The Black Stars of Ghana will know about their group rivals for the qualifiers of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) as the draw comes on sometime later today.
Ghana left the group phase of the last encounter in Cameroon and will be anticipating a new beginning in the qualifiers as one more journey to end the AFCON dry spell starts.
The Black Stars won’t confront any of the top African groups, including sworn rivals Nigeria, in the qualifiers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, which will be held in the Ivory Coast.
This is on the grounds that Ghana is among the 12 favored picks thus will keep away from the likes of Nigeria, African champions Senegal and Tunisia.
The main 42 African teams in the most recent FIFA rankings were programmed contestants while the Gambia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Sao Tome e Principe and South Sudan won starter ties and Botswana got a walkover.
Gambia, who surprised Africa this year while coming to the 2021/2022 quarter-finals, nearly passed up a great opportunity with an additional time penalty rescuing a draw against Chad that just barely got them through.
Seeding
Pot 1: Senegal (holders), Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Cameroon, Algeria, Mali, Ivory Coast (hosts), Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Democratic Republic of Congo
Pot 2: South Africa, Cape Verde, Guinea, Gabon, Benin, Uganda, Zambia, Congo Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Kenya, Sierra Leone
Pot 3: Namibia, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Libya, Mozambique, Malawi, Togo, Zimbabwe, Gambia, Angola, Comoros
Pot 4: Tanzania, Central African Republic, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Botswana, Liberia, South Sudan, Sao Tome e Principe
The 2023 AFCON qualifiers will start in June this year.
The tournament which will be hosted by Ivory Coast has been moved to the following year summer.