CAN 2024 now has its official dates as several teams have already qualified.
The official dates of CAN 2024 have been revealed. The African competition will take place from January 13 to February 11, 2024 in Côte d’Ivoire. Initially, the tournament was to be held from June 23 to July 23, 2023. Due to complicated weather conditions, CAN 2023 has been postponed to January 2024. Five cities have been chosen to host the 52 matches that will animate for a month the tournament. West Africa (Abidjan, Bouaké, Korhogo, San-Pédro, Yamoussoukro).
Several nations have qualified in March 2023. Among them is Algeria, which has won all of its matches. The Fennecs will obviously be among the favorites for this final phase with players who play in the biggest clubs in Europe like Riyad Mahrez or Ismaël Bennacer.
The Moroccans also did not lose in Group K consisting of only three teams. Zimbabwe, having not yet met the criteria required by the FIFA Congress, was excluded in May 2022. Two victories over Liberia and South Africa therefore allowed the Atlas Lions to qualify for the Ivory Coast. They will undoubtedly be the big favorites after the AFCON as Morocco took on another dimension by becoming the first African country to reach the semi-finals of a World Cup. On RMC, central defender Romain Saïss thinks that his training “can no longer hide. We must accept these responsibilities, this status of favorite. We are thirsty for victories, trophies”. Coach Walid Regragui after Morocco’s victory over Brazil in a friendly also felt that with his squad, they were “favorites”.
There is also the Senegal of Sadio Mané who validated his ticket. The title holders largely dominated the L group. At the same time, Tunisia also qualified for the next CAN. It is the only team that has not conceded in this qualifying phase. In Pool K, South Africa took advantage of the pool being reduced to move up the list of countries that will participate in the next AFCON. Burkina Faso, which was off to a good start, also provided the essentials and will be part of the trip to Côte d’Ivoire.
Algeria and Morocco are already qualified. Here are the full groups for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Matchday 1 (30 May-14 June 2022): Nigeria-Sierra Leone: 2-1
Matchday 2 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Sierra Leone-Guinea-Bissau: 2-2
Matchday 3 (March 20-28, 2023): Nigeria-Guinea-Bissau: 0-1
Matchday 4 (March 20-28, 2023): Guinea-Bissau-Nigeria: 1-0
Day 5 (June 12-20, 2023): Sierra Leone-Nigeria
Day 6 (September 4-12, 2023): Guinea-Bissau-Sierra Leone
Matchday 1 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Burkina Faso-Cape Verde: 2-0
Matchday 2 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Cape Verde-Togo: 2-0
Matchday 3 (March 20-28, 2023): Burkina Faso-Togo: 1-0
Matchday 4 (March 20-28, 2023): Togo-Burkina Faso: 1-1
Day 5 (June 12-20, 2023): Cape Verde-Burkina Faso
Day 6 (September 4-12, 2023): Togo-Cape Verde
Day 1 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Namibia-Burundi 1-1
Matchday 2 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Burundi-Cameroon 0-1
Matchday 3 (March 20-28, 2023): Cameroon-Namibia: 1-1
Matchday 4 (March 20-28, 2023): Namibia-Cameroon: 2-1
Day 5 (June 12-20, 2023): Burundi-Namibia
Day 6 (September 4-12, 2023): Cameroon-Burundi
Matchday 1 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Egypt-Guinea 1-0
Matchday 2 (30 May-14 June 2022): Guinea-Malawi 1-0
Matchday 3 (March 20-28, 2023): Egypt-Malawi: 2-0
Matchday 4 (March 20-28, 2023): Malawi-Egypt: 0-4
Day 5 (June 12-20, 2023): Guinea-Egypt
Day 6 (September 4-12, 2023): Malawi-Guinea
Matchday 1 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Ghana-Madagascar 3-0
Matchday 2 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Madagascar-Angola 1-1
Matchday 3 (March 20-28, 2023): Ghana-Angola: 1-0
Matchday 4 (March 20-28, 2023): Angola-Ghana: 1-1
Day 5 (June 12-20, 2023): Madagascar-Ghana
Day 6 (September 4-12, 2023): Angola-Madagascar
Matchday 1 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Algeria-Uganda 2-0
Matchday 2 (30 May-14 June 2022): Uganda-Niger 1-1
Matchday 3 (March 20-28, 2023): Algeria-Niger: 2-1
Matchday 4 (March 20-28, 2023): Niger-Algeria: 0-1
Day 5 (June 12-20, 2023): Uganda-Algeria
Day 6 (September 4-12, 2023): Niger-Uganda
Matchday 1 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Mali-Congo 4-0
Matchday 2 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Congo-Gambia 1-0
Matchday 3 (March 20-28, 2023): Mali-Gambia: 2-0
Matchday 4 (March 20-28, 2023): Gambia-Mali: 1-0
Day 5 (June 12-20, 2023): Congo-Mali
Day 6 (September 4-12, 2023): Gambia-Gambia
Matchday 1 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Ivory Coast-Zambia 3-1
Matchday 2 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Zambia-Comoros 2-1
Matchday 3 (March 20-28, 2023): Ivory Coast-Comoros: 3-1
Matchday 4 (March 20-28, 2023): Comoros-Cote d’Ivoire: 0-2
Day 5 (June 12-20, 2023): Zambia-Cote d’Ivoire
Day 6 (September 4-12, 2023): Comoros-Zambia
Matchday 1 (May 30-June 14, 2022): DR Congo-Gabon 0-1
Matchday 2 (30 May-14 June 2022): Gabon-Mauritania 0-0
Matchday 3 (March 20-28, 2023): DR Congo-Mauritania: 3-1
Matchday 4 (March 20-28, 2023): Mauritania-DR Congo: 1-1
Day 5 (June 12-20, 2023): Gabon-DR Congo
Day 6 (September 4-12, 2023): Mauritania-Gabon
Matchday 1 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Tunisia-Equatorial Guinea 4-0
Matchday 2 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Equatorial Guinea-Libya 2-0
Matchday 3 (March 20-28, 2023): Tunisia-Libya: 3-0
Matchday 4 (March 20-28, 2023): Libya-Tunisia: 0-1
Day 5 (June 12-20, 2023): Equatorial Guinea-Tunisia
Day 6 (September 4-12, 2023): Libya-Equatorial Guinea
Standings: 1. Tunisia (4 points 4) 2. Equatorial Guinea (3 points -2) 3. Libya (3 points -1) 4. Botswana (1 point -1)
Matchday 1 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Morocco-South Africa 2-1
Matchday 2 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Liberia-Morocco 0-2
Matchday 3 (March 20-28, 2023): South Africa-Liberia: 2-2
Matchday 4 (March 20-28, 2023): Liberia-South Africa: 1-2
Day 5 (June 12-20, 2023): South Africa-Morocco
Day 6 (September 4-12, 2023): Morocco-Liberia
Matchday 1 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Senegal-Benin 3-1
Matchday 2 (May 30-June 14, 2022): Benin-Mozambique 0-1
Matchday 3 (March 20-28, 2023): Senegal-Mozambique: 5-1
Matchday 4 (March 20-28, 2023): Mozambique-Senegal: 0-1
Day 5 (June 12-20, 2023): Benin-Senegal
Day 6 (September 4-12, 2023): Mozambique-Benin
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations will be hosted by Côte d’Ivoire, winners of the competition in 1992 and 2015. The competition will take place in 5 cities: Abidjan, Bouaké, Korhogo, San-Pédro and Yamoussoukro.
AFCON 2023, which takes place in Ivory Coast, will be played in January 2024 from January 13 to February 11. Patrice Motsepe the South African leader and President of the African Football Confederation (CAF) explained during a press conference held in July 2022 in Rabat, that the bad climatic conditions in the host country, with a rainy season very marked, justified the delay of one semester of the CAN.