Uganda Will learn its opponent opponent in Qualifiers today, 26th May 2022 when the draws of the 2023 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) draw will be conducted in Cairo, Egypt.
Algeria will host seventh edition of the tournament early next year.
Uganda has qualified in the last five editions of Chan tournament but on all occasions has failed to make it out of the groups.
Algerian legend Djamal Menad, top scorer and winner of 1990 AFCON with Algeria, will be the draw assistant joined by CAF Head of Competitions Khaled Nassar.
For the first time in the history of the competition, 18 teams will participate in the next final tournament set to take place in Algeria in January and February 2023.
The TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) is the competition which brings together players who compete in their respective domestic leagues.
The previous edition took place in January/February 2021 in Cameroon and saw Morocco being crowned as champions
Below is the procedure for the draw:
Northern Zone (2 teams to qualify + HOST)
Engaged Teams: Libya & Morocco
Since there are only two teams engaged from this Zone and only two teams are qualified from this zone ((in addition to the host that is automatically qualified); hence Libya and Morocco are automatically qualified to the final tournament.
Western Zone A (3 teams to qualify)
Engaged Teams (9): All MAs engaged.
Level I – Guinea, Mali, Mauritania
Level II – Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Cap Vert, Liberia, Gambia & Sierra Leone
First Round: The six teams from Level II will play against each other. The first team drawn will play against the 2nd team drawn, the 3rd team drawn will play against the 4th team drawn and the 5th team drawn will play against the 6th team drawn. The team drawn last will play second match at home.
Second Round: Teams of level I will play against the winners of the 1st round.
Guinea will play against the winner of match 1/2 – Mali will play against the winner of match 3/4 and Mauritania will play against the winner of match 5/6
\The teams of level 1 play the 2nd match at home. \
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: The two teams from Level III will play against each other. A draw will be done to determine the order of the matches. The team drawn last will play second match at home.
2nd Round: A team will be drawn from Level I to play against a team that will be drawn from Level II. The procedure will be repeated 2 times. The last team remaining will play against the winner of the 1st round (Winner 1/2).
\Level I will play the 2nd match at home. \
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
First Round: A team will be drawn from Level I to play against a team that will be drawn from *Level II. *The procedure will be repeated 3 times.
\The teams of level 1 play the 2nd match at home. \
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.
First Round: The six teams from Level II will play against each other. The 1st team drawn will play against the 2nd team drawn, the 3rd team drawn will play against the 4th team drawn and the 5th team drawn will play against the 6th team drawn. The team drawn last will play second match at home.
Second Round: Teams of level I will play against the winners of the 1st round.
Rwanda will play against the winner of match 1/2 – Uganda will play against the winner of match 3/4 and Sudan will play against the winner of match 5/6
The teams of level 1 play the 2nd match at home.
\The aggregate winners are qualified to the Final Tournament. \
Southern Zone (3 teams to qualify)
Engaged Teams (13): Lesotho did not engage
Level I – Zambia, Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Madagascar & Eswatini
Level II –South Africa, Mozambique, Comoros, Mauritius & Botswana
Level III –Malawi & Seychelles.
1st Round: The teams from Level IIIwill play against each other. A draw will be done to determine the order of the matches. The team drawn last will play second match at home.
2nd Round: A team will be drawn from Level I to play against a team that will be drawn from Level II. The procedure will be repeated 5 times. The last team remaining will play against the winner of the 1st round (Winner 1/2).
\Level I will play second match at home. \
3rd Round: The winner of matches 3/4 will play against the winner of matches 5/6 and the winner of 7/8 will play against 9/10 and the winner of 11/12 will play against 13/14
\The winner of matches 15/16, 17/18 and 19/20 are qualified to the Final Tournament \
\In case the suspension of Zimbabwe FA is not lifted 2 weeks before their first match, they will be considered loser and eliminated from the competition. \
