…. CAF confirms January 13, 2024, as the kick-off date and February 11, 2024, as the final date for the 2023 AFCON.
It will be recalled that the tournament earlier scheduled to be staged this year was rescheduled for January 2024 and a start date has now been confirmed by the continent’s football governing body, ACLSports report.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the kick-off and final dates for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted in Cote d’Ivoire.
The opening match of the 34th edition of the tournament will take place at the newly built Alassane Quatara Stadium in Ebimpe, Abidjan on Saturday, January 13, 2024.
The ground will host the final on Sunday, February 11, 2024, Daily Post reports.
The final draw of the 2023 AFCON will be held in September 2023. The date and venue will be confirmed by CAF in due course.
24 teams will participate in the four-week tournament.
Six countries; Algeria, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and hosts Cote d’Ivoire have already qualified for the biennial competition.
Meanwhile, the Super Eagles of Nigeria will look to seal qualification in the next set of qualifiers having returned to winning ways against Guinea-Bissau on Monday. In June, Jose Peseiro’s men will face Sierra Leone in Morocco and Sao Tome and Principe in Abuja.
At the last edition, Austin Eguavoen’s led side failed to go past the round of 16 as they were knocked out by Tunisia,
However, the Super Eagles will be hoping for a better outing in Ivory Coast in January 2024.
