The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and FIFPRO Africa have made arrangements to announce the Africa Best XI for men and women players at a ceremony in Marrakech, Morocco on 11 December 2023.
As part of effort to continue to promote football CAF and FIFPRO Africa signed a document of partnership in 2018 to showcase talents in Africa by organizing the vote for the African team of the year.
The ceremony is making a return next month many years after it was suspended due to COVID-19.
The 2023 edition would be the third as the two previous editions were held in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
The selection process for the 2023 edition will be determined by the votes of national team players from each federation affiliated to CAF.
The votes will be collected through the same digital app that FIFPRO developed for the World 11 vote, which the world player union has been organizing with FIFA since 2005.
The creation of the CAF-FIFPRO Africa Women’s XI shows a commitment by both organizations to promote the continent’s women footballers who demonstrated their talent on the world stage during the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.