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New Dates of the Qualifiers of AFCON

Nov 22, 2017

This communique serves to inform members of the media and public on the changes of dates for qualification games to the 2019 Total Africa Cup Of Nations (AFCON) to be staged in Cameroon.

CAF has received several requests from some of the qualified teams to the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 to postpone the matches of the Qualifiers of the African Cup of Nations scheduled in March 2018 to enable them to play friendly matches as part of their preparations to be final tournament of the FIFA WC.

In order to support the African teams in the FIFA World Cup and to ensure the best possible representation of the African continent in the final tournament of the said competition. Executive Committee has decided during its meeting in RABAT, Morocco on the 16th of November 2017, to approve the said request.

Hence, the new dates of the qualifier of the 32nd Edition of the TOTAL AFCON, Cameroon 2019 for the Zebras are as follows;

Match Day 2
Angola vs. Botswana September 3rd -11th 2018

Match Day 3
Burkina Faso vs. Botswana October 8-16 2018

Match Day 4
Botswana vs. Burkina Faso October 8-16 2018

Match Day 5
Mauritania vs. Botswana November 12 -20 2018

Match Day 6
Botswana vs. Angola 18-26 March 2019

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