Host Algeria will kick start the 2023 African Nations Championship in the opening game with a clash in Group A when the host neighbours Libya at the newly-built Baraki Stadium in Algiers on 13 January 2023 at 20h00 local time (19h00 GMT).

The two North Africans will open the seventh edition of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship. And for the first time in history, eighteen countries will be competing.

Morocco’s Atlas Lions won the sixth edition at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde on 7 February 2021. 

As a result, Morocco became the first team to win two consecutive titles in the competition history designed exclusively for home-based footballers.

See the eighteen teams in their respective groups.

• Group A (Baraki Stadium): Algeria, Libya, Mozambique, Ethiopia 
• Group B (Stade du 19 Mai 1956, Annaba): DR Congo, Uganda, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal 
• Group C (Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine): Morocco, Sudan, Madagascar, Ghana 
• Group D (Olympic Stadium, Oran): Mali, Angola, Mauritania 
• Group E (Olympic Stadium, Oran): Cameroon, Congo, Niger 

Full Chan Fixtures attached

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The groups for the TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations 2023 completed on Friday night following the draw conducted in Cairo, Egypt.

Hosts Egypt were drawn alongside Mozambique, Senegal and Nigeria in Group A and Uganda, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Congo in Group B 

Group C – Alexandria Stadium: The Gambia, Tunisia, Benin, and Zambia will battle it out. 

The TotalEnergies Egypt 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations will take place from 19 February to 11 March 2023. The host cities are Cairo (Group A), Ismailia (Group B) and Alexandria (Group C).

The twelve-nation tournament will begin with a mouth-watering opening game between hosts Egypt and Mozambique on Sunday, 19 February 2023, at 16h00 local time.

Groups and venues :

• Group A – Cairo International Stadium: Egypt, Mozambique, Senegal, Nigeria
• Group B – Suez Canal Stadium: Uganda, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Congo
• Group C – Alexandria Stadium: Gambia, Tunisia, Benin, Zambia

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After a successful World Cup campaign, Morocco has moved from the 22nd position to become the 11th-best football team in the world, according to the latest FIFA ranking.

Morocco ranked 11 after their FIFA World Cup triumph to become the first African country to reach a World Cup semi-final. 

They leapfrogged Senegal to become the top-notch African side in the latest and last FIFA Ranking for 2022.

It’s the third-highest ranking for an African team. In 1994, Nigeria ranked 5th, the highest position ever for an African nation. In July 2010, Egypt ranked 9th.

The ranking recognizes Morocco’s uplifting and brilliant performances during the 2022 World Cup, where the Atlas Lions triumphed to secure the fourth spot.

The Atlas Lions made history after qualifying for the semi-finals. The qualification made Morocco the first African and Arab country to make it so far in World Cup history.

Morocco’s performance made international headlines, impressing the media and FIFA.

Seven teams have risen by more than ten places in the #FIFARanking since December 2021 ⬆

But @EnMaroc are the year's highest climbers! 🇲🇦🙌

— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 22, 2022

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