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The all-important draw for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying groups was made in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Photo: Twitter @CAF_Online

AFCON 2023 draw: Which 24 teams will reach the tournament?

The all-important draw for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying groups was made in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

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The all-important draw for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying groups was made in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Photo: Twitter @CAF_Online

The all-important draw for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying groups was made in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

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Group A: Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome e Principe or Mauritius

Group B: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Togo, Eswatini

Group C: Cameroon, Kenya, Namibia, Burundi

Group D: Egypt, Guinea, Malawi, Ethiopia

Group E: Ghana, Madagascar, Angola, Central African Republic

Group F: Algeria, Uganda, Niger, Tanzania

Group G: Mali, Congo Brazzaville, Gambia, South Sudan

Group H: Ivory Coast (hosts), Zambia, Comoros, Lesotho

Group I: Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Mauritania, Sudan

Group J: Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Botswana

Group K: Morocco, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Liberia

Group L: Senegal (holders), Benin, Mozambique, Rwanda

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AFCON 2023 is scheduled to be the 34th edition of the tournament and will be held in the Ivory Coast from 23 June to 23 July next year.

AFCON 2023 DATES

May 30-June 14: Matchdays 1, 2

Sept 19-27: Matchdays 3, 4

March 20-28, 2023: Matchdays 5, 6

NOTES:

– Winners and runners-up in each group – except Group H – qualify for 24-team finals in the Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast automatically qualify from Group H as tournament hosts, along with the highest placed of the other three teams

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

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

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