The Confederation of African Football has set 26 May as the date for the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) Algeria 2022 qualifiers draw.

The draw will take place in Cairo, Egypt on Thursday, 26th May 2022.

The draw will be conducted at 13h00 Cairo time (11h00 GMT).

According to CAF, Algerian legend Djamal Menad, top scorer and winner of 1990 AFCON with Algeria, will be the draw assistant joined by CAF Head of Competitions Khaled Nassar.

For the first time in the history of the competition, 18 teams will participate in the next final tournament set to take place in Algeria in January and February 2023.

Morocco are the defending champions in the 2021 edition hosted in Cameroon.