Namibia drawn in Afcon 2023 Group C

Namibia have been drawn along with Cameroon, Kenya and Burundi, with the top two teams due to qualify for the 2023 finals in the Ivory Coast. Namibia could have an added advantage since Kenya (along with Zimbabwe) have been temporarily suspended by Fifa from all football activities globally.If their suspension is not lifted two weeks before their first match-day of the qualifiers, both associations will be considered as losers and eliminated from the competition.The exact dates for the qualifying campaign have not been released yet, but it will be concluded on 28 March 2023. A total of 48 teams were drawn into 12 groups of four each at Tuesday night's draw.The draw is as follows:Group A: Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau and Sao Tome or Mauritius.Group B: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Togo, Eswatini. Group C: Cameroon, Kenya, Namibia, Burundi.Group D: Egypt, Guinea, Malawi, Ethiopia. Group E: Ghana, Madagascar, Angola, Central African Republic.Group F: Algeria, Uganda, Niger, Tanzania.Group G: Mali, Congo, Gambia, South Sudan. Group H: Ivory Coast, Zambia, Comoros, Lesotho.Group I: DR Congo, Gabon, Sudan, Mauritania. Group J: Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Botswana. Group K: Morocco, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Liberia. Group L: Senegal, Benin, Mozambique, Rwanda.

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