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Group C: Cameroon, Kenya, Namibia, Burundi<\/p>\n
Group D: Egypt, Guinea, Malawi, Ethiopia<\/p>\n
Group E: Ghana, Madagascar, Angola, Central African Republic<\/p>\n
Group F: Algeria, Uganda, Niger, Tanzania<\/p>\n
Group G: Mali, Congo Brazzaville, Gambia, South Sudan<\/p>\n
Group H: Ivory Coast (hosts), Zambia, Comoros, Lesotho<\/p>\n
Group I: Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Mauritania, Sudan<\/p>\n
Group J: Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Botswana<\/p>\n
Group K: Morocco, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Liberia<\/p>\n
Group L: Senegal (holders), Benin, Mozambique, Rwanda<\/p>\n
Dates<\/p>\n
May 30-June 14: Matchdays 1, 2<\/p>\n
Sept 19-27: Matchdays 3, 4<\/p>\n
March 20-28, 2023: Matchdays 5, 6<\/p>\n
\u2014 Winners and runners-up in each group except H qualify for 24-team finals in the Ivory Coast during June and July 2023<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ivory Coast automatically qualify from Group H as tournament hosts, along with the highest placed of the other three teams<\/p>\n
\u2014 Kenya and Zimbabwe are suspended by FIFA due to government interference in the running of the sport and they will be allowed to compete only if the bans are lifted by mid May<\/p>\n
\u2014 Mauritius have protested a 4-3 aggregate loss to Sao Tome e Principe in the preliminary round and the outcome of a disciplinary hearing will decide which nation competes in Group A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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