In addition to the friendly match on October 16 on French soil, Cameroon and Senegal will have to face each other in the first round of the African Cup of Nations (CAN) Ivory Coast 2023. Thus decided the draw carried out on October 12, 2023. Chance placed the two nations of Lions in group C. A battle at the top, after the distant duel of the CAN 2021 which saw the Fauves from Central Africa settle for 3rd place at home, while those from Teranga raced to the top step of the podium. For the first time in their history. Avenging a final lost in 2002 in Mali.
This time, the two countries will meet in the first round. But also, Cameroon will have to measure itself against Tom Sainfiet who narrowly missed being his coach a few years ago, and who came to Cameroon to make an impression by reaching the quarter-finals, before being dismissed by the organizing country, with a double of Karl Toko Ekambi.
In this group, Cameroon is an intruder in a West African group. With Guinea which completes the squad where we find the two other neighbors, Senegal and Gambia.
Pool A
Ivory Coast
Guinea Bissau
Equatorial Guinea
Nigeria
Pool B
Mozambique
Cape Verde
Ghana
Egypt
Pool C
Gambia
Guinea
Cameroon
Senegal
Pool D
Angola
Mauritania
Burkina Faso
Algeria
Pool E
Namibia
South Africa
Mali
Tunisia
Pool F
Tanzania
Zambia
RD Congo
Morocco
