Algiers (Algeria), October 2: Reigning Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) champions Senegal and continental powerhouse Ivory Coast have been drawn together for the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN).
The biennial tournament is due to be held in Algeria in January and February 2023, with 18 teams competing across five groups. The participants must consist only of players playing in their domestic national league competitions.
Group B looms as the toughest with Senegal drawn alongside two-time AFCON winners Ivory Coast, as well as DR Congo and Uganda. DR Congo missed out on 2022 World Cup qualification in the playoffs to Morocco.
Here is the final draw of the CHAN 2022 that will be held in Algeria 🇩🇿 from January 13 to February 4, 2023.
— Usher Komugisha (@UsherKomugisha) October 1, 2022
Uganda 🇺🇬, who have qualified for six editions now, have never gone past the group stages. Tough group again!
Group B is the Group of Death! 😳😳 pic.twitter.com/C4Qk3OAeMn
Hosts Algeria are in Group A with 2014 winners Libya, Ethiopia and Mozambique, while Morocco, who have lifted the past two African Nations Championship titles, are in Group C with Ghana, Sudan and Madagascar.
Mali, Angola and Mauritania are in Group D and Cameroon, Congo and Niger make up Group E.
Egypt, who lost last year's AFCON final to Senegal, along with 2022 World Cup participants Tunisia did not enter, while Nigeria failed to qualify.