NB: seventh edition of tournament for squads composed of players active in African leagues.
Qualified as hosts: Algeria
QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT
Northern Zone
Egypt and Tunisia withdrew
Morocco and Lybia byes to Final Tournament.
Western Zone A
First Round
24 Jul 2022 Liberia 0-3 Senegal
[Sambou 15, Ndour 31, Diouf 34]
30 Jul 2022 Senegal 1-2 Liberia
[Ndour 38; Kromah 73, Andrews 88pen]
24 Jul 2022 Sierra Leone 2-0 Cape Verde
[Conteh 15, 65]
27 Jul 2022 Cape Verde 2-1 Sierra Leone
[Kelton 84, Gielson 90+1; Barrie 39]
23 Jul 2022 Gambia 1-0 Guinea-Bissau
[Barry 45]
26 Jul 2022 Guinea-Bissau 1-0 Gambia [5-3 on pen.]
[Cande 86]
Second Round
27 Aug 2022 Senegal 1-0 Guinea
[Diagne 59]
02 Sep 2022 Guinea 1-0 Senegal [3-5 on pen.]
[Dramé 2]
27 Aug 2022 Sierra Leone 1-2 Mali
[Kamara 90+1; Sinayoko 23, Kamissoko 47]
03 Sep 2022 Mali 2-0 Sierra Leone
[Samabaly 35, Samaké 60]
29 Aug 2022 Guinea-Bissau 0-1 Mauritania
[Mouhsine 24pen]
02 Sep 2022 Mauritania 1-0 Guinea-Bissau
[Badjana 33og]
Senegal, Mali and Mauritania qualified.
Western Zone B
First Round
24 Jul 2022 Ghana 3-0 Benin
[Afriyie 25, Alhassan 49, Awako 80]
30 Jul 2022 Benin 0-1 Ghana
[Afriyie 81]
Second Round
27 Aug 2022 Ivory Coast 0-0 Burkina Faso
04 Sep 2022 Burkina Faso 0-0 Ivory Coast [3-5 on pen.]
28 Aug 2022 Togo 1-0 Niger
[Agoro 56]
03 Sep 2022 Niger 3-1 Togo
[Hainikoye 45+3, Garba 77, Mossi 90+4pen; Akoro 49]
28 Aug 2022 Ghana 2-0 Nigeria
[Afriyie 49, Suraj 86]
03 Sep 2022 Nigeria 2-0 Ghana [4-5 on pen.]
[Rabiu 76, Akuneto 90+4pen]
Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Ghana qualified.
Central Zone
28 Aug 2022 Central African Rep. 2-1 Congo
[Toropité 7, Mokonou 33; Bidimbou 44pen]
04 Sep 2022 Congo 1-0 Central African Republic
[Bidimbou 64pen]
28 Aug 2022 Equatorial Guinea 1-0 Cameroon
[Pedro Oba 23]
04 Sep 2022 Cameroon 2-0 Equatorial Guinea
[Kaiba 42, Marou 44]
28 Aug 2022 Chad 1-2 DR Congo
[Djibrine 50pen; Bossu 17, Kinzumbi 43]
04 Sep 2022 DR Congo 5-0 Chad
[Makusu 31, 60, Mpia 65, Luzolo 82, Kinzumbi 90]
Congo, Cameroon and Congo DR qualified.
Central East Zone
First Round
22 Jul 2022 Ethiopia 0-0 South Sudan
28 Jul 2022 South Sudan 0-5 Ethiopia
[Yusef 32, Gebremichael 33, Meeker 66og, Mohammed 86, Bogale 90]
23 Jul 2022 Somalia 0-1 Tanzania
[Suleiman 46]
30 Jul 2022 Tanzania 2-1 Somalia
[Suleiman 34, Job 64; Ahmed 47]
24 Jul 2022 Burundi 2-1 Djibouti
[Muderi 17, Urasenga 78; Akinbinu 34]
29 Jul 2022 Djibouti 2-1 Burundi
[Dadzie 52, Akinbinu 83; Gakiza 43] [4-2 on pen.]
Second Round
26 Aug 2022 Ethiopia 0-0 Rwanda
03 Sep 2022 Rwanda 0-1 Ethiopia
[Hotessa 22]
28 Aug 2022 Tanzania 0-1 Uganda
[Mutyaba 88]
03 Sep 2022 Uganda 3-0 Tanzania
[Waiswa 17pen, Basangwa 56, Mato 76]
26 Aug 2022 Djibouti 1-4 Sudan
[Hassan Houssein 60; Alsamani 3, Abdelrahman 18, 41, Muzmel 90]
02 Sep 2022 Sudan 3-2 Djibouti
[Al-Shoala 3, Alsamani 32pen, Al-Teket 42; Akinbinu 22, Mahabeh 86]
Ethiopia, Uganda and Sudan qualified.
Southern Zone
First Round
24 Jul 2022 Mauritius 0-2 Angola
[Carneiro 13, Balisson 65og]
30 Jul 2022 Angola 1-0 Mauritius
[Megue 32]
22 Jul 2022 Comoros 0-1 South Africa
[Shezi 74]
30 Jul 2022 South Africa 0-0 Comoros
23 Jul 2022 Botswana 0-0 Swaziland
31 Jul 2022 Swaziland 2-2 Botswana
[Gamedze 14, Mamba 51; Tauyatswala 45+1, Setsile 78pen]
23 Jul 2022 Seychelles 0-1 Madagascar
[Andrianarimanana 24]
31 Jul 2022 Madagascar 3-0 Seychelles
[Razanakoto 5, 90+3, Raherinaivo 68]
23 Jul 2022 Malawi n/p Zimbabwe
29 Jul 2022 Zimbabwe n/p Malawi [Zimbabwe withdrew]
24 Jul 2022 Mozambique 0-0 Zambia
30 Jul 2022 Zambia 0-1 Mozambique
[Lau King 81]
Second Round
28 Aug 2022 Angola 2-0 South Africa
[Danielson 13, Teixiera 68]
04 Sep 2022 South Africa 1-4 Angola
[Nxumalo 5; Lebusa 39og, Gilberto 67, Jó Paciencia 72, Danilson 78]
27 Aug 2022 Botswana 0-1 Madagascar
[Razanakoto 17]
02 Sep 2022 Madagascar 1-1 Botswana
[Ravelomanantsoa 23; Johnson 66]
27 Aug 2022 Malawi 1-1 Mozambique
[Chester 22; Devrason 8]
04 Sep 2022 Mozambique 0-0 Malawi
Angola, Madagascar and Mozambique qualified.
FINAL TOURNAMENT
Algeria, 13 January - 4 February, 2023
Group A
13 Jan 2023 Algeria 1-0 Libya [Algiers]
[Mahious 57pen]
14 Jan 2023 Ethiopia 0-0 Mozambique [Algiers]
17 Jan 2023 Mozambique 3-2 Libya [Algiers]
[Melque 78, Jone 80, Lau Há King 85; Chico 23og, Saltou 90+3]
17 Jan 2023 Algeria 1-0 Ethiopia [Algiers]
[Mahious 52]
21 Jan 2023 Mozambique 0-1 Algeria [Algiers]
[Dehiri 7]
21 Jan 2023 Libya 3-1 Ethiopia [Annaba]
[Abu Arqoub 44, Al-Abbasi 50, Saltou 78; Panom 39pen]
1.ALGERIA 3 3 0 0 3- 0 9
2.MOZAMBIQUE 3 1 1 1 3- 3 4
3.Libya 3 1 0 2 5- 5 3
4.Ethiopia 3 0 1 2 1- 4 1
Group B
14 Jan 2023 DR Congo 0-0 Uganda [Annaba]
14 Jan 2023 Ivory Coast 0-1 Senegal [Annaba]
[Ndiaye 80]
18 Jan 2023 DR Congo 0-0 Ivory Coast [Annaba]
18 Jan 2023 Senegal 0-1 Uganda [Annaba]
[Karisa 33]
22 Jan 2023 Senegal 3-0 DR Congo [Annaba]
[Diouf 23, Diallo 74, Siadi 77og]
22 Jan 2023 Uganda 1-3 Ivory Coast [Algiers]
[Waiswa 34pen; Karamoko 12, Ouotro 27, Kouamé 78]
1.SENEGAL 3 2 0 1 4- 1 6
2.IVORY COAST 3 1 1 1 3- 2 4
3.Uganda 3 1 1 1 2- 3 4
4.DR Congo 3 0 2 1 0- 3 2
Group C
15 Jan 2023 Madagascar 2-1 Ghana [Constantine]
[Razafindranaivo 10, Randriatsiferana 62; Agyapong 68]
19 Jan 2023 Ghana 3-1 Sudan [Constantine]
[Yiadom 45+3, Afriyie 65pen, Suraj 90+8; Nouh 31]
23 Jan 2023 Sudan 0-3 Madagascar [Constantine]
[Randriatsiferana 13, Razafindranaivo 30, Rafanomezantsoa 33]
1.MADAGASCAR 2 2 0 0 5- 1 6
2.GHANA 2 1 0 1 4- 3 3
3.Sudan 2 0 0 2 1- 6 0
-.Morocco withdrew
Group D
16 Jan 2023 Mali 3-3 Angola [Oran]
[Sinayoko 23, Diaby 79, Coulibaly 83; Depú 12, 26, Gilberto 72]
20 Jan 2023 Angola 0-0 Mauritania [Oran]
24 Jan 2023 Mauritania 1-0 Mali [Oran]
[Sy 53]
1.MAURITANIA 2 1 1 0 1- 0 4
2.Angola 2 0 2 0 3- 3 2
3.Mali 2 0 1 1 3- 4 1
Group E
16 Jan 2023 Cameroon 1-0 Congo [Oran]
[Mbekeli 63]
20 Jan 2023 Congo 0-0 Niger [Oran]
24 Jan 2023 Niger 1-0 Cameroon [Oran]
[Badamassi 69]
1.NIGER 2 1 1 0 1- 0 4
2.Cameroon 2 1 0 1 1- 1 3
3.Congo 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1
Quarterfinals
27 Jan 2023 Algeria 1-0 Ivory Coast [Algiers]
[Mahious 90+6pen]
27 Jan 2023 Senegal 1-0 Mauritania [Annaba]
[Lamine Camara 34pen]
28 Jan 2023 Madagascar 3-1 Mozambique [Constantine]
[Razafindranaivo 18, Razafindrakoto 67, Ravelomanantsoa 87;
Isac 90+4]
28 Jan 2023 Niger 2-0 Ghana [Oran]
[Yiadom 11og, Hainikoye 49]
Semifinals
31 Jan 2023 Algeria 5-0 Niger [Oran]
[Abdellaoui 15, Mahious 24, 34, Katakoré 45og, Bayazid 83]
31 Jan 2023 Senegal 1-0 Madagascar [Algiers]
[Diallo 5]
Third Place Match
03 Feb 2023 Niger 0-1 Madagascar [Oran]
[Razafindrakoto 89]
Final
04 Feb 2023 Algeria 0-0 Senegal [aet, 4-5 pen, Algiers]
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