AFCON Qualifiers Postponed To 2023

Qualifying matches for the Africa Cup of Nations which had been scheduled for September have been pushed again to March subsequent yr to assist the continent’s groups put together for the World Cup in Qatar, AFP realized on Thursday.

The choice to delay the qualifiers was eased when the finals, initially scheduled to be held in June and July subsequent yr in Ivory Coast, had been postponed to January-February 2024 in a bid to keep away from the wet season.

“The postponement of the Cup of Nations supplied a chance to reschedule the remaining qualifying matches,” a doc addressed to the members of the chief committee of the CAF, which has been seen by AFP, outlined.