AWCON Qualifier: CAF Record Historic Participation

AWCON Qualifier: CAF Record Historic Participation By Sampson Adedeji Ahead of the draw for 2022 African Women Cup Of Nations qualifier, Confederation of African Football (CAF) have received a record entry of countries willing to participate in it, BSNSports.com.ng reports. 44 countries have signified their intentions to partake in the preliminaries of qualifiers ahead of the main competition in 2022. This is the highest number of teams to enter into the preliminary round from the initial 20 teams that entered to play prior to the 2018 AWCON hosted by Ghana. It also accounts for 75 percent 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. Ahead of the draw which will hold on Monday, top-ranking teams such as Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Mali, Ghana, South Africa, Algeria, Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire are expected to be drawn byes. The 12th edition of the tournament will be held in Morocco in the summer of 2022