The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations started on Saturday January 13 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast; the final also took place at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium on Sunday February 11 and saw the hosts crowned champions after a 2-1 win over Nigeria
Sunday 11 February 2024 22:46, UK
Look back on the state of play, groups, results host cities and previous winners from the Africa Cup of Nations 2023.
Final
Semi-finals
Quarter-finals
Round of 16
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Saturday January 13
Group A: Ivory Coast 2-0 Guinea-Bissau
Sunday January 14
Group A: Nigeria 1-1 Equatorial Guinea
Group B: Egypt 2-2 Mozambique
Group B: Ghana 1-2 Cape Verde
Monday January 15
Group C: Senegal 3-0 Gambia
Group C: Cameroon 1-1 Guinea
Group D: Algeria 1-1 Angola
Tuesday January 16
Group D: Burkina Faso 1-0 Mauritania
Group E: Tunisia 0-1 Namibia
Group E: Mali 2-0 South Africa
Wednesday January 17
Group F: Morocco 3-0 Tanzania
Group F: DR Congo 1-1 Zambia
Thursday January 18
Group A: Equatorial Guinea 4-2 Guinea-Bissau
Group A: Ivory Coast 0-1 Nigeria
Group B: Egypt 2-2 Ghana
Friday January 19
Group B: Cape Verde 3-0 Mozambique
Group C: Senegal 3-1 Cameroon
Group C: Guinea 1-0 Gambia
Saturday January 20
Group D: Algeria 2-2 Burkina Faso
Group D: Mauritania 2-3 Angola
Group E: Tunisia 1-1 Mali
Sunday January 21
Group F: Morocco 1-1 DR Congo
Group F: Zambia 1-1 Tanzania
Group E: South Africa 4-0 Namibia
Monday January 22
Group A: Equatorial Guinea 4-0 Ivory Coast
Group A: Guinea-Bissau 0-1 Nigeria
Group B: Cape Verde 2-2 Egypt
Group B: Mozambique 2-2 Ghana
Tuesday January 23
Group C: The Gambia 2-3 Cameroon
Group C: Guinea 0-2 Senegal
Group D: Angola 2-0 Burkina Faso
Group D: Mauritania 2-0 Algeria
Wednesday January 24
Group E: Namibia 0-0 Mali
Group E: South Africa 0-0 Tunisia
Group F: Tanzania 0-0 DR Congo
Group F: Zambia 0-1 Morocco
Saturday January 27
SR1: Angola 3-0 Namibia
SR2: Nigeria 2-0 Cameroon
Sunday January 28
SR3: Equatorial Guinea 0-1 Guinea
SR4: Egypt 1-1 DR Congo (7-8 on penalties)
Monday January 29
SR5: Cape Verde 1-0 Mauritania
SR6: Senegal 1-1 Ivory Coast (4-5 on penalties)
Tuesday January 30
Friday February 2
QF1: Nigeria 1-0 Angola
QF2: DR Congo 3-1 Guinea
Saturday February 3
QF3: Mali 1-2 Ivory Coast
QF4: Cape Verde 0-0 South Africa (1-2 on penalties)
Wednesday February 7
SF1: Nigeria 1-1 South Africa (4-2 on penalties)
Saturday February 10
South Africa 0-0 DR Congo (6-5 on penalties)
Sunday February 11
The 24 teams taking part were split into six groups of four.
Group A: Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau.
Group B: Egypt, Ghana, Cape Verde, Mozambique.
Group C: Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea, The Gambia.
Group D: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Angola.
Group E: Tunisia, Mali, South Africa, Namibia.
Group F: Morocco, DR Congo, Zambia, Tanzania.
The top two teams in each group and the four best-ranked third-placed teams advanced to the last 16.
Five host cities have been chosen with six stadiums used for the tournament.
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations started on Saturday January 13 with Ivory Coast hosting the finals for the second time.
The hosts got things under way by beating Guinea-Bissau 2-0 in Abidjan.
The 34th edition of the tournament lasted two days short of a month and ended where it began - at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium - on Sunday February 11.
