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Revision as of 17:37, 18 June 2023
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 23 March 2022 – 12 September 2023 |
Teams | 52 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 108 |
Goals scored | 261 (2.42 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Victor Osimhen Sadio Mané (5 goals each) |
Qualification for championships (CAF) |
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The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches are currently being organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, the 34th edition of the international men's football championship of Africa. A total of 24 teams will qualify to play in the final tournament, including Ivory Coast, who qualified automatically as hosts.
Entrants
All 54 CAF member associations entered to the competition. The seeding was based on the FIFA World Ranking from 23 December 2021 with teams ranked 1st to 42nd received a bye to the qualifying group stage, while the teams ranked 43rd to 54th had to participate in the preliminary round.[1]
The preliminary round draw took place on 21 January 2022, 16:30 WAT (UTC+1), in Douala, Cameroon.[2]
Bye to group stage | Participating in preliminary round |
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Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows.
Round | Matchday | Dates | Matches |
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Preliminary round | First leg | 23–24 March 2022 | Team 1 vs. Team 2 |
Second leg | 27–29 March 2022 | Team 2 vs. Team 1 | |
Group stage | Matchday 1 | 1–13 June 2022 | Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4 |
Matchday 2 | Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 1 | ||
Matchday 3 | 22–24 March 2023 | Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4 | |
Matchday 4 | 26–29 March 2023 | Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2 | |
Matchday 5 | 14–20 June 2023 | Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 3 | |
Matchday 6 | 4–12 September 2023 | Team 3 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 4 |
Preliminary round
The twelve lowest-ranked teams were drawn into six ties to be played in home-and-away two-legged format.[4] The six winners advanced to the group stage to join the 42 teams which entered directly.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Eritrea | awd. | Botswana | Canc. | Canc. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 4–3 | Mauritius | 1–0 | 3–3 |
Djibouti | 2–5 | South Sudan | 2–4 | 0–1 |
Seychelles | 1–3 | Lesotho | 0–0 | 1–3 |
Somalia | 1–5 | Eswatini | 0–3 | 1–2 |
Chad | 2–3 | Gambia | 0–1 | 2–2 |
Group stage
Draw
The group stage draw took place on 19 April 2022 at 19:30 SAST (UTC+2) at SuperSport Broadcasting Studios in Johannesburg, South Africa.[5][6] The 48 national teams involved were drawn into twelve groups of four teams (from Group A to Group L) which consisted of the 42 teams which entered directly, in addition to the six winners of the preliminary round. Previously the 48 national teams were seeded into four pots of twelve based on the FIFA World Rankings released on 31 March 2022 (shown in parentheses).[7] Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Senegal (20) |
South Africa (69) |
Namibia (112) |
Tanzania (130) |
The draw started with pot 4 and ended with pot 1; each team drawn was assigned into the first available group alphabetically (A–L) and within the group was placed in the position that corresponded to it according to its pot (i.e. position 1 for teams from pot 1, position 2 for teams from pot 2, position 3 for teams from pot 3 and position 4 for teams from pot 4).[6]
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations hosts, Ivory Coast, will participate in the qualifiers regardless of the team being guaranteed a spot in the finals, which means only the best ranked team within their group apart from Ivory Coast will qualify for the finals. The Ivory Coast matches and results will count in determining the qualification of the other teams from their group.[6]
Kenya and Zimbabwe were included in the draw despite being temporary suspended by FIFA from all international football activities. However, if their suspension were not lifted two weeks before their first match of the qualifiers, both national teams would be eliminated from the competition. In that case, their groups would be composed of only three teams, with the group winners and runners-up qualifying to the finals. Both Kenya and Zimbabwe could not be drawn in the same group in order to avoid one group with only two teams in case the suspension is not lifted.[6] On 23 May 2022, CAF announced that both teams had been disqualified from the qualifiers as a result of their suspension not being lifted by FIFA.[8]
The draw ceremony was conducted by the CAF Director of Competitions Samson Adamu with assistance by former South Africa defender Lucas Radebe and former Ivory Coast striker Salomon Kalou.[9]
- Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 14):
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above will be reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Away goals scored in all group matches;
- Drawing of lots
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Nigeria | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 15 | Final tournament | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | |
2 | Guinea-Bissau | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 5–1 | ||
3 | Sierra Leone | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 5 | 2–3 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | ||
4 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 1 | 0–10 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Burkina Faso | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
2 | Cape Verde | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||
3 | Togo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–2 | ||
4 | Eswatini | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Final tournament | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | Canc. | |
2 | Namibia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | Canc. | ||
3 | Burundi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | Canc. | ||
4 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified | Canc. | Canc. | Canc. | — |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Egypt | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 15 | Final tournament | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | Guinea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
3 | Malawi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 5 | 0–4 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | Ethiopia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — |
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Ghana | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Final tournament | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
2 | Angola | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | ||
3 | Central African Republic | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Madagascar | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — |
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Algeria | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 16 | Final tournament | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
2 | Tanzania | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 8 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Uganda | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
4 | Niger | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — |
Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Mali | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 15 | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | Gambia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Congo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | ||
4 | South Sudan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — |
Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Zambia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13[a] | Final tournament | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
2 | Ivory Coast | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13[a] | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Comoros | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Lesotho | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
Notes:
Group I
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | DR Congo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 | Final tournament | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
2 | Mauritania | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | 0–3[a] | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | ||
3 | Gabon | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 7 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | Sudan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 6 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — |
Notes:
- ^ CAF awarded DR Congo a 3–0 win as a result of Mauritania fielding an ineligible player, Khadim Diaw, after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw. Diaw failed to follow the proper procedure for switching national teams after previously representing Senegal during the 2020 African Nations Championship qualification.[10]
Group J
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Tunisia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 13 | Final tournament | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
2 | Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 13 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
3 | Botswana | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | 0–0 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | Libya | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |
Group K
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Morocco | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Final tournament | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | Canc. | |
2 | South Africa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | Canc. | ||
3 | Liberia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | Canc. | ||
4 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified | Canc. | Canc. | Canc. | — |
Group L
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Senegal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 14 | Final tournament | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
2 | Mozambique | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | ||
3 | Benin | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
4 | Rwanda | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3[a] | — |
Notes:
- ^ CAF awarded Benin a 3–0 win as a result of Rwanda fielding an ineligible player, Kevin Muhire, after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw. Muhire failed to serve a one-game ban after receiving two yellow cards in the qualifying competition.[11]
Goalscorers
There have been 232 goals scored in 98 matches, for an average of 2.37 goals per match (as of 17 June 2023).
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Gelson Dala
- Youssouf M'Changama
- Cédric Bakambu
- Omar Marmoush
- Mostafa Mohamed
- Mohamed Salah
- Federico Bikoro
- Emilio Nsue
- Sabelo Ndzinisa
- Ablie Jallow
- Osman Bukari
- Mohammed Kudus
- Naby Keïta
- Christian Kouamé
- Ibrahim Sangaré
- Gabadinho Mhango
- Mohamed Camara
- El Bilal Touré
- Aboubakar Kamara
- Youssef En-Nesyri
- Daniel Sosah
- Terem Moffi
- Moses Simon
- Luís Leal
- Boulaye Dia
- Zakhele Lepasa
- Kodjo Laba
- Haythem Jouini
- Lameck Banda
- Kings Kangwa
1 goal
- Mohamed El Amine Amoura
- Youcef Belaïli
- Ramy Bensebaini
- Baghdad Bounedjah
- Riyad Mahrez
- Aïssa Mandi
- Kialonda Gaspar
- Lucas João
- Felício Milson
- M'Bala Nzola
- Jodel Dossou
- Abdoul Rachid Moumini
- Steve Mounié
- Junior Olaitan
- Mbatshi Elias
- Gape Mohutsiwa
- Kabelo Seakanyeng
- Stephane Aziz Ki
- Hassane Bandé
- Abdoul Tapsoba
- Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana
- Vincent Aboubakar
- Olivier Kemen
- Karl Toko Ekambi
- Ryan Mendes
- Jamiro Monteiro
- Júlio Tavares
- Geoffrey Kondogbia
- Karl Namnganda
- Isaac Ngoma
- Samuel Nlend
- El Fardou Ben Nabouhane
- Ibroihim Djoudja
- Benjaloud Youssouf
- Thievy Bifouma
- Gabriel Charpentier
- Antoine Makoumbou
- Jonathan Bolingi
- Gaël Kakuta
- Arthur Masuaku
- Tarek Hamed
- Ahmed Sayed Zizo
- Mahmoud Hassan Trézéguet
- Saúl Coco
- Iban Salvador
- Siboniso Ngwenya
- Shimelis Bekele
- Dawa Hotessa
- Kitika Jemma
- Kenean Markneh
- Abubeker Nassir
- Shavy Babicka
- Lloyd Palun
- Hamza Barry
- Omar Colley
- Felix Afena-Gyan
- Antoine Semenyo
- Mohamed Bayo
- Morgan Guilavogui
- Serhou Guirassy
- François Kamano
- Ilaix Moriba
- Mama Baldé
- Zidane Banjaqui
- Alfa Semedo
- Serge Aurier
- Sébastien Haller
- Franck Kessié
- Jean-Philippe Krasso
- Tshwarelo Bereng
- William Jebor
- Mohammed Sangare
- Tonia Tisdell
- Saleh Al Taher
- Njiva Rakotoharimalala
- Kalifa Coulibaly
- Aliou Dieng
- Kamory Doumbia
- Sékou Koïta
- Adama Malouda Traoré
- Aly Abeid
- Abdallahi Mahmoud
- Mouhamed Soueid
- Ayoub El Kaabi
- Fayçal Fajr
- Hakim Ziyech
- Geny Catamo
- Stanley Ratifo
- Gildo Vilanculos
- Absalom Iimbondi
- Amadou Sabo
- Emmanuel Dennis
- Peter Etebo
- Alex Iwobi
- Ademola Lookman
- Thierry Manzi
- Gilbert Mugisha
- Blaise Nishimwe
- Eba Viegas
- Boulaye Dia
- Habib Diallo
- Iliman Ndiaye
- Youssouf Sabaly
- Abdoulaye Seck
- Mustapha Bundu
- Musa Noah Kamara
- Augustus Kargbo
- Abu Komeh
- Alhassan Koroma
- Jonathan Morsay
- Abubakarr Samura
- Mihlali Mayambela
- Peter Chol
- Chol Daniel
- Tito Okello
- Valentino Yuel
- Mohamed Abdelrahman
- Waleed Al-Shoala
- Muhamed Kome
- George Mpole
- Saimon Msuva
- Euloge Placca
- Seifeddine Jaziri
- Ali Maâloul
- Naïm Sliti
- Milton Karisa
- Rogers Mato
- Enock Mwepu
- Fashion Sakala
1 own goal
- Lebogang Ditsele (against Equatorial Guinea)
- Serge Aurier (against Zambia)
- Mohammed Al Tuhami (against Equatorial Guinea)
- Boubakar Kouyaté (against South Sudan)
- Munir Mohamedi (against South Africa)
- Rehan Angier (against Gambia)
Qualified teams
The following teams have qualified for the final tournament.
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italics indicates hosts for that year.
References
- ^ "Road to Cote d'Ivoire 2023 kicks off with Preliminary Draw conducted". CAFonline.com. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Draw for 2023 Africa Cup of Nations". CAFOnline.com. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Men's Ranking". FIFA.com. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Road to Cote d'Ivoire 2023 kicks off with Preliminary Draw conducted". CAFOnline.com. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "CAF announces AFCON23, Women's AFCON and CHAN draw dates". Confederation of African Football. 8 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Tuesday night's TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cote d'Ivoire group stages draw procedure explained". Confederation of African Football. 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "CAF Media Statement on Zimbabwe and Kenya AFCON 2023 qualifiers". CAFonline.com. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Radebe, Kalou named 2023 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying Draw Assistants". CAFOnline.com. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ "CAN 2023 (Q): les Léopards battent la Mauritanie par forfait et passent premiers du groupe" [CAN 2023 (Q): the Leopards beat Mauritania by default and go first in the group]. Foot RDC (in French). 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "AFCON 2023 Qualifiers: Rwanda loses after Benin's appeal". Sport News Africa. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.