NB: A total of 18 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Algeria which qualified automatically as hosts. Qualified as hosts: Algeria QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT Northern Zone Egypt and Tunisia withdrew Morocco and Lybia byes to Final Tournament. Western Zone A First Round 24 Jul 2022 Liberia 0?3 Senegal [Sambou 15, Ndour 31, Diouf 34] 30 Jul 2022 Senegal 1?2 Liberia [Ndour 38; Kromah 73, Andrews 88pen] 24 Jul 2022 Sierra Leone 2?0 Cape Verde [Conteh 15, 65] 27 Jul 2022 Cape Verde 2?1 Sierra Leone [Kelton 84, Gielson 90+1; Barrie 39] 23 Jul 2022 Gambia 1?0 Guinea-Bissau [Barry 45] 26 Jul 2022 Guinea-Bissau 1?0 Gambia [5-3 on pen.] [Cande 86] Second Round 27 Aug 2022 Senegal 1?0 Guinea [Diagne 59] 02 Sep 2022 Guinea 1?0 Senegal [3-5 on pen.] [Dramé 2] 27 Aug 2022 Sierra Leone 1?2 Mali [Kamara 90+1; Sinayoko 23, Kamissoko 47] 03 Sep 2022 Mali 2?0 Sierra Leone [Samabaly 35, Samaké 60] 29 Aug 2022 Guinea-Bissau 0?1 Mauritania [Mouhsine 24pen] 02 Sep 2022 Mauritania 1?0 Guinea-Bissau [Badjana 33og] Senegal, Mali and Mauritania qualified. Western Zone B First Round 24 Jul 2022 Ghana 3?0 Benin [Afriyie 25, Alhassan 49, Awako 80] 30 Jul 2022 Benin 0?1 Ghana [Afriyie 81] Second Round 27 Aug 2022 Ivory Coast 0?0 Burkina Faso 04 Sep 2022 Burkina Faso 0?0 Ivory Coast [3-5 on pen.] 28 Aug 2022 Togo 1?0 Niger [Agoro 56] 03 Sep 2022 Niger 3?1 Togo [Hainikoye 45+3, Garba 77, Mossi 90+4pen; Akoro 49] 28 Aug 2022 Ghana 2?0 Nigeria [Afriyie 49, Suraj 86] 03 Sep 2022 Nigeria 2?0 Ghana [4-5 on pen.] [Rabiu 76, Akuneto 90+4pen] Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Ghana qualified. Central Zone 28 Aug 2022 Central African Rep. 2?1 Congo [Toropité 7, Mokonou 33; Bidimbou 44pen] 04 Sep 2022 Congo 1?0 Central African Republic [Bidimbou 64pen] 28 Aug 2022 Equatorial Guinea 1?0 Cameroon [Pedro Oba 23] 04 Sep 2022 Cameroon 2?0 Equatorial Guinea [Kaiba 42, Marou 44] 28 Aug 2022 Chad 1?2 DR Congo [Djibrine 50pen; Bossu 17, Kinzumbi 43] 04 Sep 2022 DR Congo 5?0 Chad [Makusu 31, 60, Mpia 65, Luzolo 82, Kinzumbi 90] Congo, Cameroon and Congo DR qualified. Central East Zone First Round 22 Jul 2022 Ethiopia 0?0 South Sudan 28 Jul 2022 South Sudan 0?5 Ethiopia [Yusef 32, Gebremichael 33, Meeker 66og, Mohammed 86, Bogale 90] 23 Jul 2022 Somalia 0?1 Tanzania [Suleiman 46] 30 Jul 2022 Tanzania 2?1 Somalia [Suleiman 34, Job 64; Ahmed 47] 24 Jul 2022 Burundi 2?1 Djibouti [Muderi 17, Urasenga 78; Akinbinu 34] 29 Jul 2022 Djibouti 2?1 Burundi [Dadzie 52, Akinbinu 83; Gakiza 43] [4-2 on pen.] Second Round 26 Aug 2022 Ethiopia 0?0 Rwanda 03 Sep 2022 Rwanda 0?1 Ethiopia [Hotessa 22] 28 Aug 2022 Tanzania 0?1 Uganda [Mutyaba 88] 03 Sep 2022 Uganda 3?0 Tanzania [Waiswa 17pen, Basangwa 56, Mato 76] 26 Aug 2022 Djibouti 1?4 Sudan [Hassan Houssein 60; Alsamani 3, Abdelrahman 18, 41, Muzmel 90] 02 Sep 2022 Sudan 3?2 Djibouti [Al-Shoala 3, Alsamani 32pen, Al-Teket 42; Akinbinu 22, Mahabeh 86] Ethiopia, Uganda and Sudan qualified. Southern Zone First Round 24 Jul 2022 Mauritius 0?2 Angola [Carneiro 13, Balisson 65og] 30 Jul 2022 Angola 1?0 Mauritius [Megue 32] 22 Jul 2022 Comoros 0?1 South Africa [Shezi 74] 30 Jul 2022 South Africa 0?0 Comoros 23 Jul 2022 Botswana 0?0 Swaziland 31 Jul 2022 Swaziland 2?2 Botswana [Gamedze 14, Mamba 51; Tauyatswala 45+1, Setsile 78pen] 23 Jul 2022 Seychelles 0?1 Madagascar [Andrianarimanana 24] 31 Jul 2022 Madagascar 3?0 Seychelles [Razanakoto 5, 90+3, Raherinaivo 68] 23 Jul 2022 Malawi n/p Zimbabwe 29 Jul 2022 Zimbabwe n/p Malawi [Zimbabwe withdrew] 24 Jul 2022 Mozambique 0?0 Zambia 30 Jul 2022 Zambia 0?1 Mozambique [Lau King 81] Second Round 28 Aug 2022 Angola 2?0 South Africa [Danielson 13, Teixiera 68] 04 Sep 2022 South Africa 1?4 Angola [Nxumalo 5; Lebusa 39og, Gilberto 67, Jó Paciencia 72, Danilson 78] 27 Aug 2022 Botswana 0?1 Madagascar [Razanakoto 17] 02 Sep 2022 Madagascar 1?1 Botswana [Ravelomanantsoa 23; Johnson 66] 27 Aug 2022 Malawi 1?1 Mozambique [Chester 22; Devrason 8] 04 Sep 2022 Mozambique 0?0 Malawi Angola, Madagascar and Mozambique qualified. FINAL TOURNAMENT Algeria, 13 January - 4 February, 2023 Group A 13 Jan 2023 Algeria 1?0 Libya [Algiers] [Mahious 57pen] 14 Jan 2023 Ethiopia 0?0 Mozambique [Algiers] 17 Jan 2023 Mozambique 3?2 Libya [Algiers] [Melque 78, Jone 80, Lau Há King 85; Chico 23og, Saltou 90+3] 17 Jan 2023 Algeria 1?0 Ethiopia [Algiers] [Mahious 52] 21 Jan 2023 Mozambique 0?1 Algeria [Algiers] [Dehiri 7] 21 Jan 2023 Libya 3?1 Ethiopia [Annaba] [Abu Arqoub 44, Al-Abbasi 50, Saltou 78; Panom 39pen] 1.ALGERIA 3 3 0 0 3- 0 9 2.MOZAMBIQUE 3 1 1 1 3- 3 4 3.Libya 3 1 0 2 5- 5 3 4.Ethiopia 3 0 1 2 1- 4 1 Group B 14 Jan 2023 DR Congo 0?0 Uganda [Annaba] 14 Jan 2023 Ivory Coast 0?1 Senegal [Annaba] [Ndiaye 80] 18 Jan 2023 DR Congo 0?0 Ivory Coast [Annaba] 18 Jan 2023 Senegal 0?1 Uganda [Annaba] [Karisa 33] 22 Jan 2023 Senegal 3?0 DR Congo [Annaba] [Diouf 23, Diallo 74, Siadi 77og] 22 Jan 2023 Uganda 1?3 Ivory Coast [Algiers] [Waiswa 34pen; Karamoko 12, Ouotro 27, Kouamé 78] 1.SENEGAL 3 2 0 1 4- 1 6 2.IVORY COAST 3 1 1 1 3- 2 4 3.Uganda 3 1 1 1 2- 3 4 4.DR Congo 3 0 2 1 0- 3 2 Group C 15 Jan 2023 Madagascar 2?1 Ghana [Constantine] [Razafindranaivo 10, Randriatsiferana 62; Agyapong 68] 19 Jan 2023 Ghana 3?1 Sudan [Constantine] [Yiadom 45+3, Afriyie 65pen, Suraj 90+8; Nouh 31] 23 Jan 2023 Sudan 0?3 Madagascar [Constantine] [Randriatsiferana 13, Razafindranaivo 30, Rafanomezantsoa 33] 1.MADAGASCAR 2 2 0 0 5- 1 6 2.GHANA 2 1 0 1 4- 3 3 3.Sudan 2 0 0 2 1- 6 0 ?.Morocco withdrew Group D 16 Jan 2023 Mali 3?3 Angola [Oran] [Sinayoko 23, Diaby 79, Coulibaly 83; Depú 12, 26, Gilberto 72] 20 Jan 2023 Angola 0?0 Mauritania [Oran] 24 Jan 2023 Mauritania 1?0 Mali [Oran] [Sy 53] 1.MAURITANIA 2 1 1 0 1- 0 4 2.Angola 2 0 2 0 3- 3 2 3.Mali 2 0 1 1 3- 4 1 Group E 16 Jan 2023 Cameroon 1?0 Congo [Oran] [Mbekeli 63] 20 Jan 2023 Congo 0?0 Niger [Oran] 24 Jan 2023 Niger 1?0 Cameroon [Oran] [Badamassi 69] 1.NIGER 2 1 1 0 1- 0 4 2.Cameroon 2 1 0 1 1- 1 3 3.Congo 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1 Quarterfinals 27 Jan 2023 Algeria 1?0 Ivory Coast [Algiers] [Mahious 90+6pen] 27 Jan 2023 Senegal 1?0 Mauritania [Annaba] [Lamine Camara 34pen] 28 Jan 2023 Madagascar 3?1 Mozambique [Constantine] [Razafindranaivo 18, Razafindrakoto 67, Ravelomanantsoa 87; Isac 90+4] 28 Jan 2023 Niger 2?0 Ghana [Oran] [Yiadom 11og, Hainikoye 49] Semifinals 31 Jan 2023 Algeria 5?0 Niger [Oran] [Abdellaoui 15, Mahious 24, 34, Katakoré 45og, Bayazid 83] 31 Jan 2023 Senegal 1?0 Madagascar [Algiers] [Diallo 5] Third Place Match 03 Feb 2023 Niger 0-1 Madagascar [Oran] [Razafindrakoto 89] Final 04 Feb 2023 Algeria 0-0 Senegal [aet, 4-5 pen, Algiers] overview file 2020/21