2022 AFCON get Draw and Tournament Start Date

By Emmanuel Oladele - Following the conclusion of Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers, the date for the tournament draw has been confirmed to be 25th of June, 2021.

Meanwhile, the tournament proper will kick off on the 9th of January and end on 6th February 2022.

Below are the 24 teams that will take part in the tournament, they are;

• Guinea

• Mali

• Malawi

• Burkina Faso

• Sudan

• Ghana

• Gambia

• Gabon

• Mauritania

• Morocco

• Cape Verde

• Cameroon

• Egypt

• Comoros

• Algeria

• Zimbabwe

• Senegal

• Guinea Bissau

• Tunisia

• Equatorial Guinea

• Cote D'Ivoire

• Ethiopia

• Nigeria

• Benin/Sierra Leone

The last game in group L between Sierra Leone and Benin that failed to hold due to coronavirus antics being used by Sierra Leone to disqualify five Benin first team players, the match will now hold in the next FIFA break, which will decide who go through between both teams.