The draw for the CAN 2023 qualifiers will be made on April 19, announced the Confederation of African Football.
“The draw for the group stages is scheduled for Tuesday April 19, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. GMT,” CAF said in a statement. The kick-off of the group stage of the playoffs will be given next June, ”said the body.
At the same time, the pan-African body announced the changes made to the schedule for the CAN 2023 qualifiers following the challenge from the globalists.
« Regarding the schedule for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023 qualifiers, the organizing committee has approved changes to the June 2022 window“, indicates the CAF.
Initially, CAF had planned to play 4 qualifying days on the June FIFA date. From now on, we will only play two days to allow the representatives of Africa in Qatar to prepare for their World Cup.
The other two days are postponed to September 2022, while the last two are now scheduled for March 2023.
