The draw for the qualifiers of the U23 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2023 will take place on Thursday, August 18 at 13:00 Cairo time (11:00 GMT), announced CAF in a recent press release.
The draw will be streamed live on CAF digital platforms, added the press release.
39 Member Associations are engaged in African qualifiers. Morocco is automatically qualified as host to the final tournament. The remaining 38 teams will play the qualifiers, added the same source.
Qualifiers Schedule:
First Round (Home and Away): September 19 to 27, 2022
Second Round (First Leg/Second Leg): 21 – October 23 -2022/28-30 October 2022
Third Round (First Leg/Second Leg): 20 to 28 March 2023
Procedures of the drawing of lots of the qualifiers of the U23 Africa Cup of Nations.
Format:
- 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, according to the same source.
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