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WAFCON 2022 Draw Set for Friday

Apr 28, 2022

With just a few days to the final draw of TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2022™️, CAF has released the draw procedure that will be used to determine the fate of the 12 countries that have qualified for the event.

The final draw will be conducted at Mohamed VI Complex in Rabat, Morocco on Friday 29 April 2022 at 20:30 GMT.

Below is the draw procedure:

Qualified teams: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Morocco (hosts), Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia

Predetermined positions as per the regulations:

– A1: MOROCCO (Host Country),

– B1: CAMEROON (Second best ranked team)

– C1: NIGERIA (Champions)

POT 1 (Remaining teams)

Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Burundi
Tunisia
Senegal
Botswana
Burkina Faso
South Africa
Draw Procedure:

Three additional pots will be used: A, B, C. Each pot will contain three (3) balls .

The first ball drawn from Pot 1 will go to group A, a ball will drawn from Pot A to determine its position (A2, A3, A4) in the group.

The second ball drawn from Pot 1 will go to group B, a ball will drawn from Pot B to determine its position (B2, B3, B4) in the group.

The third ball drawn from Pot 1 will go to group C, a ball will drawn from Pot C to determine its position (C2, C3, C4) in the group.

This procedure will be repeated for all the remaining teams in Pot 1.

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