CAF meets today to discuss preparations for the African Nations 2023 in Abidjan – Youm7

Books – Ramy Abdel Hamid

Saturday, November 18, 2023 05:00 AM

Today, Saturday, the Executive Office of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will hold a meeting in the city of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. To discuss many files, most notably the final preparations for the 2023 African Nations competitions, which will be hosted by Abidjan next January..

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) published a statement in which it said: “The CAF Executive Committee meets on Saturday in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.“.

The African Cup of Nations matches will begin with Côte d’Ivoire’s match against Guinea Bissau, while Nigeria will face Equatorial Guinea..

The groups for the African Cup of Nations were as follows:

Group A: Côte d’Ivoire – Nigeria – Equatorial Guinea – Guinea Bissau.

Group Two: Egypt – Ghana – Cape Verde – Mozambique.

Group Three: Senegal – Cameroon – Guinea – Gambia.

Group Four: Algeria – Burkina Faso – Mauritania – Angola.

Group Five: Tunisia – Mali – South Africa – Namibia.

Group Six: Morocco – Democratic Republic of Congo – Zambia – Tanzania.

The Egyptian national team’s journey through the nations of Africa

The Egyptian national team’s journey to the final of the African Nations Championship will not be a bed of roses, as it is expected to face many strong competitions with the most prominent teams of the African continent in the search for the eighth continental title in the history of Egyptian football.

The Egyptian national team begins the group stage of the African Nations Championship by facing Mozambique in the first round, then clashing with Ghana in an expected match in the second round, and ending the group matches against Cape Verde.

If the Egyptian national team qualifies at the top of the second group, it will set up a match with the third-placed team from the first, third or fourth groups.

As for qualifying as runner-up in the group, the Pharaohs will meet with… The second of the sixth group, while in case Qualifying as the best of three, the national team will have a date with the leaders of the third or fourth group standings.

The African Nations Championship regulations stipulate:The first and second places in each group, in addition to the best 4 third places, advance to the round of 16 in the African Championship, provided that the matches are held after the group stage in a knockout system until the final..

All of Egypt’s national team’s matches in the group stage of the African Nations Championship will be held at the Felix Offuiy-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, which has a capacity of 33,000 spectators..