The draw for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying groups has been made in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The draw show resulted in balanced groups that came as follows:

Group A: Sao Tome e Principe or Mauritius, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Nigeria.

Group B: Eswatini, Togo, Cape Verde, Burkina Faso.

Group C: Burundi, Namibia ,Kenya, Cameroon. 

Group D: Ethiopia, Malawi, Guinea, Egypt. 

Group E: Central African Republic, Angola Madagascar, Ghana. 

Group F: Tanzania, Niger, Algeria Uganda. 

Group G: South Sudan, Gambia, Congo Brazzaville, Mali.

Group H: Lesotho, Comoros, Zambia, Ivory Coast (hosts).

Group I: Sudan, Mauritania, Gabon
 Democratic Republic of Congo. 

Group J: Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Botswana

Group K: Liberia, Zimbabwe,  South Africa
Morocco.

Group L: Rwanda, Mozambique, Benin
Senegal (holders).

The 2023 AFCON - the 33rd edition of the continental showpiece is set to take place between may 30 and June 14 and July of next year in the Ivory Coast, with two more rounds between September 19 and 27 and the final two next year from March 20-28.