The Executive Committee of the Confederations of African Football (CAF) has announced the dates for both FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Qualifiers and TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d’Ivoire 2023 Qualifiers draw at its meeting.
The TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d’Ivoire 2023 Qualifiers draw will be conducted on January 21, 2022, in Douala, Cameroun.
The preliminary round will be played by a knockout system: home and away matches and will include the lower-ranked teams following the FIFA rankings. The teams qualified from this round will reach the group stage composed of 48 teams.
The FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022 African Qualifiers draw will be conducted the following day, January 22, 2022, in Douala, Cameroun.
The 10 qualified teams will be divided into two levels based on the official FIFA ranking, published in November 2021.
The five highest-ranked teams will play against the five least ranked teams (the first leg will be played at the home of the lower-ranked teams).
According to the ranking published on November 19, 2021, after the last round, the distribution of the teams on the two pots shall be as follows:
Level 1: Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Nigeria; Level 2: Egypt, Cameroun, Ghana, Mali, and DR Congo.
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