African Nations Championship 2024 schedule is released, the upcoming edition was supposed to happen in 2024, but it got postponed and now the tournament is taking place from 16 January to 7 February 2024 and the hosting rights have been won by Cameroon. Ahead of the event, here’s the 2024 African Nations Championship fixtures, dates, venues and qualified teams for the tournament.
Africans Nations Championship was formulated in 2007 and the first edition was played in 2009 and the upcoming edition would mark its 6th edition. However, one interesting fact to note is that the players who play for their respective country’s clubs are only allowed to play for their national side in this tournament. Forex – an Egyptian player is only eligible to play for the Cameroon national team if he is playing for an Egyptian club.
2024 African Nations Championship
2024 Africans Nations Championship
Details (Africa)
Date
16 January – 7 February 2024
Host
Cameroon
Teams
16
Venue
4 Different Venues in 3 Cities
The 2024 Africans Nations Championship will be played from 16 January – 7 February 2024 in Cameroon where 16 teams will battle their way to be the champions. However, earlier Ethiopia was selected as hosts but they weren’t ready to host hence the hosting rights were given to Cameroon.
Teams And Qualifications
64 teams participated in the qualifiers and only 16 teams made their way to the main competition. The 16 teams which qualified for the tournament were categorized into zones. Hence the list of 16 qualified teams and their zone of qualification is as follows.
Teams
Zone
Cameroon
Central Zone
Congo
Central Zone
DR Congo
Central Zone
Rwanda
Central Eastern Zone
Tanzania
Central Eastern Zone
Uganda
Central Eastern Zone
Libya
Northern Zone
Morocco
Northern Zone
Namibia
Southern Zone
Zambia
Southern Zone
Zimbabwe
Southern Zone
Guinea
Western Zone A
Mali
Western Zone A
Burkina Faso
Western Zone B
Niger
Western Zone B
Togo
Western Zone B
Tunisia eliminated Libya to qualify for the tournament but they later opted out, hence Libya is in the final tournament. Adding on Tunisia was banned from the next edition of the African Nations Championship.
African Nations Championship 2024 Schedule
Group A
Cameroon
Mali
Burkina Faso
Zimbabwe
Date
Match
Venue
January 2024
Cameroon Vs Zimbabwe
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaounde
January 2024
Mali vs Burkina Faso
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaounde
January 2024
Cameroon vs Mali
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaounde
January 2024
Burkina Faso vs Zimbabwe
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaounde
January 2024
Burkina Faso vs Cameroon
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaounde
January 2024
Zimbabwe vs Mali
Japoma Stadium, Douala
Group B
Libya
DR Congo
Congo
Niger
Date
Match
Venue
January 2024
Libya vs Niger
Japoma Stadium, Douala
January 2024
DR Congo vs Congo
Japoma Stadium, Douala
January 2024
Libya vs DR Congo
Japoma Stadium, Douala
January 2024
Congo vs Niger
Japoma Stadium, Douala
January 2024
Congo vs Libya
Japoma Stadium, Douala
January 2024
Niger vs DR Congo
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaounde
Group C
Morocco
Rwanda
Uganda
Togo
Date
Match
Venue
January 2024
Morocco vs Togo
Stade de la Reunification, Douala
January 2024
Rwanda vs Uganda
Stade de la Reunification, Douala
January 2024
Morocco vs Rwanda
Stade de la Reunification, Douala
January 2024
Uganda vs Togo
Stade de la Reunification, Douala
January 2024
Uganda vs Morocco
Stade de la Reunification, Douala
January 2024
Togo vs Rwanda
Limbe Stadium, Limbe
Group D
Zambia
Guinea
Namibia
Tanzania
Date
Match
Venue
January 2024
Zambia vs Tanzania
Stade de la Reunification, Douala
January 2024
Guinea vs Namibia
Stade de la Reunification, Douala
January 2024
Zambia vs Guinea
Stade de la Reunification, Douala
January 2024
Namibia vs Tanzania
Stade de la Reunification, Douala
January 2024
Namibia vs Zambia
Stade de la Reunification, Douala
January 2024
Tanzania vs Guinea
Limbe Stadium, Limbe
The dates for the African Nations Championship 2024 fixtures haven’t been finalized but will be updated soon.
Africans Nations Championship is a biennial football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It is a football tournament where African nations compete against each other for the title.
