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Preparations for the 2021 African Cup of Nations have already begun for most of the 24 teams qualified for the great mass of African football. The program includes training sessions in Doha, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, as well as friendly matches, before heading to Cameroon. Sport News Africa has compiled the program of the training camps for the national teams that will be in Cameroon (9 January-6 February).
Tunisia
Training camp in Tunis from 26 to 30 December; second training camp in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) from 2 January
Friendlies: Gabon, Burkina Faso or Cape Verde (3 January)
Departure for Cameroon on 8 January
Burkina Faso
Start of training camp on 26 December in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
Friendlies: Mauritania (30 December), Tunisia (3 January)
Departure for Cameroon on 4 January
Cameroon
Start of training camp on 27 December
Friendly match: Guinea-Bissau (3 January)
Cape Verde
Start of training camp on 26 December in Praia; second training camp in Morocco from 29 December to 4 January.
Friendlies: Morocco (31 December) and Tunisia (to be confirmed)
Ivory Coast
Start of training camp on 27 December in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
Friendlies: Comoros (31 December), Mali + a local team
Departure for Cameroon on 6 January
Algeria
Start of training camp on 27 December in Doha (Qatar)
Friendly matches: Gambia (1 January), Ghana (5 January)
Departure for Cameroon on 6 January
Comoros
Start of training camp on 25 December in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
Friendlies: Ivory Coast (31 December), Malawi (4 January)
Departure for Cameroon on 5 January
Guinea
Start of training camp on 27 December in Kigali (Rwanda)
Friendlies: Rwanda (2 and 6 January)
Departure for Cameroon on 7 January
Ethiopia
Arrived in Cameroon on 26 December
Friendly match: Sudan (to be determined)
Gambia
Start of training camp on 27 December in Doha (Qatar)
Friendlies: Algeria (1 January), Syria (5 January)
Gabon
Training camp from 27 December to 6 January in Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
Friendlies: local club (2 January), Mauritania (4 January) Uganda or Tunisia (to be determined)
Ghana
Training camp from 22 December in Doha (Qatar)
Friendlies: 3 matches scheduled including one against Algeria (5 January)
Departure for Cameroon on 7 January
Guinea Bissau
Friendly match: Cameroon (3 January)
Departure for Cameroon on 1 January
Malawi
Training camp in Saudi Arabia since 23 December
Friendlies: Mali (date to be determined) and Comoros (4 January)
Mali
Training camp in Saudi Arabia
Friendlies: Ivory Coast and Malawi
Mauritania
Training camp in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) from 26 December to 6 January
Friendlies: Burkina Faso (30 December), Uganda (1 January), Gabon (4 January)
Senegal
Start of the training camp on 27 December in Dakar, then departure for a training camp in Rwanda on 31 December
Friendly match: Rwanda (3 January)
Departure for Cameroon: 4 January
Morocco
Start of training camp on 27 December in Rabat; second training camp from 2 to 7 January in Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) to be confirmed according to the health situation
Friendlies: Cape Verde (31 December), Equatorial Guinea (6 January, to be confirmed)
Zimbabwe
Departure for Cameroon on 29 December
Friendlies: Sudan (2 January), opponent to be determined (4 January)
Sudan
In training since 14 December
Friendlies: Ethiopia and Zimbabwe (to be confirmed)
Departure for Cameroon on 27 December
P.S.: The training camp program for Egypt, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone have not yet been announced.
