2023 Africa Cup of Nations

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, known in short as the 2023 AFCON or CAN 2023 and for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, is scheduled to be the 34th edition of the biennial African international association football tournament organized by CAF. It will be hosted by Ivory Coast for the second time. Ivory Coast first hosted the tournament in 1984.

2023 Africa Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2023
Tournament details
Host countryIvory Coast
Dates13 January – 11 February 2024
Teams24
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)

This edition of the tournament was supposed to be the 3rd time taking place in the Northern Hemisphere summer since the 2019 edition to reduce scheduling conflicts with European club teams and competitions.[1][2][3][4] However, CAF postponed this edition to 13 January and 11 February 2024 on 3 July 2022 due to weather concerns in the host country during the summer.[5]

Senegal are the defending champions.

Host selection

Bids:

  • Guinea
  • Zambia
  • Ivory Coast
  • Morocco
  • Tunisia

Rejected bids:

  • Uganda
  • Sudan
  • Senegal
  • Cameroon

CAF announced the hosts for the 2019, 2021 and 2023 editions of AFCON after the final vote at its executive committee meeting on 20 September 2014: 2019 to Cameroon, 2021 to Ivory Coast and 2023 to Guinea.[6]

The announcement of the 2023 hosts was unscheduled. Guinea was one of the bidders for the 2019 and 2021 editions, whose host countries were scheduled to be announced on that day. A CAF spokesperson told BBC News that, on the basis of Guinea's presentation "and commitment", the committee "decided to exercise its power to make an immediate decision."[6]

Host change

On 30 November 2018, CAF stripped Cameroon from hosting the 2019 edition due to lack of speed of progress in hosting preparations,[7][8][9] but accepted former CAF President Ahmad Ahmad's request to stage the next edition in 2021. Consequently, the original hosts of 2021, Ivory Coast, would host the 2023 edition, and the original hosts of 2023, Guinea would host the 2025 edition, which until then was yet to have a host.[10]

On 30 January 2019, CAF President confirmed the timetable shift, after a meeting with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.[11]

Qualification
Main article: 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the tournament.

Team Method of
qualification		 Date of
qualification		 Finals
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance
 Ivory CoastHosts / Group H winners or runners-up30 January 201925th2021Winners (1992, 2015)
 MoroccoGroup K winners or runners-up24 March 202319th2021Winners (1976)
 AlgeriaGroup F winners 27 March 202320th2021Winners (1990, 2019)
 South AfricaGroup K winners or runners-up28 March 202311th2019Winners (1996)
 SenegalGroup L winners28 March 202317th2021Winners (2021)
 Burkina FasoGroup B winners or runners-up28 March 202313th2021Runners-up (2013)
 TunisiaGroup J winners or runners-up28 March 202321st2021Winners (2004)

Venues

CAF established the following requirements for the expected six stadiums for this edition of the tournament:[12]

Number of StadiumsCapacity
(Minimum)
2 Stadiums40,000
2 Stadiums20,000
2 Stadiums15,000

In September 2017, the government of Ivory Coast launched a public tender for the venues of the competition. This includes public tender requested bids for renovating and expanding the existing Stade Félix-Houphouët Boigny and Stade de la Paix (Peace Stadium) of Bouaké, and building new stadiums in the cities of Korhogo, San Pedro and Yamoussoukro. The three new stadiums were to have a capacity of 20,000 each.

In addition to the renovation or construction of stadiums, the tender included the renovation or construction of training facilities in the host cities: 8 in Abidjan, and 4 in Bouaké, Korhogo, Yamoussoukro and San Pedro. It also included the construction of 96 villas (5 rooms per villa) in the cities of Bouaké, Korhogo, Yamoussoukro and San Pedro. In addition, bids were to be submitted to build a 3-star hotel of 50 rooms in the city of Korhogo.[13]

2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Ivory Coast)
 Abidjan Bouaké
Stade National de la Côte d’Ivoire Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stade Bouaké
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 40,000
Korhogo San Pédro Yamoussoukro
Stade de Korhogo Stade de San Pédro Stade de Yamoussoukro
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,000

Group stage

All times are local, GMT (UTC±0).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 13 January 2024. Source: CAF
(H) Host
Ivory Coast Match 1A2
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Ivory Coast Match 14A3
A4Match 25 Ivory Coast
v

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: CAF
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Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: CAF
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Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: CAF
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Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 E1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 E2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 E3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4 E4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: CAF
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v
v
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Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 F2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 F3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4 F4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: CAF
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Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 B B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 E E3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 F F3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 13 January 2024. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Disciplinary points; 5) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

Combinations of matches in the Round of 16

The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:

  Possible combinations of third-placed teams
Third-placed teams
qualify from groups		 1A
vs		 1B
vs		 1C
vs		 1D
vs
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ABCF3C3A3B3F
ABDE3D3A3B3E
ABDF3D3A3B3F
ABEF3E3A3B3F
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ACDF3C3D3A3F
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Bracket
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
 
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Winner R2
 
 
 
Winner R1
 
Winner Group D
 
 
 
3rd Group B/E/F
 
Winner QF1
 
 
 
Winner QF4
 
Winner Group B
 
 
 
3rd Group A/C/D
 
Winner R5
 
 
 
Winner R8
 
Winner Group F
 
13 February
 
Runner-up Group E
 
Winner SF1
 
 
 
Winner SF2
 
Runner-up Group B
 
 
 
Runner-up Group F
 
Winner R7
 
 
 
Winner R6
 
Winner Group A
 
 
 
3rd Group C/D/E
 
Winner QF3
 
 
 
Winner QF2Third place play-off
 
Winner Group E
 
  
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner R4Loser SF1
 
 
 
Winner R3Loser SF2
 
Winner Group C
 
 
3rd Group A/B/F
 

Round of 16
Winner Group DR13rd Group B/E/F
Runner-up Group AR2Runner-up Group C
Winner Group AR33rd Group C/D/E
Runner-up Group BR4Runner-up Group F
Winner Group BR53rd Group A/C/D
Winner Group CR63rd Group A/B/F
Winner Group ER7Runner-up Group D
Winner Group FR8Runner-up Group E

Quarter-finals
Winner R2QF1Winner R1
Winner R4QF2Winner R3
Winner R7QF3Winner R6
Winner R5QF4Winner R8

Semi-finals
Winner QF1SF1Winner QF4
Winner QF3SF2Winner QF2

Third place match
Loser SF1vLoser SF2

Final
Winner SF1vWinner SF2

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