{"id":143839,"date":"2024-01-26T13:12:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T13:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/26\/caf-announces-african-games-teams\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T13:12:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T13:12:32","slug":"caf-announces-african-games-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/26\/caf-announces-african-games-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF Announces African Games Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the participating teams for the football events (men and women) at the African Games Accra 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In the men\u2019s category, the CAF Executive Committee has determined that the eight quarterfinalists from the TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2023, along with the host nation Ghana, will qualify for the prestigious event.<\/p>\n<p>The age category rules applied during the TotalEnergies U-20 AFCON will also be upheld.<\/p>\n<p>The qualified men\u2019s teams are Benin, Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, Tunisia, and Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>On the women\u2019s side, the teams that took part in the fourth qualifying rounds of the FIFA U-20 Women\u2019s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 will earn spots in the final tournament of the African Games Accra 2023. The same age category will be applied.<\/p>\n<p>The qualified women\u2019s teams include the host nation Ghana, along with Cameroon, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled to take place from March 8 to 24, 2024, in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, the African Games Accra 2023 promises to showcase high-level football competition.<\/p>\n<p>The last edition of the continental multisport event in 2019, held in Rabat, Morocco, saw Burkina Faso and Nigeria securing gold in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s events, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the participating teams for the football events (men and women) at the African Games Accra 2023. 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