Morocco and South Africa were paired together in a heavyweight group for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers which get under way in June, but they might have one less country to contend with on the road to the finals in the Ivory Coast
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What time is the Afcon draw for 2023?
The TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cote d'Ivoire 2023 Preliminary Round draw will be conducted on Friday, 21 January 2022 at 16h00 (15h00 GMT, 17h00 CAT) in Douala. Both draws will be live on CAF platforms. The Preliminary Round will see the 12 least ranked teams. The 12 teams will be divided into two levels.
Who will qualify for Afcon 2023?
The group consists of four teams: Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe. The teams shall play against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format, between 9 June 2022 and September 2023.
Will there be Afcon in 2023?
The next Africa Cup of Nations will be played in Ivory Coast in 2024, and not 2023, Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Patrice Motsepe said on Sunday. The tournament was to be hosted in June-July 2023, which is the height of the rainy season in Ivory Coast.
