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2023 Africa Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2023
File:2023 Africa Cup of Nations.png
Tournament details
Host countryIvory Coast
DatesJanuary 2024
Teams24
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)
← 2021
2025 →

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON 2023 or CAN 2023) is scheduled to be the 34th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament is scheduled to be hosted by Ivory Coast, the second time the country would host the competition. The Confederation of African Football initially changed the dates of the tournament to June and July rather than the usual January, which first came into play in the 2019 tournament.[1][2] It would have allowed the tournament to not conflict with other major tournaments, as well as allowing big name players to play for their nations in the tournament without missing games for their European club side.[3][4]

On 3 July 2022, it was confirmed that the competition would be postponed from June–July 2023 to January 2024 due to weather concerns during summer in Ivory Coast.[5]

Senegal are the defending champions.

Host selection

Bids:

  • Egypt
  • Guinea
  • Zambia
  • Ivory Coast
  • Morocco
  • Tunisia

Rejected Bids:

  • Uganda
  • Sudan
  • Senegal
  • Cameroon

After the final vote at the CAF Executive Committee meeting, on 20 September 2014, the CAF announced the hosts for the 2019, 2021 and 2023 AFCON tournaments: 2019 to Cameroon, 2021 to the 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 tournaments, whose host countries were scheduled to be announced on that day. A CAF spokesperson told the BBC 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 Africa Cup of Nations.[7] However, former CAF President Ahmad Ahmad told Cameroon accepted to host the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Consequently, Ivory Coast, original hosts of 2021, would host the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, and Guinea, original hosts of 2023, would host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.[8]

On 30 January 2019, CAF President confirmed the timetable shift, after a meeting with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.[9]

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 Coast Hosts 30 January 2019 25th 2021 Winners (1992, 2015)

Venues

With the Africa Cup of Nations expanded to 24 teams, six venues are expected to be used. The CAF has established the following requirements for stadiums:[10]

Number of Stadiums Capacity
(Minimum)
2 Stadiums 40,000
2 Stadiums 20,000
2 Stadiums 15,000

In September 2017, the Ivory Coast government 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.[11]

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

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 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
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: [citation needed]

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: [citation needed]

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: [citation needed]

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 E1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
4 E4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: [citation needed]

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
4 F4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: [citation needed]

Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Third place Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B Third place Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C Third place Group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D Third place Group D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 E Third place Group E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 F Third place Group F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Africa Cup of Nations to switch from January staging to June in 2019". The Guardian. 21 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Africa Cup of Nations: Date switch makes African players more attractive, say agents". BBC. 21 July 2017.
  3. ^ "African Cup of Nations finally moved away from mid-season and expanded from 16 to 24 teams". The Independent. 21 July 2017. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017.
  4. ^ "FIFA Council makes key decisions for the future of football development". FIFA. 26 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. ^ Southby, Ben (3 July 2022). "Africa Cup of Nations 2023 finals have been postponed and moved to January 2024 due to weather concerns in Ivory Coast". Eurosport. Retrieved 3 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b "Nations Cup: 2019, 2021 and shock 2023 hosts unveiled by Caf". BBC Sport. 20 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Cameroon stripped of hosting 2019 Africa Cup of Nations". BBC. 30 November 2018.
  8. ^ "CAN 2019 : le pays hôte sera connu le 9 janvier". Le Monde (in French). 10 December 2018.
  9. ^ "COTE D'IVOIRE AGREES CAF TIMETABLE SHIFT". CAF. 30 January 2019.
  10. ^ "CAN 2019 : ce que prévoit le nouveau cahier de charges" (in French). Camfoot. 13 August 2017.
  11. ^ "la Côte d'Ivoire lance un appel d'offres pour la construction d'infrastructures sportives et d'hébergements" [Côte d'Ivoire launches a call for tenders for the construction of sports infrastructure and accommodation]. Abidjan.net (in French). 20 September 2017.
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