The draw for the thirty fifth Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will happen on the Mohamed V Nationwide Theatre in Rabat, Morocco, on Monday night.
Nigeria’s Tremendous Eagles, who’ve received the event 3 times, have been positioned in Pot 1, together with Egypt, who’ve received the event seven occasions, Cote d’Ivoire (three-time champions and present holders), Algeria (two-time winners), hosts Morocco (who received in 1976), and Senegal, the 2021 champions.
Tremendous Eagles’ Head Coach, Éric Sékou Chelle, Staff Administrator Dayo Enebi Achor, and the Chairman of the NFF Technical and Growth Committee, Alhaji Sharif Rabiu Inuwa, will attend the occasion in Morocco’s administrative capital.
The ultimate event will happen from twenty first December to 18th January, marking the primary time the competitors will begin in a single yr and finish within the subsequent. This will even be the primary time Morocco hosts the event since 1988, once they final hosted the occasion and Cameroon received. Though Morocco was initially set to host the 2015 AFCON, they withdrew on the final minute as a consequence of fears over the Ebola outbreak.
Since then, Morocco has hosted a number of main soccer occasions, together with the 2018 African Nations Championship (which they received), the 2022 Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations (the place they have been runners-up), and the 2023 FIFA Membership World Cup. The nation will even co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup with Spain and Portugal.
Nigeria’s Tremendous Eagles maintain the report for essentially the most medals within the 68-year-old event, with 16 medals from 20 earlier AFCON appearances.
