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| Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2023 | |
|---|---|
 Official logo[1] | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Ivory Coast |
| Dates | 13 January – 11 February 2024 |
| Teams | 24 |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Ivory Coast (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Nigeria |
| Third place |  South Africa |
| Fourth place |  DR Congo |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 119 (2.29 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,109,593 (21,338 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Emilio Nsue(5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | William Troost-Ekong |
| Best young player | Simon Adingra |
| Best goalkeeper | Ronwen Williams |
| Fair play award | South Africa |
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The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, known in short as the 2023 AFCON or CAN 2023 and for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, was the 34th edition of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was hosted by Ivory Coast, taking place in the country for the second time following the 1984 edition.
This edition of the tournament was initially planned to take place during the Northern Hemisphere's summer like the 2019 Cup, in order to reduce scheduling conflicts with European club teams and competitions.[2][3][4][5] However, it was postponed by CAF to 13 January – 11 February 2024 on 3 July 2022 due to the summer weather concerns in Ivory Coast, although the competition retained the original name for sponsorship purposes.[6][7] This followed the previous edition in 2021 in Cameroon also being moved to the Northern Hemisphere's winter season for similar reasons, albeit coupled with postponement due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the CAF calendar.[8]
Host nation Ivory Coast won the tournament for their third title. They beat Nigeria 2–1 in the final, having also beaten defending champions Senegal in the round of 16 in a penalty shootout after the allocated playing time had ended in a 1–1 draw.
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...the Executive Committee has decided that this edition of the tournament will be postponed to the months of January and February 2024. The postponement is as a direct and sole result of the adverse weather conditions in the country and after also having received further technical opinion from experts on adverse effects of staging the matches in that period, as June and July are rainy seasons in Ivory Coast.
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