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AFCON 2023 Qualifiers: Super Eagles To Know Group Opponents Next Week As CAF Postpones Matchday 3 and 4

AFCON 2023 Qualifiers: Super Eagles To Know Group Opponents Next Week As CAF Postpones Matchday 3 and 4

by Niyi Busari,
Apr 08, 2022
in National Teams

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Nigeria's Super Eagles will know their group opponents in the 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifier next week, the African soccer ruling body has confirmed, BSNsports.com.ng report

The three-time African champions failed to go beyond the Round of 16 in the 2021 edition and will be willing to get back into competitive football soonest.

CAF on Friday announced April 19, 2022, as the date for the draw in which 48 teams will be put in 12 groups of 4 with the top two teams qualifying for the competition in Ivory Coast.

Meanwhile, CAF has also announced the postponement of matchdays 3 and 4 of the qualifiers.

The initial calendar shows that Matchday 1-4 suppose to hold between May 30th to 14th of June but that has been changed in the new calendar.

The matchdays 3 and 4 will now hold on September 19th and 30 while matchdays 5 and 6 will hold on March 2023.

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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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