CAF (Confederation of African Football) has set a date for the 2023 African Cup of Nations draw.
The draw will be held on October 12, three months before the continent’s flagship football event is held in the West African country.
The date was decided during a CAF Executive Committee meeting in Algiers on Thursday.
The 24 participating teams will discover their group opponents when the draw is held in the host country later this year.
The 2023 TotalEnergies AFCON is scheduled to kick off on January 13 and will run until February 11 when the final will be played.
The opening match is set to be played the Hassan Ouattara Stadium, in the capital Abidjan.
Only 24 nations will make it to the 2023 AFCON competition.
The countries are placed in 12 groups, with four teams making up a group starting from Group A to Group L. Only the top two teams from each group will qualify.
This is the second time that the Ivorians are hosting the tournament, having staged the 1984 edition when Cameroon were crowned champions.
Source: cafonline
