Senegal won their first AFCON title last year in Cameroon and they return for the 2023 edition of the tournament along with hosts Ivory Coast and 22 other nations. Below are all the groups and fixtures.
Group A
Participants: Nigeria (three titles), Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast (two titles), Guinea Bissau
Fixtures:
January 13th
Ivory Coast vs Guinea Bissau – 20:00 GMT
January 14th
Nigeria vs Equatorial Guinea – 14:00 GMT
January 18th
Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea Bissau – 14:00 GMT
Ivory Coast vs Nigeria – 17:00 GMT
January 22nd
Equatorial Guinea vs Ivory Coast – 17:00 GMT
Guinea-Bissau vs Nigeria – 17:00 GMT
Group B
Participants: Ghana (four titles), Cape Verde, Mozambique, Egypt (seven titles)
Fixtures:
January 14th
Egypt vs Mozambique – 17:00 GMT
Ghana vs Cape Verde – 20:00 GMT
January 18th
January 19th
Cape Verde vs Mozambique – 14:00 GMT
January 22nd
Mozambique vs Ghana – 20:00 GMT
Cape Verde vs Egypt – 20:00 GMT
Group C
Participants: Senegal (one title), Cameroon (five titles), Gambia, Guinea
Fixtures:
January 15th
Cameroon vs Guinea – 17:00 GMT
January 19th
Senegal vs Cameroon – 17:00 GMT
January 23rd
Gambia vs Cameroon – 17:00 GMT
Group D
Participants: Algeria (two titles), Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Angola
Fixtures:
January 15th
January 16th
Burkina Faso vs Mauritania – 14:00 GMT
January 20th
Algeria vs Burkina Faso – 14:00 GMT
Mauritania vs Angola – 17:00 GMT
January 23rd
Angola vs Burkina Faso – 20:00 GMT
Mauritania vs Algeria – 20:00 GMT
Group E
Participants: Namibia, South Africa (one title), Tunisia (one title), Mali
Fixtures:
January 16th
Tunisia vs Namibia – 17:00 GMT
Mali vs South Africa – 20:00 GMT
January 20th
January 21st
South Africa vs Namibia – 20:00 GMT
January 24th
South Africa vs Tunisia – 17:00 GMT
Group F
Participants: Morocco (one title), Tanzania, D.R. Congo (two titles), Zambia (one title)
Fixtures:
January 17th
Morocco vs Tanzania – 17:00 GMT
D.R. Congo vs Zambia – 20:00 GMT
January 21st
Morocco vs D.R. Congo – 14:00 GMT
Zambia vs Tanzania – 17:00 GMT
January 24th
Tanzania vs D.R. Congo – 20:00 GMT
Knock-out stages
The group winners, runners-up and the four best third-placed teams progress to the round of 16 which is followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final.
Round of 16
January 27th
Winner Group D vs Third Group B/E/F (R1) – 17:00 GMT
Runner-up Group A vs Runner-up Group C (R2) – 20:00 GMT
January 28th
Winner Group A vs Third Group C/D/E (R6) – 17:00 GMT
Runner-up Group B vs Runner-up Group F (R7) – 20:00 GMT
January 29th
Winner Group B vs Third Group A/C/D (R5) – 17:00 GMT
Winner Group C vs Third Group A/B/F (R3) – 20:00 GMT
January 30th
Winner Group E vs Runner-up Group D (R4) – 17:00 GMT
Winner Group F vs Runner-up Group E (R8) – 20:00 GMT
Quarter-finals
February 2nd
First quarter-final (Winner R1 vs Winner R2) – 17:00 GMT
Second quarter-final (Winner R3 vs Winner R4) – 20:00 GMT
February 3rd
Third quarter-final (Winner R6 vs Winner R7) – 17:00 GMT
Fourth quarter-final (Winner R5 vs Winner R8) – 20:00 GMT
Semi-finals
February 7th
First semi-final (Winner QF1 vs Winner QF4) – 17:00 GMT
Second semi-final (Winner QF2 vs Winner QF3) – 20:00 GMT
Finals
February 10th
Third-place playoff – 20:00 GMT
February 11th
The final – 20:00 GMT
