YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon
The TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021 will take place from 9 January to 6 February 2022.
Following the draw for the final
tournament held in Yaoundé on Tuesday 17 August, the 24 qualified teams were
divided into four groups.
The opening match will pit tournament
host and five-time Africa Cup of Nations winners Cameroon against Burkina Faso,
runners-up of 2013 AFCON.
This is the moment everyone has been
waiting for! And there were many stars present at this highly decisive meeting
for the protagonists of the most popular continental soap opera.
CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe was in the front row to attend the draw, as well as the COCAN President and Minister of Sports of Cameroon, Prof. Narcisse Mouelle Kombi.
The start of the show was given all in
music by the artist composer and performer Salatiel, author of "Ca se
passe ici". Cameroon's cultural diversity was also presented through local
dance choreographies.
AFCON groups :
Group
A : Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Ethiopie, Cape Verde
Group B : Senegal,
Zimbabwe, Guinee, Malawi
Group C : Morocco,
Ghana, Comoros, Gabon
Group D : Nigeria,
Egypt, Sudan, Guinea-Bissau
Group E : Algeria,
Sierra-Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire
Group F : Tunisia,
Mali, Mauritania, Gambia
52 countries took part in the qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations with only 24 places available. The qualified teams unveiled after a campaign that started in October 2019 and ended in June 2021, due to the one-year hiatus caused by Covid-19, are now fixed on their opponents.
oGroup stage: from January 9 to
20, 2022
oRound of 16: January 23-26, 2022
oQuarter-finals: January 29 and
30, 2022
oSemi-finals: February 2 and 3,
2022
oThird Place match and Final:
February 6, 2022
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