AFCON 2023: Group Stage Fixtures And Kick-off Times

The much-awaited 34th AFCON tournament kicks off this Saturday, January 13, 2024 in Ivory Coast.

It will be one-month of battle for supremacy among 24 African countries who have qualified for the continent’s biggest sporting event and who have their eyes on the prestigious trophy, the prestige and the $7million prize placed on the table for the eventual champions.

Hosts Ivory Coast will open the tournament against resilient Guinea-Bissau at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium at 9pm on Saturday after the customary opening ceremony.

After the tournament opener, other group-stage games will follow on Sunday, January 14, including the game between Super Eagles of Nigeria and Equatoria Guinea at 3pm.

Some of the biggest games to watch out for in the AFCON 2023 group stage include Ivory Coast and Nigeria in Group A, Egypt and Ghana in Group B, Senegal and Cameroon in Group C, and Algeria and Burkina in Group D.

Other top group-stage games to watch out for are Tunisia and Mali in Group E, and Zambia and Morocco in Group F.

Below are all the group stage fixtures and kick-off time for the matches:

 

Group A:

 

Saturday, January 13

 

Ivory Coast vs Guinea-Bissau

 

9pm.

 

Sunday, January 14

 

Nigeria vs Equatorial Guinea

 

3pm.

 

Thursday, January 18

 

Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau

 

3pm.

 

Ivory Coast vs Nigeria

 

6pm.

 

Monday, January 22

 

Equatorial Guinea vs Ivory Coast

 

6pm.

 

Guinea-Bissau vs Nigeria

 

6 pm.

 

 

Group B:

 

Sunday, January 14

 

Egypt vs Mozambique

 

6pm.

 

Ghana vs Cape Verde

 

9pm.

 

 

Thursday, January 18

Egypt vs Ghana

9pm.

Friday, January 19

Cape Verde vs Mozambique

3pm.

 

Monday, January 22

 

Cape Verde vs Egypt

 

9pm.

 

Mozambique vs Ghana

 

9pm.

 

 

Group C:

 

Monday, January 15

 

Senegal vs Gambia

 

3pm.

 

Cameroon vs Guinea

 

6pm.

 

Friday, January 19

 

Senegal vs Cameroon

 

6pm.

 

Guinea vs Gambia

 

9pm.

 

Tuesday, January 23

 

Gambia vs Cameroon

 

6pm.

 

Guinea vs Senegal

 

6pm.

 

 

Group D:

 

Monday, January 15

 

Algeria vs Angola

 

9pm.

 

Tuesday, January 16

 

Burkina Faso vs Mauritania

 

3pm.

 

Saturday, January 20

 

Algeria vs Burkina Faso

 

3pm.

 

Mauritania vs Angola

 

6pm.

 

Tuesday, January 23

 

Angola vs Burkina Faso

 

9pm.

 

Mauritania vs Algeria

 

9pm.

 

 

Group E:

 

Tuesday, January 16

 

Tunisia vs Namibia

 

6pm.

 

Mali vs South Africa

 

9pm.

 

Saturday, January 20

 

Tunisia vs Mali

 

9pm.

 

Sunday, January 21

 

South Africa vs Namibia

 

9pm.

 

Wednesday, January 24

Namibia vs Mali

6pm.

South Africa vs Tunisia

6pm.

 

Group F:

Wednesday, January 17

Morocco vs Tanzania

6pm.

DR Congo vs Zambia

9pm.

Sunday, January 21

Morocco vs DR Congo

3pm.

Zambia vs Tanzania

6pm.

Wednesday, January 24

Tanzania vs DR Congo

9pm.

Zambia vs Morocco

9pm.