With the postponed AFCON 2023, set to be flagged off on January 13, 2024, here are the six stadiums in five Cities that are going to hold the 24-team tournament.
It is worth noting that the biennial African tournament usually takes place in June and July but was postponed to January and February 2024 because they would have coincided with the height of the rainy season in Ivory Coast.
- STADE LAURENT POKOU
Named after Ivorian legend Laurent Pokou, a striker who played for Rennes in the 1970s, the 20,000-capacity San Pedro stadium is located in the south-west of Côte d’Ivoire.
Here are the matches set to be played here;
- Morocco-Tanzania
- D.R. Congo-Zambia
- Morocco-D.R. Congo
- Zambia-Tanzania
- Namibia-Mali
- Zambia-Morocco
- Round of 16
- Round of 8
- STADE AMADOU COULIBALY
Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium is a football stadium in Korhogo, Ivory Coast. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 seats.
The construction began in September 2018 and ended in September 2023. The stadium is named after Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who was Prime Minister from 2017 to his death in 2020.
Matches to be played;
- Tunisia-Namibia
- Mali-South Africa
- Tunisia-Mali
- South Africa-Namibia
- South Africa-Tunisia
- Tanzania-D.R. Congo
- Round of 16 No.7
- STADE DE LA PAIX
Stade de la Paix is a multi-use stadium in Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 40,000 people.
Matches to be played here;
- Algeria-Angola
- Burkina Faso-Mauritania
- Algeria-Burkina Faso
- Mauritania-Angola
- Gambia-Cameroon
- Mauritania-Algeria
- Round of 16 No.1
- Quarter-final No.3
- Semi-final No.1
- CHARLES KONAN BANNY STADIUM
Charles Konan Banny Stadium is a football stadium in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast that was inaugurated on 3 June 2022. It was designed by an association formed of Alcor, Sogea-Satom, Egis, and Baudin Chateauneuf.
Matches to be played here;
- Senegal-Gambia
- Cameroon-Guinea
- Senegal-Cameroon
- Guinea-Gambia
- Guinea-Senegal
- Angola-Burkina Faso
- Round of 16 No.6
- Quarter-final 4
- FELIX HOUPHOUET- BOIGNY STADIUM
The Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, nicknamed Le Félicia, is a multi-purpose stadium, which can host football, rugby union, and athletics, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is the former national stadium of the Ivory Coast national football team. It is named after the first president of the country, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, and is located in the commune of Le Plateau. The stadium has a capacity of 33,000.
Matches to be played;
- Egypt-Mozambique
- Ghana-Cape Verde
- Egypt-Ghana
- Cape Verde-Mozambique
- Cape Verde-Egypt
- Guinea Bissau-Nigeria
- Round of 16 No. 2
- Round of 16 No.5
- Quarter-final No.1
- Match for third place
- ALASSANE OUATTARA OLYMPIC STADIUM
Alassane Ouattara Stadium, commonly known as the Olympic Stadium of Ebimpé and formerly as the National Stadium of the Ivory Coast, is a multi-purpose stadium in Ebimpé and Anyama, in northern Abidjan. It opened in 2020. The stadium hosts major football matches including home matches of the Ivory Coast national football team. Alassane Ouattara Stadium is owned by the Government of Ivory Coast. With 60,000 seats, it is the largest stadium in Ivory Coast and one of the most modern stadiums in Africa.
Matches to be played;
- Côte d’Ivoire-Guinée Bissau
- Nigeria-Equatorial Guinea
- Ivory Coast-Nigeria
- Equatorial Guinea-Guinea Bissau
- Equatorial Guinea-Ivory Coast
- Mozambique-Ghana
- Round of 16 No.3
- Quarter-final No.2
- Semi-final No.2
- Final
