Full CHAN 2022 Qualifiers Draw

The draw for the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN) set to take place in Algeria in January 2023 was on Thursday conducted in Cairo, Egypt with participating teams knowing who they will face in their path to making it to the continental tournament which brings together players who compete in their respective domestic leagues.

The draw conducted today followed the news where CAF had revealed that, for the first time in history, the upcoming edition of the tournament will witness the number of participating teams increase from 16 to 18.

Due to the indefinite suspension imposed in the country, Kenya was not included in the draw in yet another tournament after even failing to engage while Zimbabwe, who also suffer the same fate as Kenya, were included in the draw, though given instructions to have their suspension lifted two weeks before matchday 1.

Here is the Full Draw Path.

Qualifying Draw

Northern Zone (2 teams to qualify + HOST)

Engaged Teams: Libya & Morocco

Libya and Morocco are automatically qualified to the final tournament since only two teams are engaged in the qualifiers where two slots are available. Algeria are not involved in the qualifiers since they qualify automatically due to being hosts.

Western Zone A (3 teams to qualify)

Engaged Teams (9): All MAs engaged.

Level I – Guinea, Mali, Mauritania

Level II – Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Cap Verde, Liberia, Gambia & Sierra Leone

1st Round (First leg - 22, 23, 24 July 2022) (Second leg – 29, 30, 31 July)

Match 1&2 - Liberia vs Senegal

Match 3&4 –Sierra Leonne vs Cape Verde

Match 5&6 – Gambia vs Guinea Bissau

2nd Round (First leg - 26, 27, 28 August 2022) (Second leg 2, 3, 4 August)

Winner 1&2 vs Guinea

Winner 3&4 vs Mali

Winner 5&6 vs Mauritania

Western Zone B (3 teams to qualify)

Engaged Teams (7): All MAs engaged.

Level I – Nigeria, Burkina Faso & Niger

Level II – Côte d’Ivoire & Togo

Level III – Ghana & Benin

1st Round

Ghana vs Benin

2nd Round

Cote d’Ivoire vs Burkina Faso

Togo vs Niger

Nigeria vs Winner Ghana/Benin

Central Zone (3 teams to qualify)

Engaged Teams (6 teams): Sao tome are suspended & Gabon did not engage.

Level I – Cameroon, DR Congo & Congo

Level II – Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, & Chad

Fixtures

Central Africa vs Congo

Equitorial Guinea vs Cameroon

Chad vs DR Congo

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Central East Zone (3 teams to qualify)

Engaged Teams (9): Eritrea & Kenya did not engage.

Level I – Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan

Level II – Tanzania, Ethiopia, Burundi, South Sudan, Somalia & Djibouti.

1st Round

Ethiopia vs South Sudan – Match 1&2

Somalia vs Tanzania – Match 3&4

Burundi vs Djibouti – Match 5&6

2nd Round

Winner 1&2 vs Rwanda

Winner 3&4 vs Uganda

Winner 5&6 vs Sudan

Southern Zone (3 teams to qualify)

Engaged Teams (13): Lesotho did not engage

Level I – Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Eswatini, South Africa

Level II –Mozambique, Comoros, Mauritius, Botswana, Seychelles, Malawi

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1st Round

Mauritius vs Angola – Match 1&2

Comoros vs South Africa – Match 3&4

Botswana vs Eswatini – Match 5&6

Seychelles vs Madagascar – Match 7&8

Malawi vs Zimbabwe – Match 9&10

Mozambique vs Zambia – Match 11&12

2nd Round

Winner 1, 2 vs Winner 3, 4

Winner 5, 6 vs Winner 7, 8

Winner 9, 10 vs Winner 11, 12