Izuchukwu OkosiThe Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday released the pots for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivorie ahead of the October 12 date, reports Prime Business Africa.
Ahead of the draws for the 2023 African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, the Confederation of African Football( CAF) has released the pot for the draw set for 12 October 2023 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
Three-time African champions Nigeria qualified for the tournament with a game to spare but required a good result against Sao Tome and Principe to finish atop the group.
Jose Peseiro’s team outclassed their opponents with a 6-0 hiding – ensuring that they qualified with 15 points from a possible 18.
According to the pot released on Thursday, the Super Eagles are in pot 2 alongside Cameroon, Mali, DR Congo, Burkina Faso, and Ghana.
Hosts Ivory Coast and the continent’s nest ranked side, Morocco are joined by African champions Teranga Lions of Senegal;Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt in pot 1.
Pot 3 consists of South Africa, Cape Verde, Guinea, Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, and Mauritania.
The last pot has Guinea Bissau, Namibia, Mozambique, Angola, Gambia and Tanzania.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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