https://www.instagram.com/p/CxG6SMnsIq-/?hl=en The Indomitable Lions booked their place at a 19th straight finals, thrashing Burundi 3-0 in Garoua to top Group C. Goals from Bryan Mbuemo, Christopher Wooh and Vincent Aboubakar sealed a comfortable win to see off the challenge of Namibia, who took second and also sealed their place at the competition. Cameroon join host nation Cote d'Ivoire and 22 other qualified teams at the tournament in January next year. Continental giants Senegal, Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco and Algeria are all among those who have booked their tickets. There will be no debutants as Gambia will be making their second appearance at the AFCON. Meanwhile, others considered as underdogs such as Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea have also qualified as they seek to surprise the big sides. With the qualifiers now over, the countdown begins to the draw as the teams will discover their opponents. The group stage draw will take place, determining the opening match-ups. Defending champions Senegal and regional powers Egypt and Nigeria as well as World Cup semi-finalists Morocco are likely to be among the pre-tournament favourites. But with an array of talent across the 24 qualifiers, the competition for continental glory promises to be fierce. https://www.cafonline.com/caf-afric...energies-afcon-2023-24-team-line-up-complete/
Which teams have qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations? Ivory Coast Morocco Algeria South Africa Senegal Burkina Faso Tunisia Egypt Zambia Equatorial Guinea Nigeria Guinea-Bissau Cape Verde Mali Guinea Ghana Angola Tanzania Mozambique Congo DR Mauritania Gambia Cameroon Namibia
Akwaba everybody. We'll be happy to host this Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d'Ivoire and any supporters from another countries. I've a message for Morocco and its fans: we're waiting you. Many Moroccans live in Côte d'Ivoire. I'd hope Morocco will play in Abidjan or Bouaké. Official mascot
FIFA World Rankings, African Zone (CAF) 2023/2024 The Confederation of African Football (CAF, /ˈkæf/; French: Confédération Africaine de Football; Arabic: الإتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم) is the administrative and controlling body for African association football. CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competitions. CAF is the biggest of six continental confederations of FIFA. CAF has been given 5 slots out of the 32 available since the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, this increased to 6 in 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, to include the hosts. The number of places returned to 5 for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. http://www.cavpo.com/2016/10/FIFA.World.Rankings.Africa.CAF.html
THE FRONT RUNNERS (IMHO): A - Cote D'Ivore; Nigeria B - Egypt, Ghana C - Cameroon, Senegal, D - Algeria, Mauritania E - Tunisia, Mali, RSA (GoD) F - Morocco, Zambia
My prediction is that Mo Salah will finally get his hand on the AFCON trophy. I see Egypt beating hosts Ivory Coast in the final. My tournament predictions will come a couple days before it kicks off on 13 January.
I think that's a pretty gutsy call, and I know you like to make bold predictions. I dont see it happening. I think both Algeria and Morocco are more likely to win from the Magrheb region, and the North Africans usually don't do well in sub Sahara African tournaments.
Just looking at all the squads from 2021 afcon. This 2023 edition will be much stronger. Every squad is pretty much better this time around. I can't really see any teams worse off than in 2021. All the major teams will have significant upgrades in certain areas. This could be the best tournament yet.
Maybe Cameroon is slightly weaker, especially with Bryan Mbuemo missing through injury. Senegal, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, CIV, Mali, Ghana are all definately stronger than their 2021 teams. Tunisia and Egypt probably very similar.
Updated CAF Ranking as of 01/01/2024 In brackets change rating to previous window 1) Morocco______________________83.5 2) Senegal_______________________83 (-1) 3) Egypt_________________________81.5 4) Côte d'Ivore___________________80.5 (+0.5) 5) Tunisia_________________________79 (+0.5) 6) Algeria_________________________78 (-1) 7) Mali____________________________77 (-2) 8 ) Cameroon_____________________76.5 (-0.5) 9) Burkina Faso___________________76.5 10) Nigeria_______________________75.5 (-3.5) 11) DR Congo_____________________75 (-1) 12) Ghana________________________73.5 (-2.5) 13) South Africa__________________73.5 (-1.5) 14) Equatorial Guinea______________73.5 (+0.5) 15) Zambia_______________________72.5 (-2) 16) Gabon________________________72 (+2) 17) Guinea-Bissau__________________71.5 (+3) 18) Guinea_______________________71.5 (-2.5) 19) Angola_______________________71 (-1.5) 20) Cape Verde___________________70 21) Comoros_____________________69.5 (+3) 22) Togo_________________________69 (+1.5) 23) Mozambique___________________69 (-1) 24) Gambia______________________69 (-4) 25) Malawi_______________________68 26) Mauritania___________________68 (-1.5) 27) Kenya________________________67 (+0.5) 28) Congo________________________67 (-0.5) 29) Central African Republic________66.5 (-1) 30) Madagascar__________________66.5 (+3) 31) Zimbabwe____________________66 (+1) 32) Tanzania______________________65 (-0.5) 33) Namibia______________________65 34) Sierra Leone___________________64.5 (+0.5) 35) Burundi_______________________64.5 (+1.5) 36) Uganda_______________________64 37) Sudan_________________________64 (+0.5) 38) Benin_________________________63.5 (-0.5) 39) Libya_________________________63.5 (+1.5) 40) Ethiopia_______________________63 41) Botswana_____________________63 (+1.5) 42) Rwanda_______________________62.5 (+1.5) 43) Niger__________________________61.5 NEW 44) Liberia________________________61.5 45) Eswatini_______________________60.5 (-0.5) The reamaining CAF nations are unranked in my Top 150 Ranking
I had to look at this Ghana team and see. I don't like the Ayew brothers there, but hopefully they won't be a distraction. I like Houghton as a coach and his team. I am more confident of a team first culture than I have been in years. Less star studded may mean more resolve to win it finally.
Some friendlies so far Algeria 3 Togo (homebased only) 0 Iran 2 Burkina Faso 1 R. Congo 0 v Angola 0 Ivory Coast 5 Sierra Leone (homebased only) 1