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Bafana Bafana get Morocco and Zim in Afcon qualifers

Broos has vowed to succeed where Ntseki failed

Neville Khoza Journalist
South Africa coach Hugo Broos greets players during the 2022 FIFA in this file picture. Bafana will face Zimbabwe and Morocco in 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Cote d'Ivoire.
South Africa coach Hugo Broos greets players during the 2022 FIFA in this file picture. Bafana will face Zimbabwe and Morocco in 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Cote d'Ivoire.
Image: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images

Bafana Bafana have been drawn with Morocco in Group K for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Cote d'Ivoire.

The draw was conducted at SuperSport studios in Randburg on Tuesday night, where SA were also pitted against Zimbabwe and Liberia in the group. Zimbabwe's participation is pending their appeal of a suspension imposed by Fifa last month.

Bafana were seeded in Pot 2 as per Fifa rankings released at the end of last month, which means facing  reigning champions Senegal, Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt and Cameroon was a possibility. In the end they drew World Cup-bound Morocco from Pot A.

The 48 teams who qualified for the group stages were drawn into 12 groups and the top two sides from each group will qualify for Cote d'Ivoire 2023.

After missing out on a qualification to Cameroon this year, Bafana coach Hugo Broos has made a bold statement that the team will qualify for the next Afcon and will be pleased with their opponents they will face.

Bafana disappointed the nation when they failed to qualify for the finals in Cameroon earlier this year after losing to Sudan in their group when Molefi Ntseki was still the head coach.

They are desperate to make the finals to be hosted from June to July next year.

Hosts Cote d'Ivoire have been drawn against all-Southern Africa opposition in Zambia, Comoros and Lesotho.

The qualifiers will start in June and CAF said they will announce the dates soon.

Full draw

Group A: Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome/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 Africa Republic

Group F: Algeria, Uganda, Niger, Tanzania

Group G: Mali, Congo, Gambia, South Sudan

Group H: Cote d'Ivoire, Zambia, Comoros, Lesotho

Group I: DR Congo, Gabon, Mauritania, Sudan

Group J: Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Botswana

Group K: Morocco, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Liberia

Group L: Senegal, Benin, Mozambique, Rwanda

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