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By Foster Sonkie Leymanni

The Malawi national football team has understood their opponents' avenue to qualify for the continental showpiece scheduled for Cote d'Ivoire.

Malawi will face 2021 finalist Egypt, last edition's group B rival Guinea, and Ethiopia in Group D of the qualifiers for a ticket to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

The draw was held on Tuesday evening in South Africa and was led by the Confederation of African Football director of competitions Samson Adamu while South African football great Lucas Radebe and former Cote d’Ivoire international Salomon Kalou participated.

There will be 32 nations looking to qualify for the African football showpiece billed for Cote d’Ivoire, with plenty of ambitious teams that believe they can emulate the efforts from 2021 reigning champions Senegal.

Reacting on the matter flames head coach Mario Marinica says the team has been dropped in a tough group and we will look forward for this.

"We have to believe in ourselves,  in group we have been drawn against Egypt which is a good side they have good player too, for we have to look on forward to qualify," he added.

Meanwhile, Having missed the last edition, 1996 African champions South Africa would be aiming to return to Afcon. Nevertheless, they must scale a huge hurdle in Morocco, Zimbabwe, and Libya in Group K.

Elsewhere,  Kenya has been zoned alongside Cameroon, Namibia, and Burundi in Group C.

Hosts Cote d’Ivoire will tackle Zambia, Comoros, and Lesotho even though they have already secured their place in the tournament which means only one other team from their group will qualify for the competition.

Notwithstanding if the suspension placed on Kenya and Zimbabwe is not lifted two weeks before their first matchday of the qualifiers, both associations will be considered losers and eliminated from the competition.

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers start in June 2022.

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