AFCON 2023 Fixtures, Schedules, Groups, Every Game’s Start Time

The men’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 hosted by Côte d’Ivoire in west Africa is set to begin on 13 January 2024 and will culminate in its final match on 11 February 2024.

Record prize money

VerseSports learnt that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced a 40% increase in the prize money for winning Afcon.

The winning national team will take home US$7 million while the runner-up takes US$4 million, third place takes US$2.5 million and the fourth placed team takes US$1.3 million. Though still a long way behind Europe, these prizes are larger than what the Copa América (the South American Football Championship) offered in 2021.

Star attractions

The Africa’s star players include big names like; Victor Osimhen (Nigeria), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) and Mohamed Salah (Egypt) will all be representing their countries at the tournament.

They won the top three most votes for the 2023 African Player of the Year award.

In addition, other Caf Awards finalists – Fiston Mayele (Congo), Peter Shalulile (Namibia) and Percy Tau (South Africa) – will all be participating. Added to this line-up is the sensational Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou.

Fixtures, schedule and results

Group A

Saturday, January 13

Ivory Coast vs Guinea-Bissau, (Alassane Ouattara Stadium, 8pm)

Sunday, January 14

Nigeria vs Equatorial Guinea (Alassane Ouattara Stadium, 2pm)

Thursday, January 18

Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau (Alassane Ouattara Stadium, 2pm)

Ivory Coast vs Nigeria (Alassane Ouattara Stadium, 5pm)

Monday, January 22

Equatorial Guinea vs Ivory Coast (Alassane Ouattara Stadium, 5pm)

Guinea-Bissau vs Nigeria (Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, 5pm)

Group B

Sunday, January 14

Egypt vs Mozambique (Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, 5pm)

Ghana vs Cape Verde (Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, 8pm)

Thursday, January 18

Egypt vs Ghana (Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, 8pm)

Friday, January 19

Cape Verde vs Mozambique (Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, 2pm)

Monday, January 22

Cape Verde vs Egypt (Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, 8pm)

Mozambique vs Ghana (Alassane Ouattara Stadium, 8pm)

Group C

Monday, January 15

Senegal vs Gambia (Charles Konan Banny Stadium, 2pm)

Cameroon vs Guinea (Yamoussoukro, 5pm)

Friday, January 19

Senegal vs Cameroon (Yamoussoukro, 5pm)

Guinea vs Gambia (Yamoussoukro, 8pm)

Tuesday, January 23

Gambia vs Cameroon (Bouake, 5pm)

Guinea vs Senegal (Yamoussoukro, 5pm)

Group D

Monday, January 15

Algeria vs Angola (Stade de la Paix, 8pm)

Tuesday, January 16

Burkina Faso vs Mauritania (Bouake, 2pm)

Saturday, January 20

Algeria vs Burkina Faso (Bouake, 2pm)

Mauritania vs Angola (Bouake, 5pm)

Tuesday, January 23

Angola vs Burkina Faso (Yamoussoukro, 8pm)

Mauritania vs Algeria (Bouake, 8pm)

Group E

Tuesday, January 16

Tunisia vs Namibia (Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium, 5pm)

Mali vs South Africa (Korhogo, 8pm)

Saturday, January 20

Tunisia vs Mali (Korhogo, 8pm)

Sunday, January 21

South Africa vs Namibia (Korhogo, 8pm)

Wednesday, January 24

Namibia vs Mali (San Pedro, 5pm)

South Africa vs Tunisia (Korhogo, 5pm)

Group F

Wednesday, January 17

Morocco vs Tanzania (Laurent Pokou Stadium, 5pm)

DR Congo vs Zambia (San Pedro, 8pm)

Sunday, January 21

Morocco vs DR Congo (San Pedro, 2pm)

Zambia vs Tanzania (San Pedro, 5pm)

Wednesday, January 24

Tanzania vs DR Congo (Korhogo, 8pm)

Zambia vs Morocco (San Pedro, 8pm)

Knockout stage

Last-16

Saturday, January 27

1: Group D Winner vs 3rd Place Group B/E/F (Bouake, 5pm)

2: Group A Second Place vs Group C Second Place (Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, 8pm)

Sunday, January 28

3: Group A Winner vs 3rd Place Group C/D/E (Alassane Ouattara Stadium, 5pm)

4: Group B Second Place vs Group F Second Place (San Pedro, 8pm)

Monday, January 29

5: Group B Winner vs 3rd Place Group A/C/D (Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, 5pm)

6: Group C Winner vs 3rd Place Group A/B/F (Yamoussoukro, 8pm)

Tuesday, January 30

7: Group E Winner vs Group D Second Place (Korhogo, 5pm)

8: Group F Winner vs Group E Second Place (San Pedro, 8pm)

Quarter-finals

Friday, February 2

1: Winner 2 vs Winner 1 (Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, 5pm)

2: Winner 4 vs Winner 3 (Alassane Ouattara Stadium, 8pm)

Saturday, February 3

3: Winner 7 vs Winner 6 (Bouake, 5pm)

4: Winner 5 vs Winner 8 (Yamoussoukro, 8pm)

Semi-finals

Wednesday, February 7

1: Winner 1 vs Winner 4 (Bouake, 5pm)

2: Winner 3 vs Winner 2 (Alassane Ouattara Stadium, 8pm)

Third place play-off

Saturday, February 10

Loser semi-final 1 vs Loser semi-final 2 (Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, 8pm)

Final

Sunday, February 11

Winner semi-final 1 vs Winner semi-final 2 (Alassane Ouattara Stadium, 8pm)