The South African Senior Women’s National Team (Banyana Banyana), will know who they are pitted against when the draw for the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2022 is conducted on Friday, 29 April in Rabat.
Desiree Ellis’ charges are among twelve nations that will go into the hat at the Mohamed VI Complex.
South Africa, Botswana and Zambia are the only three representatives from the COSAFA region, and will be joined by hosts Morocco and Tunisia – both from North Africa.
The West of the Continent will put all their hopes on Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Togo and Senegal, while Cameroon and Uganda will carry the flags of Central as well as East Africa respectively.
Four nations will be making their debut – Burkina Faso, Burundi, Togo and Botswana.
Nigeria is the most successful nation in the tournament’s history, having won a record 11 titles.
The 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations will be the 14th edition of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, and will be held in Morocco from 2-23 July.
The tournament also doubles as the African qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
The top four teams will represent the continent at the women’s world football showpiece, and two more nations will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.
The 2020 edition of the competition – which would have been the first to feature 12 nations (increased from eight) – was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Draw Procedure:
The seedings are based on the country’s performance at the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations final tournament and the 2022 tournament’s qualification.
Predetermined positions as per the regulations:
– A1: MOROCCO (Host Country),
– B1: CAMEROON (Second best ranked team)
– C1: NIGERIA (Champions)
POT 1 (Remaining teams)
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Burundi
- Tunisia
- Senegal
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- South Africa
Draw Procedure:
Three additional pots will be used: A, B, C. Each pot will contain three (3) balls .
The first ball drawn from Pot 1 will go to group A, a ball will drawn from Pot A to determine its position (A2, A3, A4) in the group.
The second ball drawn from Pot 1 will go to group B, a ball will drawn from Pot B to determine its position (B2, B3, B4) in the group.
The third ball drawn from Pot 1 will go to group C, a ball will drawn from Pot C to determine its position (C2, C3, C4) in the group.
This procedure will be repeated for all the remaining teams in Pot 1.
By Matlhomola Morake (additional reporting by CAFonline.com)
