Ghana’s Black Queens will know its opponents for the 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) qualifiers on Monday, May 10, 2021.
The Confederations of African Football (CAF) will conduct the draw for the eliminators in Cairo, Egypt.
The 12th edition of the tournament will be held in Morocco in the summer of 2022 after the tournament was earlier cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
44 teams have entered the preliminaries to compete in the qualifiers ahead of the main competition in 2022 and it is the highest number of teams to enter into this preliminary round from the initial 20 teams that entered to play prior to the 2018 AWCON hosted by Ghana.
It also accounts for 75 per cent of the national teams in Africa, which reflects the huge impact of Caf’s women’s football strategy and Fifa’s women’s football support to member associations.
Prior to the draw, holders Nigeria along with Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Mali, Ghana, South Africa, Algeria, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire are expected to be drawn byes.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Sylvester Ntim
