The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has officially determined the participating teams for the men’s and women’s football events at the African Games Accra 2023.
In the men’s category, the CAF Executive Committee has confirmed that the eight quarterfinalists from the TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2023, along with host Ghana, will qualify for the event.
The age category applied during the U-20 AFCON will be adopted, featuring teams from Benin, Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, Tunisia, and Uganda.
For the women’s event, the teams that participated in the fourth qualifying rounds of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 will qualify for the African Games Accra 2023.
The same age category will be applicable, and the eight teams include host Ghana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The African Games Accra 2023 are scheduled to take place from March 8 to March 24, 2024, in the Ghanaian capital, Accra.
The last edition of the continental multisport event in 2019, held in Rabat, Morocco, saw Burkina Faso and Nigeria claim gold in the men’s and women’s events, respectively.
