Here is all you need to know about the Africa Cup of Nations including its schedule, dates, time, fixtures, where to watch and more about AFCON 2024
The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2024 offers 24 teams the chance to compete for the title of Africa’s best national team and win continental championships.
AFCON 2024 schedule, dates, time table, draw, fixtures list, teams and host country
The group stage lasts 11 days, and 24 countries can compete in the final tournament. The top two teams from each of the six groups advance, with the top four third-place finishers completing the final 16 teams.
As Walid Regragui’s team defeated Spain and Portugal to become the first African team to reach the last four, Morocco’s semifinal performance at the 2022 World Cup set a new record for African countries.
Senegal now holds the championship, and the Atlas Lions, who haven’t made it to the final since losing to Tunisia in 2004, will be looking to turn that into AFCON triumph.
Africa Cup of Nations schedule, date and time
After being moved from June–July 2021 in Cameroon to January 2021, AFCON 2022 was originally planned to take place in the height of summer due to heat and precipitation issues. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the event was moved to January 2022. In the same vein, worries over player welfare resulting from playing in the middle of Africa’s summer caused AFCON 2023 to be moved to 2024. Although it will be played in 2024, it’s still called 2023 AFCON because of the sponsorship deals.
Mid-January to mid-February of 2024 will be the dates of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. The final is set for February 11 after the knockout stages start on January 27.
Group Stage
- January 13 — 24
Round of 16
- January 27 — 30
Quarterfinals
- February 2 — 3
Semifinals
- February 7
3rd Place Match
- February 10
Final
- February 11
Here is the full schedule, date, time (IST) and fixture of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations:
January 14
-
Ivory Coast vs Guinea-Bissau
- 1:30 am
- Nigeria vs Equatorial Guinea
- 7:30 pm
- Egypt vs Mozambique
- 10:30 pm
January 15
- Ghana vs Cape Verde
- 1:30 am
- Senegal vs Gambia
- 7:30 pm
- Cameroon vs Guinea
- 10:30 pm
January 16
- Algeria vs Angola
- 1:30 am
- Burkina Faso vs Mauritania
- 7:30 pm
- Tunisia vs Namibia
- 10:30 pm
January 17
- Mali vs South Africa
- 1:30 am
- Morocco vs Tanzania
- 10:30 pm
January 18
- Dr Congo vs Zambia
- 1:30 am
- Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau
- 7:30 pm
- Ivory Coast vs Nigeria
- 10:30 pm
- Senegal vs Cameroon
- 10:30 pm
January 19
- Ghana vs Egypt
- 1:30 am
- Guinea vs Gambia
- 1:30 am
- Cape Verde vs Mozambique
- 7:30 pm
January 20
- Burkina Faso vs Algeria
- 7:30 pm
- Mauritania vs Angola
- 10:30 pm
January 21
- Tunisia vs Mali
- 1:30 am
- Morocco vs Dr Congo
- 7:30 pm
- Zambia vs Tarzania
- 10:30 pm
January 22
- South Africa vs Namibia
- 1:30 pm
- Guinea-Bissau vs Nigeria
- 10:30 pm
- Equatorial Guinea vs Ivory Coast
- 10:30 pm
January 23
- Mozambique vs Ghana
- 1:30 am
- Cape Verde vs Egypt
- 1:30 am
- Gambia vs Cameroon
- 10:30 pm
- Guinea vs Senegal
- 10:30 pm
January 24
- Mauritania vs Algeria
- 1:30 am
- Angola vs Burkina Faso
- 1:30 am
- Namibia vs Mali
- 10:30 pm
- South Africa vs Tunisia
- 10:30 pm
January 25
- Zambia vs Morocco
- 1:30 am
- Tanzania vs Dr Congo
- 1:30 am
Where is the Africa Cup of Nations?
The first game between hosts Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau will take place in Abidjan on January 13.
There is currently no official date for squad announcements, despite past championships permitting nations to hold off on making their final squad announcements until only a few days before to the competition starts.
Where to watch the Africa Cup of Nations?
As of now, there is no information about the live stream and telecast of the Africa Cup of Nations.