Today, the Confederation of African Football has set January 13 of next year as the date for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, scheduled for the beginning of 2024 in Côte d’Ivoire.
The opening match is scheduled to be held at Al Hassan Ouattara Stadium in Abidjan, while the final match will take place on February 11, 2024. The CAF stated that the official draw will take place during next September, with the date and venue to be confirmed at a later time.
This edition is the 34th in the continental tournament, and the second to be hosted by Côte d’Ivoire after the first in 1984, when Cameroon won the title for the first time in its history. The continental qualifiers are nearing their end, and the identities of six teams that reached the finals have been known so far, namely Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, South Africa, Burkina Faso and Senegal, the defending champions, in addition to Ivory Coast, the host country that qualified directly.
Cameroon hosted the last edition last year, and Senegal was crowned champion by defeating Egypt in the final with a penalty shootout.
