The Confederation of African Football, CAF, on Thursday
announced that the draw for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, will take
place on August 17, 2021, in Cameroon.
The draw has been scheduled for the Yaounde Conference
Centre at 18h00 GMT.
CAF disclosed this in a statement via its website today.
Recall that the draw was initially postponed in June 2021
due to logistical relations related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The AFCON 2022 is expected to start on Jan. 9 till Feb. 6
with five host cities confirmed for the biennial competition.
“CAF, together with
the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of Cameroon announce that the draw for the
final phase of the 33rd edition of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations,
Cameroon 2021, will take place on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at the Yaounde
Conference Centre, Cameroon at 19h00 local time (18h00 GMT),” CAF’s statement
read.
“The draw will see the 24 countries that will participate in
next year’s TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations descend in the country ahead of
January 9 2022 kick-off.
“Caf will release more information in due course including
the draw procedure and special guests.”
The countries who have qualified for the tournament are
defending champions Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros,
Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria,
Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia and Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone.
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