The Afcon 2022 Qualifier draw: everything you need to know

Tonight the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will hold a draw for the group stage of the Afcon 2023 qualifiers.

Here’s everything you need to know.

Date, place and details of TV programs

The draw ceremony will take place at SuperSport Studios in Yoburg. The action will be broadcast live on SuperSport TV at 19:30 CAT.

What is happening to banned Zimbabwe and Kenya?

Zimbabwe and Kenya will not be involved in the same group.

The CAF has included them in the qualifiers, but the teams will only take part in the competition if they comply with FIFA’s requirements two weeks before the start of the Games. If the bans are not lifted in time, only three teams will be involved in their groups and the top two will advance to the finals.

To avoid a situation where groups end with only two participants, both Zimbabwe and Kenya will not play together.

Drawing procedure

The first ball will be pulled out of bank 4 and go to position A4. The procedure will be repeated for the remaining teams from Bank 4, which will move to positions B4, C4, D4, E4, F4, G4, H4, I4, J4, K4 and L4 according to the order of the draw.

The same procedure as above will be repeated for pot 3, pot 2 and finally pot 1.

Sowing:

The hosts of Côte d’Ivoire will take part in the qualifiers and the team is guaranteed to reach the final regardless of their place in the group. Their matches and results will be counted in determining the qualifications of the other teams in their group.

Zimbabwe is in pot 3.

The winners and prize-winners of the groups automatically qualify for the Cup of African Nations, which will be held in Côte d’Ivoire in June 2023.

Sowing is based on the latest FIFA rankings published on March 31.

Pot 1
Senegal
Morocco
Nigeria
Egypt
Tunisia
Cameroon
Algeria
Mali
Ivory Coast
Burkina Faso
Ghana
DR Congo

Pot 2
South Africa
Cape Verde
Guinea
Gabon
Benin
Uganda
Zambia
Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Madagascar
Kenya
Sierra Leone

Pot 3
Namibia
Mauritania
Guinea-Bissau
Niger
Libya
Mozambique
Malawi
Go
Zimbabwe
Gambia
Angola
Comoros

Pot 4
Tanzania
Central African Republic
Sudan
Rwanda
Burundi
Ethiopia
Esvatini
Lesotho
Botswana
Liberia
South Sudan
Sao Tome and Principe

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