# 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches were organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, the 34th edition of the international men's football championship of Africa. A total of 24 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Ivory Coast, who qualified automatically as hosts.

## Entrants

All 54 CAF member associations entered the competition. The seeding was based on the FIFA World Ranking from 23 December 2021 with teams ranked 1st to 42nd receiving a bye to the qualifying group stage, while the teams ranked 43rd to 54th having to participate in the preliminary round.
The preliminary round draw took place on 21 January 2022, 16:30 WAT (UTC+1), in Douala, Cameroon.
From the December 2021 FIFA World Rankings :
| Bye to group stage | Participating in preliminary round |
| Senegal (20)  Morocco (28)  Algeria (29)  Tunisia (30)  Nigeria (36)  Egypt (45)  Cameroon (50)  Ghana (52)  Mali (53)  Ivory Coast (56)  Burkina Faso (60)  DR Congo (64)  South Africa (68)  Cape Verde (73)  Guinea (81)  Uganda (82)  Benin (83)  Zambia (88)  Gabon (89)  Congo (97)  Madagascar (101)  Kenya (102)  Mauritania (103)  Guinea-Bissau (106)  Sierra Leone (108)  Namibia (112)  Niger (113)  Equatorial Guinea (114)  Libya (117)  Mozambique (118)  Zimbabwe (121)  Togo (124)  Sudan (125)  Angola (126)  Malawi (129)  Central African Republic (130)  Tanzania (131)  Comoros (132)  Rwanda (135)  Ethiopia (137)  Burundi (140)  Liberia (144) | Lesotho (145) Eswatini (146) Botswana (148) Gambia (150) South Sudan (167) Mauritius (172) Chad (180) São Tomé and Príncipe (189) Djibouti (192) Somalia (194) Seychelles (197) Eritrea (202) |

## Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying tournament was as follows.
| Round | Matchday | Dates | Matches |
| Preliminary round | First leg | 23–24 March 2022 | Team 1 vs. Team 2 |
| Preliminary round | Second leg | 27–29 March 2022 | Team 2 vs. Team 1 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 1–13 June 2022 | Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 1–13 June 2022 | Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 1 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 22–24 March 2023 | Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 26–29 March 2023 | Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 14–20 June 2023 | Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 3 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 6–12 September 2023, 17 October 2023 | Team 3 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 4 |

## Preliminary round

The twelve lowest-ranked teams were drawn into six ties to be played in home-and-away two-legged format. The six winners advanced to the group stage to join the 42 teams which entered directly.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Eritrea | awd. | Botswana | Canc. | Canc. |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 4–3 | Mauritius | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Djibouti | 2–5 | South Sudan | 2–4 | 0–1 |
| Seychelles | 1–3 | Lesotho | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Somalia | 1–5 | Eswatini | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Chad | 2–3 | Gambia | 0–1 | 2–2 |

## Group stage
### Draw

The group stage draw took place on 19 April 2022 at 19:30 SAST (UTC+2) at SuperSport Broadcasting Studios in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 48 national teams involved were divided into twelve groups of four each (from Group A to Group L), which consisted of the 42 teams which entered directly, in addition to the six winners of the preliminary round. The 48 national teams had previously been seeded into four pots of twelve each based on the March 2022 FIFA World Rankings (shown in parentheses). Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Senegal (20)  Morocco (24)  Nigeria (30)  Egypt (32)  Tunisia (35)  Cameroon (37)  Algeria (44)  Mali (52)  Ivory Coast (53)  Burkina Faso (56)  Ghana (60)  DR Congo (67) | South Africa (69)  Cape Verde (71)  Guinea (80)  Gabon (81)  Benin (84)  Uganda (86)  Zambia (87)  Congo (98)  Equatorial Guinea (99)  Madagascar (102)  Kenya (104)  Sierra Leone (108) | Namibia (112)  Mauritania (113)  Guinea-Bissau (115)  Niger (116)  Libya (117)  Mozambique (119)  Malawi (120)  Togo (121)  Zimbabwe (122)  Gambia (123)  Angola (126)  Comoros (128) | Tanzania (130)  Central African Republic (131)  Sudan (132)  Rwanda (136)  Burundi (139)  Ethiopia (140)  Eswatini (143)  Lesotho (145)  Botswana (148)  Liberia (149)  South Sudan (161)  São Tomé and Príncipe (189) |
The draw started with pot 4 and ended with pot 1; each team drawn was assigned into the first available group alphabetically (A–L) and within the group was placed in the position that corresponded to it according to its pot (i.e. position 1 for teams from pot 1, position 2 for teams from pot 2, position 3 for teams from pot 3 and position 4 for teams from pot 4).
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations hosts, Ivory Coast, participated in the qualifiers despite the team being guaranteed a spot in the finals, which meant only the best ranked team within their group apart from Ivory Coast qualified for the finals. The Ivory Coast matches and results counted in determining the qualification of the other teams from their group.
Kenya and Zimbabwe were included in the draw despite being temporarily suspended by FIFA from all international football activities. In order to avoid a potential situation where one group contained only two valid teams, the aforementioned sides could thus not be drawn in the same group. On 23 May 2022, CAF announced that both teams had been disqualified from the qualifiers as a result of their suspensions not being lifted by FIFA. Thus, their groups were composed of only three teams, with the group winners and runners-up qualifying to the finals.
The draw ceremony was conducted by the CAF Director of Competitions Samson Adamu, with assistance by former South Africa defender Lucas Radebe and former Ivory Coast striker Salomon Kalou.

#### Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 14):
* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above was reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* Away goals scored in all group matches;
* Drawing of lots

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Nigeria | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 15 | Final tournament | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Guinea-Bissau | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Final tournament | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 5 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 1 | | 0–10 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Cape Verde | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Final tournament | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Togo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Eswatini | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Final tournament | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | Canc. |
| 2 | Namibia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | Final tournament | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | Canc. |
| 3 | Burundi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | Canc. |
| 4 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified | Canc. | Canc. | Canc. | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Egypt | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 15 | Final tournament | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Guinea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | Final tournament | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Malawi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 5 | | 0–4 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Ghana | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Final tournament | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Angola | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | Final tournament | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Madagascar | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 3 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Algeria | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 16 | Final tournament | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Tanzania | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 8 | Final tournament | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Uganda | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Niger | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — |

### Group G

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Mali | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 15 | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Gambia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | Final tournament | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Congo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | South Sudan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — |

### Group H

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Zambia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 | Final tournament | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Ivory Coast | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13 | Final tournament | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Comoros | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Lesotho | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Zambia 1, Ivory Coast –1.

### Group I

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | DR Congo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 | Final tournament | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Mauritania | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | Final tournament | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Gabon | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 7 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Sudan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 6 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ CAF awarded DR Congo a 3–0 win as a result of Mauritania fielding an ineligible player, Khadim Diaw, after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw. Diaw failed to follow the proper procedure for switching national teams after previously representing Senegal during the 2020 African Nations Championship qualification.

### Group J

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Tunisia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 13 | Final tournament | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 13 | Final tournament | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Botswana | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Libya | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |

### Group K

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Morocco | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Final tournament | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | Canc. |
| 2 | South Africa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | Final tournament | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | Canc. |
| 3 | Liberia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | Canc. |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified | Canc. | Canc. | Canc. | — |

### Group L

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Senegal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 14 | Final tournament | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Mozambique | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10 | Final tournament | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Benin | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Rwanda | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — |
* ↑ CAF awarded Benin a 3–0 win as a result of Rwanda fielding an ineligible player, Kevin Muhire, after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw. Muhire failed to serve a one-game ban after receiving two yellow cards in the qualifying competition.

## Goalscorers

There were 348 goals scored in 142 matches, for an average of 2.45 goals per match.
10 goals
* Victor Osimhen
5 goals
* Louis Mafouta
* Sadio Mané
* Youssef Msakni
* Patson Daka
4 goals
* Dango Ouattara
* Peter Shalulile
* Luís Leal
3 goals
* Mohamed Amoura
* Sabelo Ndzinisa
* Mohammed Kudus
* Zinho Gano
* Jorginho
* Ibrahim Sangaré
* Kamory Doumbia
* Aboubakar Kamara
* Lyle Foster
* Tito Okello
* Kévin Denkey
2 goals
* Gelson Dala
* Jodel Dossou
* Steve Mounié
* Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana
* Vincent Aboubakar
* Youssouf M'Changama
* Benjaloud Youssouf
* Cédric Bakambu
* Fiston Mayele
* Omar Marmoush
* Mostafa Mohamed
* Mohamed Salah
* Federico Bikoro
* Emilio Nsue
* Fanelo Mamba
* Assan Ceesay
* Ablie Jallow
* Osman Bukari
* Naby Keïta
* Christian Kouamé
* Katleho Makateng
* Gabadinho Mhango
* Mohamed Camara
* Dorgeles Nene
* Ibrahima Koné
* El Bilal Touré
* Hemeya Tanjy
* Ayoub El Kaabi
* Youssef En-Nesyri
* Geny Catamo
* Clésio
* Daniel Sosah
* Ademola Lookman
* Terem Moffi
* Moses Simon
* Ricardo Cardoso
* Boulaye Dia
* Mustapha Bundu
* Augustus Kargbo
* Zakhele Lepasa
* Peter Chol
* Saimon Msuva
* Kodjo Laba
* Euloge Placca
* Haythem Jouini
* Lameck Banda
* Kings Kangwa
1 goal
* Youcef Belaïli
* Ramy Bensebaini
* Baghdad Bounedjah
* Riyad Mahrez
* Aïssa Mandi
* Kialonda Gaspar
* Lucas João
* Felício Milson
* M'Bala Nzola
* Abdoul Rachid Moumini
* Junior Olaitan
* Mbatshi Elias
* Gape Mohutsiwa
* Kabelo Seakanyeng
* Stephane Aziz Ki
* Hassane Bandé
* Issoufou Dayo
* Abdoul Tapsoba
* Abedi Bigirimana
* Hussein Shabani
* Olivier Kemen
* Bryan Mbeumo
* Karl Toko Ekambi
* Christopher Wooh
* Bebé
* Gilson Benchimol
* Clé
* João Paulo Fernandes
* Ryan Mendes
* Jamiro Monteiro
* Kevin Pina
* Júlio Tavares
* Geoffrey Kondogbia
* Karl Namnganda
* Isaac Ngoma
* Samuel Nlend
* Ahmat Abderamane
* Ezechiel N'Douassel
* El Fardou Ben Nabouhane
* Ibroihim Djoudja
* Thievy Bifouma
* Gabriel Charpentier
* Silvère Ganvoula
* Antoine Makoumbou
* Gaius Makouta
* Samuel Akinbinu
* Ibrahim Aden Warsama
* Jonathan Bolingi
* Théo Bongonda
* Gaël Kakuta
* Arthur Masuaku
* Aaron Tshibola
* Mostafa Fathi
* Tarek Hamed
* Trézéguet
* Zizo
* Saúl Coco
* José Elo
* Iban Salvador
* Bonginkosi Dlamini
* Sandile Gamedze
* Siboniso Ngwenya
* Shimelis Bekele
* Dawa Hotessa
* Kitika Jemma
* Kenean Markneh
* Abubeker Nassir
* Shavy Babicka
* Didier Ndong
* Lloyd Palun
* Muhammed Badamosi
* Hamza Barry
* Omar Colley
* Yankuba Minteh
* Bubacarr Trawally
* Felix Afena-Gyan
* Ernest Nuamah
* Antoine Semenyo
* Mohamed Bayo
* Aguibou Camara
* Morgan Guilavogui
* Serhou Guirassy
* François Kamano
* Ilaix Moriba
* Saïdou Sow
* Mama Baldé
* Zidane Banjaqui
* Franculino Djú
* Nito Gomes
* Alfa Semedo
* Serge Aurier
* Sébastien Haller
* Franck Kessié
* Jean-Philippe Krasso
* Tshwarelo Bereng
* Sera Motebang
* William Jebor
* Mohammed Sangare
* Tonia Tisdell
* Saleh Al Taher
* Husain Taqtaq
* Njiva Rakotoharimalala
* Lawrence Chaziya
* Robert Saizi
* Kalifa Coulibaly
* Aliou Dieng
* Sékou Koïta
* Adama Malouda Traoré
* Aly Abeid
* Nouh Mohamed El Abd
* Hassan Houbeib
* Abdallahi Mahmoud
* Mouhamed Soueid
* Kévin Bru
* Dylan Collard
* Ashley Nazira
* Amine Adli
* Fayçal Fajr
* Amine Harit
* Hakim Ziyech
* Guima
* Stanley Ratifo
* Gildo Vilanculos
* Witi
* Absalom Iimbondi
* Wendell Rudath
* Amadou Sabo
* Taiwo Awoniyi
* Samuel Chukwueze
* Emmanuel Dennis
* Peter Etebo
* Kelechi Iheanacho
* Alex Iwobi
* Thierry Manzi
* Gilbert Mugisha
* Blaise Nishimwe
* Olivier Niyonzima
* Eba Viegas
* Mamadou Camara
* Habib Diallo
* Iliman Ndiaye
* Youssouf Sabaly
* Abdoulaye Seck
* Jean-Yves Perry Ernesta
* Amadou Bakayoko
* Musa Noah Kamara
* Abu Komeh
* Alhassan Koroma
* Jonathan Morsay
* Abubakarr Samura
* Sak Hassan
* Mihlali Mayambela
* Chol Daniel
* William Gama
* Rashid Toha
* Valentino Yuel
* Mohamed Abdelrahman
* Waleed Al-Shoala
* Muhamed Kome
* George Mpole
* Abdou Ouattara
* Seifeddine Jaziri
* Ali Maâloul
* Naïm Sliti
* Fahad Bayo
* Milton Karisa
* Aziz Kayondo
* Rogers Mato
* Joseph Ochaya
* Enock Mwepu
* Fashion Sakala
1 own goal
* Lebogang Ditsele (against Equatorial Guinea)
* Alford Velaphi (against Tunisia)
* Serge Aurier (against Zambia)
* Mohammed Al Tuhami (against Equatorial Guinea)
* Boubakar Kouyaté (against South Sudan)
* Munir Mohamedi (against South Africa)
* Rahim Alhassane (against Algeria)
* Rehan Angier (against Gambia)

## Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Africa Cup of Nations |
| Ivory Coast | Hosts / Group H runners-up | 30 January 2019 | 24 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Morocco | Group K winners | 24 March 2023 | 18 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Algeria | Group F winners | 27 March 2023 | 19 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
| South Africa | Group K runners-up | 28 March 2023 | 10 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2019) |
| Senegal | Group L winners | 28 March 2023 | 16 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Burkina Faso | Group B winners | 28 March 2023 | 12 (1978, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021) |
| Tunisia | Group J winners | 28 March 2023 | 20 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Egypt | Group D winners | 14 June 2023 | 25 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Zambia | Group H winners | 17 June 2023 | 17 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015) |
| Equatorial Guinea | Group J runners-up | 17 June 2023 | 3 (2012, 2015, 2021) |
| Nigeria | Group A winners | 18 June 2023 | 19 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2019, 2021) |
| Guinea-Bissau | Group A runners-up | 18 June 2023 | 3 (2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Cape Verde | Group B runners-up | 18 June 2023 | 3 (2013, 2015, 2021) |
| Mali | Group G winners | 18 June 2023 | 12 (1972, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Guinea | Group D runners-up | 20 June 2023 | 13 (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021) |
| Ghana | Group E winners | 7 September 2023 | 23 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Angola | Group E runners-up | 7 September 2023 | 8 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2019) |
| Tanzania | Group F runners-up | 7 September 2023 | 2 (1980, 2019) |
| Mozambique | Group L runners-up | 9 September 2023 | 4 (1986, 1996, 1998, 2010) |
| DR Congo | Group I winners | 9 September 2023 | 19 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| Mauritania | Group I runners-up | 9 September 2023 | 2 (2019, 2021) |
| Gambia | Group G runners-up | 10 September 2023 | 1 (2021) |
| Cameroon | Group C winners | 12 September 2023 | 20 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Namibia | Group C runners-up | 12 September 2023 | 3 (1998, 2008, 2019) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italics indicates hosts for that year.