The final draw for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is set to be conducted next month, 17 August 2021 in Cameroon, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced.The draw was initially scheduled for the 25th June but CAF stated that would not be happening due to ‘logistical reasons’ caused by Covid-19.In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, the football governing body confirmed the new dates for the draw of the biennial tournament.“CAF together with the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of Cameroon announce that the draw for the final phase of the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021, will take place on Tuesday 17th August 2021 at the Yaounde Conference Centre, Cameroon at 19h00 local time (18h00 GMT),” read the announcement.⚽️ TotalEnergies AFCON final draw date announced https://t.co/CkjfRKOJIr— CAF Media (@CAF_Media) July 29, 2021 “The draw will see the 24 countries that will participate in next year’s Africa Cup of Nations descend in the country ahead of 09 January 2022 kick-off. CAF will release more information in due course including the draw procedure and special guests.”Initially, the tournament was supposed to take place between January and February 2021 but it was moved to January 9 to February 6 2022 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The tournament will see the participation of 24 teams. The qualified teams will be pooled into six groups of four. Winners and runners-up of each group along with four best losers proceed to the round of 16. Algeria are the current reigning champions after winning the 2019 edition held in Egypt.FTTogo 1-2 Harambee Stars (Abdallah Hassan, Masoud Juma)Our AFCON qualification journey ends on a high. Next are World Qualifiers starting in June.#HarambeeStars pic.twitter.com/OZ9MK2ZuDz— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) March 29, 2021 Kenya will not be participating in this edition of the tournament after they finished third on the log behind Egypt and Comoros in Group G of the qualifiers.Team that have qualified for AFCON 2022Cameroon (Hosts), Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Ghana, Sudan, Gambia, Gabon, Morocco, Mauritania, Cape Verde, Egypt, Comoros, Algeria, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
