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Having won seven titles (nine if you include the 1991 and 1995 editions which were played in a FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers' format) the Super Falcons are the powerhouse of African women’s football.

They won the 2014 edition, winning all five of their games, scoring 16 goals and conceding three.

In this championship, however, the Super Falcons have not arrived in the best form and are not exactly hot favourites. They failed to qualify for Rio 2016 Olympic Games as they were knocked out by Equatorial Guinea and also could not win any medal at 2015 All Africa Games.

These two cases show that the Super Falcons are not the power house they once were in Africa and other teams will be very confident ahead of the 2016 AWCON.

“Teams want to beat Nigeria, we will work extra hard to retain the title," Super Falcons coach Florence Omagbemi who won four AWCON titles as a player told BBC Sport.

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"We are currently rebuilding a new team under a new coach and I believe we're more like the underdogs going into the tournament, which makes us freer to express ourselves on the pitch," Falcons star with Complete Sports.

Host Cameroon will pose a big threat to Nigeria having finished runners-up and third place at the last two editions.(2012 and 2014).

They beat the Super Falcons 1-0 in the third-place match to win bronze at the 2012 AWCON.

Cameroon also have reigning African Women's Player of the Year, Gaelle Enganamouit who just returned from injury to boost their chances of winning their first AWCON title.

Along with Nigeria and Cameroon, South Africa are the only country that have qualified for all the editions of AWCON. Banyana Banyana have been runners-up three times (2000, 2008 and 2012).

They face Cameroon, Zimbabwe and Egypt in Group A.

Group A: Cameroon, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Egypt

Group B: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Mali