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 for the tournament starting on January 13th. The final will be played on February 11th.
The biggest names missing from AFCON
Group A
Participants: Nigeria (three titles), Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast (two titles), Guinea Bissau
Fixtures:
January 13th
January 14th
January 18th
Equatorial Guinea 4 Guinea Bissau 2
January 22nd
Equatorial Guinea 4 Ivory Coast 0
Group B
Participants: Ghana (four titles), Cape Verde, Mozambique, Egypt (seven titles)
Fixtures:
January 14th
January 18th
January 19th
January 22nd
Group C
Participants: Senegal (one title), Cameroon (five titles), Gambia, Guinea
Fixtures:
January 15th
January 19th
January 23rd
Group D
Participants: Algeria (two titles), Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Angola
Fixtures:
January 15th
January 16th
January 20th
January 23rd
Group E
Participants: Namibia, South Africa (one title), Tunisia (one title), Mali
Fixtures:
January 16th
January 20th
January 21st
January 24th
Group F
Participants: Morocco (one title), Tanzania, D.R. Congo (two titles), Zambia (one title)
Fixtures:
January 17th
January 21st
January 24th
Knockout 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
January 28th
Egypt 1 D.R. Congo 1 (D.R. Congo advanced on penalties)
January 29th
Senegal 1 Ivory Coast 1 (Ivory Coast advanced on penalties)
January 30th
Quarter-finals
February 2nd
February 3rd
Cape Verde 0 South Africa 0 (South Africa advanced on penalties)
Semi-finals
February 7th
Nigeria 1 South Africa 1 (Nigeria advanced on penalties)
Finals
February 10th
South Africa 0 D.R. Congo 0 (South Africa won on penalties)
February 11th
Where to watch AFCON 2023
The following broadcasters will be showing the tournament. You can also listen to select matches (up to eight per round) via Flashscore's audio commentary:
Algeria: ENTV
Austria: Sportdigital
Belgium: RTBF
Benin: ORTB
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sport Klub
Brazil: Band
Burkina Faso: RTB
Cameroon: CRTV, Canal 2
Chad: Télé Tchad
Croatia: Sport Klub
Democratic Republic of Congo: RTNC
Denmark: Viaplay
Egypt: OnTime Sports
Finland: Viaplay
France: beIN Sports
Gabon: Gabon TV
Gambia: GRTS
Germany: Sportdigital
Ghana: GBC
Guinea: RTG
Guinea Bissau: TGB
Iceland: Viaplay
India: FanCode
Ivory Coast: RTI, NCI
Kenya: KBC
Liechtenstein: Sportdigital
Luxembourg: Sportdigital
Mali: ORTM
MENA: beIN Sports
Montenegro: Sport Klub
Morocco: SNRT
Netherlands: Ziggo Sport
Niger: Tele Sahel
North Macedonia: Sport Klub
Norway: Viaplay
Portugal: Sport TV
Senegal: RTS
Serbia: Sport Klub
Slovenia: Sport Klub
South Africa: SABC Sport
Sub-Saharan Africa: New World TV, Canal+, StarTimes
Switzerland: Sportdigital
Sweden: Viaplay
Tanzania: Azam TV
Togo: TVT
Turkey: TV8, S Sport
United Kingdom: Sky Sports
United States: beIN Sports
Zambia: Diamond TV
Zimbabwe: ZBC
