The Confederation of African Football have moved the upcoming 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers to next year.
Click through the gallery above to see the five African nations competing at the World Cup this year.
Matchday three and four of the Cup of Nations qualifiers were scheduled to take place in September.
However, CAF have now decided to move those fixtures to March in 2023 in order for the five African teams playing at the 2022 World Cup to have proper preparation.
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Statement:
The Confederation of African Football ("CAF")_ Executive Committee has approved a revised TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cote d'Ivoire 2023 revised qualification calendar._
This was necessitated by the Executive Committee's commitment to make room for the African nations that have qualified for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in November/ December 2022 to prepare adequately.
Consequently, the September 2022 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cote d'Ivoire match day three and match day four qualifiers have been moved to 20-28 March 2023.
Match day five will now be on 12-20 June 2023 while match day six will be played on 4-12 September 2023.
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