CAF has unveiled the schedule for the first two days of the 2023 AFCON qualifiers.
The race for a place at the AFCON 2023 in Côte d'Ivoire starts on 1 June. There will be three matches on the menu for this first day. The Lions of Senegal, defending African champions, start their competition on Saturday 4 June in Dakar. They host Benin at the Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Diamniadio. The last meeting between the two teams was won by Senegal 1-0, in the quarterfinals of the AFCON 2019. The first day of these qualifications will end on 9 June with a clash between Morocco and South Africa. It should be noted that Kenya (group) and Zimbabwe (group K) have been excluded from the qualifications.
Match Day 1
Wednesday 1 June 2022
Angola 16h00 Central African Republic
Libya 16:00 Botswana
Ghana 19:00 Madagascar
Thursday 02 June 2022
Malawi 16:00 Ethiopia
Mozambique 16:00 Rwanda
Egypt 19:00 Guinea
Tunisia 19:00 Equatorial Guinea
Friday 03 June 2022
Comoros 13:00 Lesotho
Togo 16:00 Eswatini
Burkina Faso 19:00 Cape Verde
Côte d'Ivoire 19:00 Zambia
Saturday 04 June 2022
Namibia 13:00 Burundi
Niger 16:00 Tanzania
Gambia 16:00 South Sudan
DR Congo 16:00 Gabon
Algeria 19:00 Uganda
Mali 19:00 Congo
Mauritania 19:00 Sudan
Senegal 19:00 Benin
Thursday 09 June 2022
Guinea-Bissau 12:00 Mauritius
Nigeria 16:00 Sierra Leone
Morocco 19:00 South Africa
Match Day 2
Sunday 05 June 2022
Central African Republic 13h00 Ghana
Botswana 13:00 Tunisia
Madagascar 16:00 Angola
Monday 6th June 2022
Guinea 19:00 Malawi
Equatorial Guinea 19:00 Libya
Tuesday 07 June 2022
Eswatini 13:00 Burkina Faso
Zambia 13:00 Comoros
Cape Verde 16:00 Togo
Rwanda 19:00 Senegal
Wednesday 08 June 2022
Kenya 13:00 Namibia
Burundi 19:00 Cameroon
Uganda 13:00 Niger
Tanzania 16:00 Algeria
Congo 16:00 Gambia
Gabon 16:00 Mauritania
Sudan 19:00 DR Congo
Benin 19:00 Mozambique
Thursday 9 June 2022
South Sudan 12:00 Mali
Ethiopia 16:00 Egypt
Lesotho 17:00 Côte d'Ivoire
Monday 13 June 2022
South Africa 13:00 Zimbabwe
Mauritius 13:00 Nigeria
Sierra Leone 16:00 Guinea-Bissau
Liberia 19:00 Morocco
