CAN 2023. A few months after Senegal’s victory, it is already time for the draw for the 2023 African Cup of Nations with the draw.
With a 2021 edition postponed to 2022 with the coronation of Senegal against Egypt, there will be a new African Cup of Nations from 2023 in Côte d’Ivoire. This Tuesday, April 19, place in the draw for the CAN 2023 qualifiers with Senegal, which is putting its title back into play and which will be in hat 1 with Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Cameroon, Algeria, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, DR Congo. 48 teams will be divided into 12 groups of 4, the selections will be drawn by lot by the Ivorian Salomon Kalou and the South African Lucas Radebe. The first two of each group will be qualified for CAN 2023 except in the group of Côte d’Ivoire, the organizing country and automatically qualified, where only one other country will be able to obtain its ticket since the Elephants still participate in the campaign. There is also uncertainty over the presence of Kenya and Zimbabwe for the qualifiers even if the latter will be present for the draw. “If the suspension is not lifted two weeks before their first day of qualifying, both associations will be considered losers and eliminated from the competition. Their groups will then consist of three teams, and the teams that come first and second will qualify for the final tournament.
Here are all the hats for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers draw.
- Hat 1 : Senegal, Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Cameroon, Algeria, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, DR Congo
- Hat 2 : South Africa, Cape Verde, Guinea, Gabon, Benin, Uganda, Zambia, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Kenya, Sierra Leone
- Hat 3 : Namibia, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Libya, Mozambique, Malawi, Togo, Zimbabwe, Gambia, Angola, Comoros
- Hat 4 : Tanzania, Central African Republic, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Botswana, Liberia, South Sudan, Sao Tome and Principe
If you want to follow the draw for the CAN 2023 qualifiers live and in full, be aware that no broadcast in France is planned. The latter will be broadcast on the South African channel Supersport.
The group draw for the CAN 2023 qualifiers will begin at 7:30 p.m. French time on Tuesday, April 19.
The 2023 African Cup of Nations will be organized by Côte d’Ivoire, winner of the competition in 1992 and 2015. The competition will take place in 5 cities: Abidjan, Bouaké, Korhogo, San-Pédro and Yamoussoukro.
CAN 2023, which takes place in Côte d’Ivoire, will be played from June 23, 2023 until the final scheduled for July 23, 2023.
- 2022 : Senegal (victory against Egypt, 0-0 4tab2)
- 2019 : Algeria (victory against Senegal, 1-0)
- 2017: Cameroon (win against Egypt, 2-1)
- 2015 : Ivory Coast (victory against Ghana, 0-0, 9-8 pens)
- 2013: Nigeria (win against Burkina Faso, 1-0)
- 2012: Zambia (victory against Ivory Coast, 0-0, 8-7 pens)
- 2010: Egypt (win against Ghana, 1-0)
- 2008: Egypt (victory against Cameroon, 1-0)
- 2006: Egypt (victory against Ivory Coast, 0-0, 4-2 pens)
- 2004 : Tunisia (victory against Morocco, 2-1)
- 2002: Cameroon (victory against Senegal, 0-0, 3-2 pens)
- 2000: Cameroon (victory against Nigeria, 2-2, 4-3 on pens)
- 1998: Egypt (win against South Africa, 2-0)
- 1996: South Africa (win against Tunisia, 2-0)
- 1994: Nigeria (win against Zambia, 2-1)
- 1992: Ivory Coast (victory against Ghana, 0-0, 11-10 on pens)
- 1990 : Algeria (victory against Nigeria, 1-0)
- 1988: Cameroon (victory against Nigeria, 1-0)
- 1986: Egypt (victory against Cameroon, 0-0, 5-4 pens)
- 1984: Cameroon (victory against Nigeria, 3-1)
- 1982: Ghana (victory against Libya, 1-1, 7-6 pens)
- 1980: Nigeria (victory against Algeria, 3-0)
- 1978: Ghana (win against Uganda, 2-0)
- 1976: Morocco (finishes first in the tournament)
- 1974: Zaire (victory against Zambia, 2-0)
- 1972: Congo (win against Mali, 3-2)
- 1970: Sudan (win against Ghana, 1-0)
- 1968: Congo Kinshasa (win against Ghana, 1-0)
- 1965: Ghana (victory against Tunisia, 3-2)
- 1963: Ghana (victory against Sudan, 3-0)
- 1962: Ethiopia (win against Egypt, 4-2)
- 1959: United Arab Republic, ex-Egypt (1st in the ranking)
- 1957: Egypt (win against Ethiopia, 4-0)