Football: AFCON 2027 qualifiers could produce first qualified teams
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Citizen Digital
Illustrative image · Guylain Kipoke · Pexels · Licence PexelsDR Congo, Ivory Coast and Morocco, all at the World Cup, head the favourites to qualify for AFCON 2027. The first places could be secured after the matches of the next 10-day international window, according to Citizen Digital.
DR Congo, Ivory Coast and Morocco, all three of which played at the World Cup, could be the first teams to qualify for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, co-hosted by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda from 19 June to 17 July. The three teams, which have won all their qualifiers so far, will face Sierra Leone, Niger and Gambia respectively during the next international window, according to Reuters. In most groups, two teams qualify.
Ghana, who qualified for the World Cup but missed the last AFCON in Morocco, risk missing another edition. The Black Stars lost to Ivory Coast and then to Gambia at home, and Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz has left his post. He is being replaced on an interim basis by Swede Kim Lars Bjorkegren, who coaches Ghana’s women’s team. Nigeria, also in difficulty, lost 3-0 in Guinea-Bissau and must win two games against Tanzania in a row. See also Football: Nigeria can still qualify for AFCON 2027.
