The group stage draw for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations took place on Thursday at a star-studied ceremony in Abidjan. AFCON 2023 will actually take place in 2024 across January and February.
The tournament had originally been scheduled to begin in June 2023. But it was rearranged due to fears that the weather during the rainy season in host nation Ivory Coast may cause disruptions.
Group Stage Draw For 2023 AFCON
Group A
Ivory Coast
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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Group Stage Draw For 2023 AFCON
The Black Stars of Ghana have been drawn in Group B for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations which will be hosted in Ivory Coast.
The West African giants have been grouped with African giants Egypt, Cape Verde and Mozambique
The Black Stars will be based in Abidjan where they will play most of their games at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium.
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The top two countries will automatically advance to the Round of 16 stage with the third placed team advancing to the knockout stage based on ranking.
The tournament will start on the 13 January, 2024 and will end 11th February, 2024
AFCON is the main international men’s association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been held every two years, switching to odd-numbered years in 2013 and returned back to even-numbered years in 2022.
The number of teams and the format of each final tournament have varied over the years. In most tournaments, the tournament consists of a round-robin group stage followed by a single-elimination knockout stage
Since the 1962 edition, this competition has been held in two phases: a qualification phase (or called the elimination phase) and a final tournament. The host country of the final tournament is automatically qualified, and in the first editions the defending champion was also qualified for the following tournament.