2023 Africa Cup of Nations

2023 Africa Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2023
Tournament details
Host country Guinea
Dates June – July 2023
Teams 24 (expected) (from 1 confederation)

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON 2023 or CAN 2023) is scheduled to be the 34th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament is scheduled to be hosted by Guinea.[1] The Confederation of African Football changed the dates of the tournament to June and July rather than the usual January, which will come into play as of the 2019 Tournament.[2][3] It will allow the tournament to not conflict with other major tournaments as well as allowing big name players to play for their nations in the tournament without missing games for their European club side.[4]

Host selection

Bids:

Rejected Bids:

After the final vote at the CAF Executive Committee meeting, on 20 September 2014, the CAF announced the hosts for the 2019, 2021 and 2023 AFCON tournaments: 2019 to Cameroon, 2021 to Ivory Coast, and 2023 to Guinea.[5]

The announcement of the 2023 hosts was unscheduled. Guinea was one of the bidders for the 2019 and 2021 tournaments, whose host countries were scheduled to be announced on that day. A CAF spokesperson told the BBC that, on the basis of Guinea's presentation "and commitment", the committee "decided to exercise its power to make an immediate decision."[5]

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 GuineaHosts20 September 201411 (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015) (may qualify in 2019 and 2021)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

With the Africa Cup of Nations expanded to 24 teams, six venues are expected to be used.

Conakry Kankan Labé Nzérékoré
Stade de l'Unité Stade du 28 Septembre TBD TBD TBD
Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: Capacity: Capacity:

References

  1. ↑ "CAMEROON TO HOST 2019, COTE D'IVOIRE FOR 2021, GUINEA 2023". Confédération Africaine de Football. 20 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Africa Cup of Nations to switch from January staging to June in 2019". theguardian.com. 21 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Africa Cup of Nations: Date switch makes African players more attractive, say agents". BBC.com. 21 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "African Cup of Nations finally moved away from mid-season and expanded from 16 to 24 teams". Independent.co.uk. 21 July 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Nations Cup: 2019, 2021 and shock 2023 hosts unveiled by Caf". BBC Sport. 20 September 2014.


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