AWCON 2022 first round qualifying draws announced
The draws for the first round of the 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations qualifying campaign, which will feature 44 countries, have been released.
Conducted at CAF headquarters, Cairo, on Monday, the draws were broken down into six geographical groups to minimize travel distances.
Morocco, the host country of the final tournament who automatically qualified as hosts. So, 44 teams will take part in the qualifiers.
It will be the first edition organized under the format of 12 teams.#itsTimeItsNow #CAFOnline #CAF #football https://t.co/Iv2gmYK2gt— CAF Media (@CAF_Media) May 10, 2021
It will see record winners Nigeriai face their arch rivals Ghana over two legs in the WAFU Zone B.
In the COSAFA Zone, Mozambique will play South Africa, who lost to Nigeria in the 2018 final.
The 2022 finals will hold in Morocco, and will see the competition expand from eight to twelve teams.
After the 2018 edition, the next tournament was scheduled to hold in 2020 but due to the coronavirus pandemic, the biennial competition had to be cancelled.
All the draws
CECAFA
Uganda vs Ethiopia
Kenya vs South Sudan
Eritrea vs Burundi
Djibouti vs Rwanda
COSAFA
Malawi vs Zambia
Tanzania vs Namibia
Zimbabwe vs Eswatini
Angola vs Botswana
Mozambique vs South Africa
UNAF
Algeria vs Sudan
Egypt vs Tunisia
UNIFFAC
Equatorial Guinea vs DR Congo
Sao Tome vs Togo
Congo vs Gabon
Central Africa vs Cameroon
WAFU A
Sierra Leone vs Gambia
Liberia vs Senegal
Mali vs Guinea
Guinea Bissau vs Mauritania
WAFU B
Burkina Faso vs Benin
Nigeria vs Ghana
Niger vs Cote d’Ivoire