A total of 17 national football teams have so far qualified for the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) that is scheduled to be held in Cameroon sometime in 2022.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports 16 national teams, however, are yet to secure their places in the tournament with only 7 spots left and 14 nations eliminated from the qualifiers so far.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria qualified for the tournament on Saturday after the game between Lesotho and Sierra Leone ended in a 0-0 draw and after Paul Onuachu scored a stunner to break an 8-year jinx against the Squirrels of Benin Republic.
While Nigeria is the 17th team to seal a place in AFCON 2022, 16 other teams have qualified for the competition as well.
Full list of nations that have qualified for AFCON 2022
- Algeria
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Comoros
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Ivory Coast
- Mali
- Morocco
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Tunisia
- Zimbabwe
Full list of nations that are yet to qualify for AFCON 2022
- Benin
- Burundi
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Congo Brazzaville
- Ethiopia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Uganda
Full list of nations eliminated from AFCON 2022 so far
- Angola
- Botswana
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Eswatini
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Namibia
- Niger
- Sao Tome e Principe
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Zambia
TNG reports while Chad were disqualified from AFCON 2022, Djibouti, Liberia, Mauritius and Seychelles were eliminated in a preliminary round and Eritrea and Somalia did not enter.