The draw for the U23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers set for Morocco in 2023 will take place on Thursday, August, 18, 2022 at 2 PM EAT and will be live across all CAF digital platforms, the continental body has confirmed.39 countries are set to take part from the qualifying stage, with Morocco already having qualified as hosts while the other 38 countries will square it out for the final slots in the qualifiers for the tournament that will serve as the qualifying tournament for the Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024.The first round qualification matches will be played in a two-legged format between September 19 and September 27 this year, with the second round taking place between October 21 and October 30 for the two legs.The draw for the qualifiers of the TotalEnergies U23 AFCON,Morocco 2023 will take place on August 18,2022 at 11:00 GMT. The U23 AFCON scheduled in June 2023 in Morocco will serve as qualifying tourney to the Paris2024 Olympics.The draw’ll be streamed live on CAF digital platforms— Phemmy Adetula (@phemmytula) August 14, 2022 The third and final qualifying round matches are set to be played next year between March 20 and March 28.Procedures of the drawing of lots of the qualifiers of the U23 Africa Cup of NationsFormat:1st round: the 20 least ranked teams will play the 1st round (knock out from home & away matches) qualifying 10 teams to the 2nd round.2nd round: The 10 teams qualified from the 1st round + the 18 exempted from the 1st round will play the 2nd round (knock out from home & away *matches) qualifying 14 teams to the 3rd round.3rd round: The 14 teams qualified from the 2nd round will play the 3rd round (knock out from home & away matches) qualifying 7 teams to the final tournament in addition to the host country Morocco.CAF members to back Gianni Infantino’s re-elation bid – MotsepeThe participating teams in the 1st round (20 teams):1 team from UNAF: Libya3 teams from WAFU A: Gambia, Guinea Bissau & Mauritania3 teams from WAFU B: Burkina Faso, Niger & Togo1 team from UNIFFAC: RD Congo5 teams from CECAFA: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Sudan & Tanzania7 teams from COSAFA: Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique & NamibiaTeams exempted according to the ranking (18 teams):UNAF: Algeria, Egypt & TunisiaWAFU A: Guinea, Mali, Senegal & S. LeoneWAFU B: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana & NigeriaCECAFA: Sudan & UgandaUNIFFAC: Cameroon, Congo & GabonCOSAFA: South Africa & Zambia
