Again, West African Teams Dominate In Afcon Qualifications

Teams from the West African Football Union (WAFU) will again dominate in terms of numbers, the Africa Cup of Nations that will hold in Cameroon next year.

Of the 24 teams expected to feature, half of them will come from West Africa which looks like the power bloc of African national teams’ football.

Sports Village Square recalls that as at 30 March 2021, 23 of the 24 qualifiers were already known. Of that number, 11 are from West Africa.

The last ticket in Group L is being contested by two West African teams of Sierra Leone and Benin Republic which ultimately means that the West African attendance will rise to 12.

That leaves other four regional bodies of East, Central, Southern and northern Africa to share the remaining 12.

The 11 qualifiers from West Africa are: Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Cape Verde.

The others include debutants, The Gambia, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.

Qualifiers from North Africa are: defending champions, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco.

From central Africa are hosts, Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The east African qualifiers are: Ethiopia, Malawi, Sudan and debutants – Comoros. The only qualifier from southern Africa is Zimbabwe.