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Revision as of 11:39, 15 September 2023
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2023 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Ivory Coast |
Dates | 13 January – 11 February 2024 |
Teams | 24 |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, known for 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 association football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football. It will be hosted by Ivory Coast for the second time, having first hosted it in 1984.
This edition of the tournament was supposed to be the third time taking place in the Northern Hemisphere summer since the 2019 edition to reduce scheduling conflicts with European club teams and competitions.[2][3][4][5] On 3 July 2022, CAF postponed this edition to 13 January – 11 February 2024 due to the adverse summer weather concerns in Ivory Coast, whilst retaining the name 2023 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes.[6][7] This also meant for the first time in AFCON history, the tournament was forced to be moved twice after the earlier edition.
Senegal are the defending champions.
Host selection
Bids
- Ivory Coast (originally awarded AFCON 2021, but was later pushed forward to 2023 following Cameroon hosting the 2021 edition. However Ivory Coast later requested to CAF for AFCON to be hosted in January-February 2024 to avoid a terrible West and Central African rain season which reaches its peak around June-July)
- Guinea (originally awarded AFCON 2023, but hosting duties were pushed back to 2025 after Cameroon hosted in 2021 instead of 2019 owning to non-readiness at the time, however Guinea could not be ready and was later stripped AFCON 2023 hosting rights on 30 September 2022)
- Algeria
- Zambia
Rejected bids
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.[8]
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."[8]
Host change
On 30 November 2018, CAF stripped Cameroon from hosting the 2019 edition due to lack of speed of progress in hosting preparations,[9][10][11] but accepted former CAF President Ahmad Ahmad's request to stage the following 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.[12]
On 30 January 2019, CAF President confirmed the timetable shift, after a meeting with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.[13]
Teams
Qualification
The following teams qualified for the tournament. There is no debutant nation, the first since 2015.
Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
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Ivory Coast | Hosts / Group H runners-up | 30 January 2019 | 25th | 2021 | Champions (1992, 2015) |
Morocco | Group K winners or runners-up | 24 March 2023 | 19th | 2021 | Champions (1976) |
Algeria | Group F winners | 27 March 2023 | 20th | 2021 | Champions (1990, 2019) |
South Africa | Group K winners or runners-up | 28 March 2023 | 11th | 2019 | Champions (1996) |
Senegal | Group L winners | 28 March 2023 | 17th | 2021 | Champions (2021) |
Burkina Faso | Group B winners | 28 March 2023 | 13th | 2021 | Runners-up (2013) |
Tunisia | Group J winners | 28 March 2023 | 21st | 2021 | Champions (2004) |
Egypt | Group D winners | 14 June 2023 | 26th | 2021 | Champions (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010) |
Zambia | Group H winners | 17 June 2023 | 18th | 2015 | Champions (2012) |
Equatorial Guinea | Group J runners-up | 17 June 2023 | 4th | 2021 | Fourth place (2015) |
Nigeria | Group A winners | 18 June 2023 | 20th | 2021 | Champions (1980, 1994, 2013) |
Guinea-Bissau | Group A runners-up | 18 June 2023 | 4th | 2021 | Group stage (2017, 2019, 2021) |
Cape Verde | Group B runners-up | 18 June 2023 | 4th | 2021 | Quarter-finals (2013) |
Mali | Group G winners | 18 June 2023 | 13th | 2021 | Runners-up (1972) |
Guinea | Group D runners-up | 20 June 2023 | 14th | 2021 | Runners-up (1976) |
Ghana | Group E winners | 7 September 2023 | 24th | 2021 | Champions (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982) |
Angola | Group E runners-up | 7 September 2023 | 9th | 2019 | Quarter-finals (2008, 2010) |
Tanzania | Group F runners-up | 7 September 2023 | 3rd | 2019 | Group stage (1980, 2019) |
Mozambique | Group L runners-up | 9 September 2023 | 5th | 2010 | Group stage (1986, 1996, 1998, 2010) |
DR Congo | Group I winners | 9 September 2023 | 20th | 2019 | Champions (1968, 1974) |
Mauritania | Group I runners-up | 9 September 2023 | 3rd | 2021 | Group stage (2019, 2021) |
Gambia | Group G runners-up | 10 September 2023 | 2nd | 2021 | Quarter-finals (2021) |
Cameroon | Group C winners | 12 September 2023 | 21st | 2021 | Champions (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017) |
Namibia | Group C runners-up | 12 September 2023 | 4th | 2019 | Group stage (1998, 2008, 2019) |
Venues
CAF established the following requirements for the expected six stadiums for this edition of the tournament:[14]
Number of stadiums | Capacity (Minimum) |
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2 | 40,000 |
2 | 20,000 |
2 | 15,000 |
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.[15]
2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Ivory Coast) |
Abidjan | Bouaké | |
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Alassane Ouattara Stadium | Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium | Stade de la Paix | |
Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 33,000[16] | Capacity: 40,000 | |
Korhogo | San Pédro | Yamoussoukro | |
Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium | Laurent Pokou Stadium | Charles Konan Banny Stadium | |
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | |
Draw
The draw will be held in Abidjan on 12 October 2023.[17] The 24 teams will be drawn into six groups of four.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Ivory Coast (hosts) |
DR Congo |
Group stage
All times are local, GMT (UTC±0).
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Equatorial Guinea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7[a] | |
3 | Ivory Coast (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Guinea-Bissau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Cape Verde | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2[a] | |
4 | Mozambique | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2[a] |
Notes:
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Senegal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4[a] | |
3 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4[a] | |
4 | Gambia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
Notes:
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Angola | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Burkina Faso | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
3 | Mauritania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Mali | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4[a] | |
3 | Namibia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4[a] | |
4 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Notes:
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Zambia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2[a] | |
4 | Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2[a] |
Notes:
Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | C | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | E | Namibia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | |
3 | D | Mauritania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | A | Ivory Coast (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
5 | B | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
6 | F | Zambia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Disciplinary points; 5) Drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts
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:
Third-placed teams qualify from groups |
1A vs |
1B vs |
1C vs |
1D vs | ||||||
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A | B | C | D | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3B | |||
A | B | C | E | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3E | |||
A | B | C | F | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3F | |||
A | B | D | E | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3E | |||
A | B | D | F | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3F | |||
A | B | E | F | 3E | 3A | 3B | 3F | |||
A | C | D | E | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3E | |||
A | C | D | F | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3F | |||
A | C | E | F | 3C | 3A | 3F | 3E | |||
A | D | E | F | 3D | 3A | 3F | 3E | |||
B | C | D | E | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3E | |||
B | C | D | F | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3F | |||
B | C | E | F | 3E | 3C | 3B | 3F | |||
B | D | E | F | 3E | 3D | 3B | 3F | |||
C | D | E | F | 3C | 3D | 3F | 3E |
Bracket
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
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 QF2 | Third place play-off | |||||||||||||
Winner Group E | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group D | ||||||||||||||
Winner R4 | Loser SF1 | |||||||||||||
Winner R3 | Loser SF2 | |||||||||||||
Winner Group C | ||||||||||||||
3rd Group A/B/F | ||||||||||||||
Round of 16
Winner Group D | R1 | 3rd Group B/E/F |
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Runner-up Group A | R2 | Runner-up Group C |
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Winner Group A | R3 | 3rd Group C/D/E |
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Runner-up Group B | R4 | Runner-up Group F |
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Winner Group B | R5 | 3rd Group A/C/D |
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Winner Group C | R6 | 3rd Group A/B/F |
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Winner Group E | R7 | Runner-up Group D |
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Winner Group F | R8 | Runner-up Group E |
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Quarter-finals
Winner R2 | QF1 | Winner R1 |
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Winner R4 | QF2 | Winner R3 |
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Winner R7 | QF3 | Winner R6 |
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Winner R5 | QF4 | Winner R8 |
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Semi-finals
Winner QF1 | SF1 | Winner QF4 |
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Winner QF3 | SF2 | Winner QF2 |
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Third place match
Loser SF1 | v | Loser SF2 |
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Final
Winner SF1 | v | Winner SF2 |
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