The draw for the group stage of the 2023 African Cup of Nations (CAN 2023), in Ivory Coast, took place this Thursday, October 12 in Abidjan. Present in hat 1, Morocco inherited Pool F with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Tanzania. The Atlas Lions will play the group stage matches in the city of San-Pédro. They will face Tanzania in the first match. The opening match of this CAN will pit the Ivorians against the “Djurtus” of Guinea-Bissau, at the Ebimpé stadium, near Abidjan. At the end of the draw, the Lion of the Atlas, Achraf Hakimi, who was alongside the Ivorian Didier Drogba, the Nigerian Mikel Obi, and the Lion of Téranga, Sadio Mané, to perform it, indicated that Morocco “will try to deliver a great performance, like the epic of the Qatari World Cup”. “We have a good group, a good team. We are going to play for the title,” he said. The 34th edition of the African Cup of Nations will be held from January 13 to February 11, 2024 in six stadiums spread across five cities in Côte d’Ivoire. Initially scheduled for June and July 2023, CAN-2023 was postponed to be held from January 13 to February 11, 2024, in order to avoid the matches taking place in the middle of the rainy season. It will take place in six stadiums: Abidjan (two venues), Bouaké (center), Korhogo (north), San Pedro (southwest) and the capital Yamoussoukro (center). Below, moreover, is the composition of the groups: Group A: Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau Group B: Egypt, Ghana, Cape Verde, Mozambique Group C: Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea, Gambia Group D: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Angola Group E: Tunisia, Mali, South Africa, Namibia Group F: Morocco, DR Congo, Zambia, Tanzania.
source: fr.hespress.com
