The draw for the 2023 U20 Africa Cup of Nations CECAFA Region qualifiers will be conducted on Tuesday morning with seven countries keen on gracing the continental show-piece but Kenya is among counties locked out as they are currently in FIFA’s bad books.The 2023 AFCON will be staged in Egypt in January 2023. 12 teams will grace the showpiece with the semifinalists also qualifying for the FIFA U20 World Cup to be held in Indonesia later that year.##NAJAVA_MECA_6705459##From the CECAFA region, seven teams will be fighting for the two qualification slots available. The qualifiers will be played in Sudan between 23rd October and November 2. Hosts Sudan have been seeded top in Group A while defending champions Uganda have been seeded top in Group B. One group will have four teams with the other settling for three teams.Latest*Ex-Uganda Cranes player Simeon Masaba named stand-in coach for Morley Byekwaso as Uganda Hippos start Preparations for AFCON U20 Qualifiers*Byekwaso has a busy schedule with @KCCAFC *CECAFA Zonal Qualifiers will be held in Sudan, with final tourney in Egypt next year pic.twitter.com/mRMvFpxHy8— Brian Kawalya 🇺🇬 (@BrianKawalya1) October 11, 2022 Rwanda, Eritrea, and Somalia have opted out of the qualifiers while Kenya will miss out through suspension. The country is currently serving a FIFA-imposed suspension from international football and will miss yet another international showpiece.Apart from the hosts Sudan, Uganda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Burundi, Ethiopia and Djibouti will take part in the qualifiers.CECAFA Secretary General Auka Gecheo has revealed that Rwanda and Somalia have withdrawn from the qualifiers while Eritrea refused to confirm their participation in the tournament.“Rwanda and Somalia have told us they will not participate, while Eritrea have not communicated and Kenya are still serving a suspension by FIFA,” says Gecheo.Kenyan superstar Eric ‘Marcelo’ Ouma collects man of the match award after heroic performance in Sweden
