PARIS 2024: Nigeria U-23 AFCON draw holds Thursday

Nigeria’s U-23 nationwide group are one of many 4 WAFU B nations drawn bye into the second spherical because the draw for the qualifiers of the TotalEnergies U23 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2023 will happen on Thursday 18 August 2022 in Cairo.

Benin, Cote d’Ivoire in addition to Ghana are the opposite groups from WAFU B ecluded
The TotalEnergies U23 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2023 scheduled in June 2023 in Morocco and can function qualifying event to the Summer season Olympics Paris2024 as 39 Member Associations are engaged within the African qualifiers.

Morocco are robotically certified as hosts to the ultimate event. The remaining 38 groups will play the qualifiers on residence and away foundation.

The First Spherical can be performed between September 19 and 27 whilst Nigeria joins the fray the next month with the Second Spherical First Leg mounted between October 21 and 23 whereas the Second October 2022/28-30 October 2022.

Ought to Nigeria progress from the Second Spherical, the First Leg and Second Leg of the finale Third Spherical can be performed subsequent yr between March 20 and 28.

The taking part groups within the 1st spherical (20 groups):

1 group from UNAF: Libya

3 groups from WAFU A: Gambia, Guinea Bissau & Mauritania

3 groups from WAFU B: Burkina Faso, Niger & Togo

group from UNIFFAC: RD Congo

5 groups from CECAFA: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Sudan & Tanzania

7 groups from COSAFA: Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique & Namibia

Groups exempted in accordance with the rating (18 groups):

UNAF: Algeria, Egypt & Tunisia

WAFU A: Guinea, Mali, Senegal & S. Leone

WAFU B: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana & Nigeria

CECAFA: Sudan & Uganda

UNIFFAC: Cameroon, Congo & Gabon

COSAFA: South Africa & Zambia