The draw for the African Cup of Nations qualifier for local players to be held in Algiers in 2023 has taken place in Cairo, Egypt, in the first preliminary round, while direct confrontations will be determined in the second round.

Teams Libya and Morocco qualified directly for the final of the African Nations Championship for local players because they were alone in the North African region along with host team Algeria, after the teams of Egypt and Tunisia apologized for not participating due to the refusal of Egyptian and Tunisian clubs to stop local league.

Here is the result of the lottery:

Somalia will face Tanzania and in the second round the qualifier will face Uganda and the Djibouti team will face Burundi and the winner in the second round will face Sudan.

In the first preliminary round, the draw put the teams of South Sudan and Ethiopia in a direct confrontation, the winner of which met with Rwanda.

The draw will see Sierra Leone face Cape Verde, the winner will face Mali in the second round, and the Gambia will face Guinea-Bissau, and the winner will face Mauritania in the second round of qualifying.

Senegal and Liberia were drawn, with the winner facing Guinea in the second preliminary round, Ghana facing their Benin counterpart in the first round, and the winner facing Nigeria in the second round.

Central Africa will draw against Congo, while Equatorial Guinea will face Cameroon and Chad will play their counterpart from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The draw saw a second preliminary round showdown between Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire, but neither entered the first round. that the winners qualify for the upcoming showdown between them in the second round.

Botswana will also play Eswatini while Seychelles will play their Madagascar rival to qualify from these two matches the two teams will face off in the second round Malawi will face Zimbabwe and Zambia will face their counterpart in Mozambique where the winners will meet . in the second round.

The African Football Confederation has set the next July 22, 23 and 24 as the dates for the first preliminary round, the first round, and the second round will take place on the 29, 30 and 31 of the same month, and the second round will take place on one of the days of August 26, 27 and 28, there and back, 1, 2 and 3 September.