2023 Africa Cup of Nations GROUP STAGE

 

2023 Africa Cup of Nations GROUP STAGE

The draw for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2023, was made in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday, 12 Oct, 2023.

The Groupings are listed below :


Group A

Ivory Coast (host)

Nigeria

Equatorial Guinea

Guinea-Bissau


Group B

Egypt

Ghana

Cape Verde

Mozambique


Group C

Senegal (defending champions)

Cameroon

Guinea

Gambia


Group D

Algeria

Burkina Faso

Mauritania

Angola


Group E

Tunisia

Mali

South Africa

Namibia


Group F

Morocco

Democratic Republic of Congo

Zambia

Tanzania

The tournament is scheduled to be held on January 13 to February 11, 2024 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Sadio Mane Reacting described Senegal's group as "really difficult", adding that : "Cameroon is going to be really tough but we will do our best to go through the first round." he said affirmatively.

The competition was initially slated to start in June 2023. However, it was rescheduled because organizers were concerned that Ivory Coast's rainy season weather may present problems.

The main international football competition for African nations is the Africa Cup of Nations. Since its founding in 1957, there have been numerous adjustments. It has been contested every two years since 1968 and in 2013 it moved to odd-numbered years to avoid conflicting with the World Cup.

Egypt now holds the record for the most AFCON victories with seven, Cameroon is second with five, and Ghana is third with four.

Senegal is the current champion after defeating Egypt in the AFCON 2021 final and winning their first championship.

Some of the greatest footballers to ever compete on the african scene have participated, including Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Sadio Mane (Senegal), Mohamed Salah (Egypt) Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria).

Olympic gold medalist and legendary Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o is the highest goal scorer with 18, while Laurent Pokou of the Ivory Coast is second with 14 goals.


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