CAN 2024: who faces Senegal and Morocco? Known matches!

The verdict is in! The draw for CAN 2024 was held this Thursday evening in Abidjan. Title holders from the previous edition, Senegal will face Cameroon, Guinea and Gambia. It would seem that this group C is the strongest in this draw, according to the Senegalese Sadio Mané, ambassador of today’s event. “I think it’s a very difficult group, I’m half Gambian, half Guinean in addition. Cameroon is there too, it will be very complicated. We will do everything to get through this first round,” he said. assured.

For its part, Morocco, semi-finalist of the 2022 World Cup, will play against the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Tanzania. Algeria, which acts as a serious outsider, finds itself in the group of Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Angola. In any case, the opening match will be held on January 13, 2024. The Ivorians will face Guinea-Bissau on this occasion.

CAN 2024 groups

The draw for the 2024 African Cup of Nations took place Thursday October 12, 2023 in Abidjan. Without further ado, here is the composition of the groups:

• Group A: Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau
• Group B: Egypt, Ghana, Cape Verde, Mozambique
• Group C: Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea, Gambia
• Group D: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Angola
• Group E: Tunisia, Mali, South Africa, Namibia
• Group F: Morocco, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Tanzania

​​​​​​Which teams were eliminated in qualifying?

There are also 23 African nations which will not participate in the next CAN.

• Botswana
• Congo Brazzaville
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Lesotho
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Liberia
• South Sudan
• Niger
• Togo
• Sierra Leone
• Eswatini
• Comoros
• Rwanda
• Ethiopia
• Malawi
• Benign
• Gabon
• Sudan
• Uganda
• Central African Republic
• Togo
• Burundi

What are the rankings for the CAN 2024 qualifiers?

Here are the full groups for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Group A

• 1. Nigeria : 15 pts
• 2. Guinea-Bissau : 13 pts
• 3. Sierra Leone : 5 pts
• 4. Sao Tome and Principe : 1 pt
• 5. Maurice: 0 pts (0 matches)

Group B

• 1. Burkina Faso : 11 pts
• 2. Cape Verde : 10 pts
• 3. Eswatini : 8 pts
• 4. Togo : 3pt

Group C

• 1. Cameroon : 7 pts
• 2. Namibia : 5 pts
• 3. Burundi : 4pt
• 4. Kenya : 0 pts (0 matches)

Group D

• 1. Egypt: 15 pts
• 2. Guinea : 10 pts
• 3. Malawi : 5 pts
• 4. Ethiopia : 4 pts

Group E

• 1. Ghana : 12 pts
• 2. Angola: 9 pts
• 3. Central African Republic : 7 pts
• 4. Madagascar : 3pt

Group F

• 1. Algeria : 16 pts
• 2. Tanzania : 8 pts
• 3. Uganda : 7 pts
• 4. Nigeria : 2 pts

Group G

• 1. Mali : 15 pts
• 2. Gambia : 10 pts
• 3. Congo : 7 pts
• 4. South Sudan : 3 pts

Group H

• 1. Zambia : 13 pts
• 2. Ivory Coast : 13 pts
• 3. Comoros : 7 pts
• 4. Lesotho : 1 pt

Group I

• 1. DR Congo : 12 pts
• 2. Mauritania : 10 pts
• 3. Gabon : 7 pts
• 4. Sudan : 6 pts

Group J

• 1. Tunisia : 13 pts
• 2. Equatorial Guinea : 13 pts
• 3. Botswana : 4 pts
• 4. Libya : 4 pts

Group K

• 1. South Africa : 7 pts
• 2. Morocco : 6 pts
• 3. Liberia : 1 pt
• 4. Zimbabwe : 0 pts (0 matches)

Group L

• 1. Senegal : 14 pts
• 2. Mozambique : 10 pts
• 3. Rwanda : 5 pts
• 4. Benin : 3 pts

Which is the organizing country of CAN 2024?

The 2023 African Cup of Nations will be organized by Côte d’Ivoire, winner of the competition in 1992 and 2015. The competition will take place in 5 cities: Abidjan, Bouaké, Korhogo, San-Pédro and Yamoussoukro.

When is CAN 2024 taking place?

CAN 2024, which takes place in Ivory Coast, will take place from January 13 to February 11, 2024.

What are the results of the African Cup of Nations?

• 2022 : Senegal (victory against Egypt, 0-0, 4-2 tab)
• 2019 : Algeria (victory against Senegal, 1-0)
• 2017: Cameroon (victory against Egypt, 2-1)
• 2015 : Ivory Coast (victory against Ghana, 0-0, 9-8 tab)
• 2013: Nigeria (victory against Burkina Faso, 1-0)
• 2012: Zambia (victory against Ivory Coast, 0-0, 8-7 tab)
• 2010: Egypt (victory against Ghana, 1-0)
• 2008: Egypt (victory against Cameroon, 1-0)
• 2006: Egypt (victory against Ivory Coast, 0-0, 4-2 tab)
• 2004 : Tunisia (victory against Morocco, 2-1)
• 2002: Cameroon (victory against Senegal, 0-0, 3-2 tab)
• 2000: Cameroon (victory against Nigeria, 2-2, 4-3 tab)
• 1998: Egypt (win against South Africa, 2-0)
• 1996: South Africa (victory against Tunisia, 2-0)
• 1994: Nigeria (victory against Zambia, 2-1)
• 1992: Ivory Coast (victory against Ghana, 0-0, 11-10 tab)
• 1990 : Algeria (victory against Nigeria, 1-0)
• 1988: Cameroon (victory against Nigeria, 1-0)
• 1986: Egypt (victory against Cameroon, 0-0, 5-4 tab)
• 1984: Cameroon (victory against Nigeria, 3-1)
• 1982: Ghana (victory against Libya, 1-1, 7-6 tab)
• 1980: Nigeria (victory against Algeria, 3-0)
• 1978: Ghana (win against Uganda, 2-0)
• 1976: Morocco (finishes first in the tournament)
• 1974: Zaire (victory against Zambia, 2-0)
• 1972: Congo (victory against Mali, 3-2)
• 1970: Sudan (victory against Ghana, 1-0)
• 1968: Congo Kinshasa (victory against Ghana, 1-0)
• 1965: Ghana (victory against Tunisia, 3-2)
• 1963: Ghana (victory against Sudan, 3-0)
• 1962: Ethiopia (victory against Egypt, 4-2)
• 1959: United Arab Republic, former Egypt (1st in ranking)
• 1957: Egypt (win against Ethiopia, 4-0)