{"id":131729,"date":"2022-01-08T23:34:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T22:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=131729"},"modified":"2022-01-08T23:34:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T22:34:38","slug":"caf-picks-dates-for-qatar-2022-african-qualifiers-afcon-2023-qualifiers-draws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/08\/caf-picks-dates-for-qatar-2022-african-qualifiers-afcon-2023-qualifiers-draws\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF picks dates for Qatar 2022 African Qualifiers, AFCON 2023 Qualifiers\u2019 draws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Saturday announced the dates for the draws for both the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers and the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>The CAF Executive Committee picked the dates at its meeting on Friday in Douala, Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>It said the draws for the qualifiers for the 2023 AFCON scheduled for C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire will be conducted on January 21 in Douala.<\/p>\n<p>The preliminary round will be played by a knock-out system, on the basis of home and away matches.<\/p>\n<p>It will include the lower-ranked teams in accordance with the FIFA rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The teams qualified from this round will reach the group stage composed of 48 teams.<\/p>\n<p>As for the 2022 FIFA World Cup scheduled for Qatar, the draws for the final round of the qualifiers will be conducted the following day, January 22, also in Douala.<\/p>\n<p>The 10 qualified teams will be divided into two levels based on the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/21\/fifa-reveals-position-on-cancelling-afcon-2021-in-january\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA<\/a> ranking, published in November 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The five highest-ranked teams will play against the five least-ranked teams, and the first leg matches will be played at the home of the lower-ranked teams.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ranking published on November 19 after the last round of the qualifiers, the distribution of the teams on the two pots shall be as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Level 1: Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Level 2: Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali and DR Congo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Saturday announced the dates for the draws for both the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers and the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). 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