AFCON 2023 Qualifiers
AFCON 2023 qualifiers: CECAFA teams to know opponents April 19th
Members of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) will know their group opponents for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 qualifiers on April 19th, 2022.
The first two matches of the AFCON 2023 qualifiers will be played between May and June, 2022.
Last Friday the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced that the draws will take place on April 19th.
Teams from the CECAFA region that will be drawn for the group qualifiers include; Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Rwanda and Burundi. It is not yet clear if Kenya who are suspended by FIFA will be included in the draw.
The 48 teams will be drawn into twelve groups of four teams (from Group A to Group L). Groups will consist of the 42 teams which enter directly, in addition to the six winners of the preliminary round. The best two teams in each group will qualify for the AFCON 2023 that will be hosted by Cote d’Ivoire.
According to the new calendar issued by CAF, the first two group matches will be played between May and June, while two more matches will be played in September and the next two in March 2023.
Ethiopia and Sudan qualified and represented the CECAFA region at the AFCON 2021 in Cameroon early this year.