The Black Stars of Ghana will know of their group opponents for the qualifiers of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) as the draw comes on later today.
Ghana exited the group stage of the last edition in Cameroon and will be looking forward to a fresh start in the qualifiers as another quest to end the AFCON drought begins.
The Black Stars will not face any of the top African teams, including sworn rivals Nigeria, in the qualifiers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, which will be held in the Ivory Coast.
This is because Ghana is among the 12 top seeds and so will avoid the likes of Nigeria, African champions Senegal and Tunisia.
The top 42 African teams in the latest FIFA rankings were automatic entrants while the Gambia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Sao Tome e Principe and South Sudan won preliminary ties and Botswana received a walkover.
Gambia, who took Africa by storm this year when reaching the 2021/2022 quarter-finals, almost missed out with an added-time penalty salvaging a draw against Chad that squeezed them through.
Seeding
Pot 1: Senegal (holders), Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Cameroon, Algeria, Mali, Ivory Coast (hosts), Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Democratic Republic of Congo
Pot 2: South Africa, Cape Verde, Guinea, Gabon, Benin, Uganda, Zambia, Congo Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Kenya, Sierra Leone
Pot 3: Namibia, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Libya, Mozambique, Malawi, Togo, Zimbabwe, Gambia, Angola, Comoros
Pot 4: Tanzania, Central African Republic, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Botswana, Liberia, South Sudan, Sao Tome e Principe
The 2023 AFCON qualifiers will begin in June this year.
The tournament which will be hosted by Ivory Coast has been moved to next year summer.
