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2023 Africa Cup Of Nations Group D
Group D of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations took place from 15 to 23 January 2024. The group consisted of Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Angola. Angola and Burkina Faso as the top two teams, along with Mauritania as one of the four best third-placed teams, advanced to the round of 16. Teams Notes Standings Matches ''All times are local, GMT ( UTC±0).'' Algeria vs Angola Algeria and Angola met for the 10th time, and the most recent meeting was at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, which Angola hosted that year. A goalless draw between the nations in Luanda on Jan. 18, 2010, proved enough to send both nations to the tournament's knockout stages. The nations also met in the second round of qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The nations opened their phases on June 5, 2004, with a goalless draw in Annaba, Algeria, and would meet again exactly one year later in Luanda. Goals from Flavio and Akwa helped give Angola its first (and to date) victory against Algeria, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Africa Cup Of Nations
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON 2023 or CAN 2023) is scheduled to be the 34th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's association football, football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament is scheduled to be hosted by Ivory Coast, the second time the country would host the competition. The Confederation of African Football initially changed the dates of the tournament to June and July rather than the usual January, which first came into play in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, 2019 tournament. It would have allowed the tournament to not conflict with other major tournaments, as well as allowing big name players to play for their nations in the tournament without missing games for their European club side. On 3 July 2022, it was confirmed that the competition would be postponed from June–July 2023 to January 2024 due to weather concerns during summer in Ivory Coast. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |