{"id":15072,"date":"2022-05-17T07:14:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T07:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/afcon-2023-mauritius-to-play-nigeria"},"modified":"2022-05-17T10:13:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T10:13:15","slug":"afcon-2023-mauritius-to-play-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/afcon-2023-mauritius-to-play-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2023: Mauritius To Play Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>The Director of Competitions of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Mr Samson Adamu, has confirmed to thenff. com that Mauritius won a case it filed against Sao Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe concerning their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary qualifying fixture, and will therefore join the combatants in Group A of the qualification series starting next month.<\/p>\n<p>Victory for Mauritius at the CAF Disciplinary Committee means they now join Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau in Group A of the sixmatch phase that ends in March next year.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria will play Sierra Leone in Abuja on Thursday 9th June and then play Mauritius on Monday 13th June. Mauritius had filed a protest against S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe, who won their preliminary qualifying fixture, insisting that one S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 player had tested positive for covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe matter became somewhat more interesting because the player at the centre of the controversy is the one that scored the only goal of the match,\u201d said our source.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\">Mauritius<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. 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