2023 Africa Cup of Nations

2023 Africa Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Guinea
Dates	June 2023
Teams	16 (expected) (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	TBA (in TBA host cities)

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 competition may be held in June 2023, instead of the usual January, as the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is scheduled to be held in November and December 2022.^[2] The host, Guinea, however, has rejected that change.^[3]

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.^[4]

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."^[4]

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Guinea	*Hosts !Hosts	01 !20 September 2014	01 !11 (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

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

References

↑ "CAMEROON TO HOST 2019, COTE D'IVOIRE FOR 2021, GUINEA 2023". Confédération Africaine de Football. 20 September 2014.
↑ "Postponement of Afcon 2023 agreed - Jerome Valcke". BBC Sport. 25 February 2015.
↑ http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/31684625
1 2 "Nations Cup: 2019, 2012 and shock 2023 hosts unveiled by Caf". BBC Sport. 20 September 2014.

External links

Africa Cup of Nations

Tournaments	Sudan 1957 United Arab Republic 1959 Ethiopia 1962 Ghana 1963 Tunisia 1965 Ethiopia 1968 Sudan 1970 Cameroon 1972 Egypt 1974 Ethiopia 1976 Ghana 1978 Nigeria 1980 Libya 1982 Ivory Coast 1984 Egypt 1986 Morocco 1988 Algeria 1990 Senegal 1992 Tunisia 1994 South Africa 1996 Burkina Faso 1998 Ghana/Nigeria 2000 Mali 2002 Tunisia 2004 Egypt 2006 Ghana 2008 Angola 2010 Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 South Africa 2013 Equatorial Guinea 2015 Gabon 2017 Cameroon 2019 Ivory Coast 2021 Guinea 2023

Qualification	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017

Finals	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015

Squads	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015

Statistics	Appearances Records and statistics

No qualification took place in 1957 and 1959 as places were given by invitation only. In 1959 and 1976, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.

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