CAF unveils preliminary round draw for Cote d’Ivoire 2023

By : Gowon Akpodonor

Date: 22 January 2022 3:41am WAT

President of the Confederation of African Football Patrice Motsepe (3rd R) greet players from the women's football team in the Minawao refugee camp while they attend an Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) match between Nigeria and Sudan in Garoua on January 15, 2022. - The girls, ranging in age from 15 to 20, fled with their families to Cameroon years ago, as Boko Haram jihadists wreaked havoc in their country. At a refugee camp in Minawao, in Cameroon's Far North region, the girls took up football, forming a team with whatever equipment came to hand. At the weekend, thanks to an initiative of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, the girls got the treat of their lives: they were taken to a match between Nigeria and Sudan. (Photo by Daniel Beloumou Olomo / AFP)

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The TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Cote d’Ivoire 2023 Preliminary Round Draw was conducted yesterday in Douala.

The draw marks the kickoff towards the 34th edition of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d’Ivoire 2023.

The former Indomitable Lions defender and captain, Rigobert Song and Nigeria Super Eagles former star, Emmanuel Amunike, assisted CAF Director of Competitions, Samson Adamo in the draw process, that included the 12 least ranked teams.

The six aggregate winners will join the 42 highest ranked teams into the Group Stage of the qualifiers.

Following are the fixtures, with the first legs played at home of the lower ranked teams: Eritrea v Botswana; Sao Tome and Principe v Mauritius; Djibouti v South Sudan; Seychelles v Lesotho; Somalia v Eswatini and Chad v Gambia.