The Confederation of African Football (CAF) stated on Thursday that the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN), planned to take place in Côte d’Ivoire, will be held from January 13 to February 11, 2024.

The first game will take place at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Ebimpe, Abidjan, on Saturday, January 13, 2024, the CAF announced in a statement.

The same source also stated that the four-week competition will formally end on February 11, 2024.

According to the release, the formal draw for this CAN will take place in September, and the date and location will be announced in due course.

Six nations have qualified for the competition, including the hosts, Cote d’Ivoire, following this past weekend’s round of qualifications. They are Senegal, the reigning African champion, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, South Africa, and Morocco.

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World Cup semi-finalists and African football’s newest stars, Morocco, will not play again in the qualifiers until June after their two matches against Zimbabwe were canceled due to FIFA’s suspension of the country from international competitions because of problems with its national federation.

The Moroccan football team has officially qualified for the final phase of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN Ivory Coast-2023), following the draw between South Africa and Liberia in Group K on Friday evening at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg.

The two teams have now taken their first points, while Morocco leads the group with 6 points.

The Moroccan team had beaten South Africa (2-1) and Liberia (2-0) in the two previous games in this group which has only three teams.

South Africa and Liberia will meet on Tuesday in Monrovia.

The Moroccan team will play two other matches in this group, the first away to South Africa on 12 June and the second at home against Liberia on 4 September.

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