CAF announces participating teams for All African Games, Accra 2023
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled the teams that will participate in the football events (men and women) at the African Games Accra 2023.
For the men’s category, the CAF Executive Committee has determined that the eight quarterfinalists from the TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2023, along with the host nation Ghana, will qualify for the prestigious event.
The age category rules applied during the TotalEnergies U-20 AFCON will be maintained. The qualified men’s teams are Benin, Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, Tunisia, and Uganda.
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On the women’s side, the teams that competed in the fourth qualifying rounds of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 will secure spots in the Final tournament of the African Games Accra 2023. The same age category will be applied.
The qualified women’s teams include the host nation Ghana, along with Cameroon, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Set to be held from March 8 to March 24, 2024, in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, the African Games Accra 2023 is poised to deliver high-level football competition.
The previous edition of the continental multisport event in 2019, hosted in Rabat, Morocco, witnessed Burkina Faso and Nigeria clinching gold in the men’s and women’s events, respectively.
