With just days to the kick off of the 30th African Cup of Nations tournament in Equatorial Guinea, finalist have announced a series of preparatory friendlies to step up preparations for the championship.
Though Nigeria will not be at the tournament, the 2013 African champions B team will face the Elephants of Cote D'Ivoire in Abu Dhabi in one of the matches.
Nations Cup takes off on January 17.
Equatorial Guinea pre-friendlies
January 4
South Africa v Zambia (Johannesburg, South Africa)
January 7
Cameroon v DR Congo (Yaoundé, Cameroon)
January 9
South Africa v Mali (Bitam, Gabon)
Senegal v Gabon (Rabat, Morocco)
January 10
Congo v Cape Verde (Dakar, Senegal)
Burkina Faso v Swaziland (Nelspruit, South Africa)
Morocco U23 v Guinea (El Jadida, Morocco)
January 11
Tunisia v Algeria (Radès, Tunisia)
Cameroon v South Africa (Libreville, Gabon)
Côte d’Ivoire v Nigeria (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
January 13
Burkina Faso v Botswana (Nelspruit, South Africa)
Senegal v Guinea (Casablanca, Morocco)
January 14
Cameroon v Team TBC (Gabon)
January 15
Tunisia v Mali (Libreville, Gabon)
Côte d’Ivoire v Sweden (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
