Bafana Bafana AFCON 2023 Group Opponents Revealed: Bafana Bafana’s rivals for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations group stage were revealed during Thursday’s official draw. The draw was held in Abidjan and was presented by global music star AKON, with football legend Didier Drogba, Mikel Obi, Sadio Mane and Achraf Hakimi as draw attendees.
South Africa is participating in the African Cup of Nations for the 12th time and has a long history in the tournament, having won it once as the host country in 1996. The draw will decide its opponents in the group stage and the Bafana Bafana fans. He will be eagerly awaiting the playoffs as the tournament approaches.
South Africa have been drawn into Group E of the 2023 CAF Africa Cup of Nations, and their group includes neighbors Namibia, led by Mamelodi Sundowns forward Peter Shalulile, as well as Mali and Tunisia.
This is Namibia’s fourth time playing in the African Cup of Nations and sets the stage for exciting and competitive matches within this group. Fans from South Africa and Namibia, in particular, are looking forward to this group’s matches during the tournament.
Bafana Bafana AFCON 2023 Group Opponents Revealed
Group E
- Tunisia
- Mali
- South Africa
- Namibia
Qualification for the draw was determined based on the latest FIFA rankings and, as a result, South Africa’s national team, Bafana Bafana, was placed in the third pot.
The 34th African Cup of Nations known as Afcon will be held in Ivory Coast from January 13 to February 11, 2024. This is the second time for the West African nation to host the tournament, the first time being in 1984. .
The championship was rescheduled for 2024 due to concerns about the weather in the country. It was originally scheduled to take place between June and July 2023. However, CAF president Patrice Motsepe insisted that no risk will be taken with the scheduling of the tournament.
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