2023 Africa Cup of Nations

[Lineker]

GROUP A
 IVORY COAST(hosts)
 NIGERIA
 EQUATORIAL GUINEA
 GUINEA-BISSAU

GROUP B
 EGYPT
 GHANA
 CAPE VERDE
 MOZAMBIQUE

GROUP C
 SENEGAL
 CAMEROON
 GUINEA
 GAMBIA

GROUP D
 ALGERIA
 BURKINA FASO
 MAURITANIA
 ANGOLA

GROUP E
 TUNISIA
 MALI
 SOUTH AFRICA
 NAMIBIA

GROUP F
 MOROCCO
 DR CONGO
 ZAMBIA
 TANZANIA

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• The top two teams of each group, along with the best four third-placed teams, advance to the round of 16.
• The tournament runs 13^th January – 11^th February.
• Sky Sports is the main broadcaster for the Africa Cup of Nations in the UK, having agreed a deal to show all 52 games live. The BBC has also negotiated to show ten games as part of their coverage that includes the opening fixture between host Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau, two quarter-finals, both semi-finals, and the final

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2023 Africa Cup of Nations squads

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AFCON '23 fixtures and kick-off times (GMT)
Saturday, January 13
Ivory Coast vs Guinea-Bissau, 8pm

Sunday, January 14
Nigeria vs Equatorial Guinea, 2pm
Egypt vs Mozambique, 5pm
Ghana vs Cape Verde, 8pm

Monday, January 15
Senegal vs Gambia, 2pm
Cameroon vs Guinea, 5pm
Algeria vs Angola, 8pm

Tuesday, January 16
Burkina Faso vs Mauritania, 2pm
Tunisia vs Namibia, 5pm
Mali vs South Africa, 8pm

Wednesday, January 17
Morocco vs Tanzania, 5pm
DR Congo vs Zambia, 8pm

Thursday, January 18
Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau, 2pm
Ivory Coast vs Nigeria, 5pm
Egypt vs Ghana, 8pm

Friday, January 19
Cape Verde vs Mozambique, 2pm
Senegal vs Cameroon, 5pm
Guinea vs Gambia, 8pm

Saturday, January 20
Algeria vs Burkina Faso, 2pm
Mauritania vs Angola, 5pm
Tunisia vs Mali, 8pm

Sunday, January 21
Morocco vs DR Congo, 2pm
Zambia vs Tanzania, 5pm
South Africa vs Namibia, 8pm

Monday, January 22
Equatorial Guinea vs Ivory Coast, 5pm
Guinea-Bissau vs Nigeria, 5pm
Cape Verde vs Egypt, 8pm
Mozambique vs Ghana, 8pm

Tuesday, January 23
Gambia vs Cameroon, 5pm
Guinea vs Senegal, 5pm
Angola vs Burkina Faso, 8pm
Mauritania vs Algeria, 8pm

Wednesday, January 24
Namibia vs Mali, 5pm
South Africa, Tunisia, 5pm
Tanzania vs DR Congo, 8pm
Zambia vs Morocco, 8pm

Saturday, January 27
Group D Winner vs Third Place Group B/E/F, 5pm
Group A Runner-up vs Group C Runner-up, 8pm

Sunday, January 28
Group A Winner vs Third Place Group C/D/E, 5pm
Ground B Runner-up vs Group F Runner-up, 8pm

Monday, January 29
Group B Winner vs Third Place Group A/C/D, 5pm
Group C Winner vs Third Place Group A/B/F, 8pm

Tuesday, January 30
Group E Winner vs Group D Runner-up, 5pm
Group F Winner vs Group E Runner-up, 8pm

Friday, February 2
Quarter-final 1, 5pm
Quarter-final 2, 8pm

Saturday, February 3
Quarter-final 3, 5pm
Quater-final 4, 8pm

Wednesday, February 7
Semi-final 1, 5pm
Semi-final 2, 8pm

Saturday, February 10
Third-place play-off, 8pm

Sunday, February 11
Final, 8pm

 

[The Lusophone]

That is a tasty Group E.

[Bobfoc]

Ivory Coast just got thrashed by Equatorial Guinea and could well be going out.

[Colly]

Egypt and Ghana tried to outshite each other in the race for 3rd. Ghana probably out.

[DavidMarrio]

AFCON always delivers with either outrageous goals or daft football moments

 

 

[gunnar hendershow]

I'm always pretty grateful for the unhinged randomness of CONCACAF but there really is no place quite like the CAF and especially AFCON.

[Szumi]

Algeria, Tunisia, and Ivory Coast have all sacked their managers...even though as it stands, Ivory Coast are about to sneak into the Knockout Rounds as the 4th best third place team.

[Colly]

Ghana got shot of Chris Hughton too.

[Krabby]

3 hours ago, Szumi said:

Algeria, Tunisia, and Ivory Coast have all sacked their managers...even though as it stands, Ivory Coast are about to sneak into the Knockout Rounds as the 4th best third place team.

The Milwaukee Bucks of AFCON?

[Szumi]

Ivory Coast tried to get Herve Renard in on loan as temporary manager from the French women's team. They said no. Ivory Coast still sacked the manager of course and just went with his assistant.

They just knocked Senegal out of AFCON.

Kessie scored a penalty in the 86th minute to equalize 1-1, and then they won on penalties.

[Lineker]

Which means we get Sarr back!!

[The Lusophone]

No team that appeared in the quarter finals at the last AFCON have reached the quarter finals of this AFCON.

[Szumi]

Ivory Coast are peak AFCON craziness. Playing Mali in the QF, and remember Ivory Coast are being coached by their assistant now after their manager was sacked after their horrible group stage. Ivory Coast go down to 10 men right before halftime. Mali score to go 1-0 up in the 71', but substitute Simon Adringa equalizes for Ivory Coast in the 90th minute to force extra time. Moments away from penalties, substitute Oumar Diakite scores in the 120+2' to put Ivory Coast up 2-1. Diakete is then immediately sent off for a second yellow for taking his shirt off in celebration after scoring the goal. Mali end up getting a man sent off at the end of the match too, and Ivory Coast are now somehow in the Semifinals!

[Szumi]

Ivory Coast are now in the Finals, despite sacking their manager after the group stage. Seb Haller goal saw them beat DC Congo 1-0. They'll face Nigeria in the finals.

[Bobfoc]

It's a bit of a dull set of finalists amidst all the previous upsets in the tournament.

[gunnar hendershow]

The run of Ivory Coast is really fun and almost a story of a plucky underdog until you remember it's Ivory Coast doing it who are by no means an underdog in AFCON even at their lowest point.

It would be wonderful if, in keeping with tradition of Ivory Coast AFCON wins, the match is decided by penalties where all outfield players and the goalkeepers have to take a penalty.

[gunnar hendershow]

Seb Haller with the 81st minute winner for Ivory Coast. Crazy ol' thing these sports, eh?

[The Lusophone]

The power of N A R R A T I V E.