The Africa Cup of Nations 2024’s final tournament is just around the corner. It’s the perfect time to learn about the qualified teams and AFCON groups. The more you know, the better you can make AFCON predictions for the finals!
- Groups for the African Cup of Nations 2024
- Group A Next Games
- Group A Standings
- Odds in Group A
- Group B Next Games
- Group B Standings
- Odds in Group B
- Group C Next Games
- Group C Standings
- Odds in Group C
- Group D Next Games
- Group D Standings
- Odds in Group D
- Group E Next Games
- Group E Standings
- Odds in Group E
- Group F Next Games
- Group F Standings
- Odds in Group F
- Group G Next Games
- Group G Standings
- Odds in Group G
- Group H Next Games
- Group H Standings
- Odds in Group H
- Group I Next Games
- Group I Standings
- Odds in Group I
- Group J Next Games
- Group J Standings
- Odds in Group J
- Group K Next Games
- Group K Standings
- Odds in Group K
- Group L Next Games
- Group L Standings
- Odds in Group L
- AFCON Group Winners
- AFCON Groups FAQs
Groups for the African Cup of Nations 2024
Originally, 52 teams attempted to join the tournament in AFCON groups.
As there was only space for 48 teams, the eight lowest-seed teams were placed in a preliminary round. The top four were allowed into the qualifiers.
Over the course of the qualifiers, half the teams were eliminated. 24 teams moved on to the final tournament of the Africa Cup of Nations.
The qualified teams were placed in 6 groups of 4 teams each, based on their seed and performance throughout the qualifiers group stage. Here is the full list of groups after the Final Draw.
The AFCON groups were seeded using both FIFA’s rankings and their performance in the qualifiers for the last AFCON:
Group A Next Games
Group A Standings
Odds in Group A
Sao Tome and Principe
Guinea-Bissau
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Guinea-Bissau
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Sao Tome and Principe
Group B Next Games
Group B Standings
Odds in Group B
Eswatini
Togo
Cape Verde
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Eswatini
Togo
Cape Verde
Group C Next Games
Group C Standings
Odds in Group C
Burundi
Namibia
Cameroon
Burundi
Group D Next Games
Group D Standings
Odds in Group D
Guinea
Egypt
Ethiopia
Malawi
Malawi
Guinea
Egypt
Ethiopia
Group E Next Games
Group E Standings
Odds in Group E
Central African Republic
Angola
Madagascar
Ghana
Angola
Madagascar
Ghana
Central African Republic
Group F Next Games
Group F Standings
Odds in Group F
Tanzania
Niger
Uganda
Algeria
Algeria
Tanzania
Niger
Uganda
Group G Next Games
Group G Standings
Odds in Group G
South Sudan
Gambia
Congo
Mali
Gambia
Congo
Mali
South Sudan
Group H Next Games
Group H Standings
Odds in Group H
Zambia
Ivory Coast
Lesotho
Comoros
Comoros
Zambia
Ivory Coast
Lesotho
Group I Next Games
Group I Standings
Odds in Group I
Gabon
DR Congo
Sudan
Mauritania
Mauritania
Gabon
DR Congo
Sudan
Group J Next Games
Group J Standings
Odds in Group J
Equatorial Guinea
Tunisia
Botswana
Libya
Tunisia
Botswana
Libya
Equatorial Guinea
Group K Next Games
Group K Standings
Odds in Group K
South Africa
Morocco
Morocco
Liberia
Group L Next Games
Group L Standings
Odds in Group L
Benin
Senegal
Rwanda
Mozambique
Mozambique
Benin
Senegal
Rwanda
AFCON Group Winners
In the qualifiers group stage of the Africa Cup of Nations, there were 12 groups. The top two teams from each group moved into the final round.
The AFCON groups stage has not started yet. It is scheduled to kick off in 2024. Each team in the groups will play one match against each other. The results of the qualifiers are the best way to estimate how each group will measure up. In the Qualifiers, in 2022 the Winners were:
AFCON Groups FAQs
The Africa Cup of Nations 2021 was originally scheduled for January 2021. Due to the pandemic, it was shifted to January 2022. Many of the preliminary and qualifiers matches were also similarly shifted around.
The AFCON 2022 took place from 9th January to 6th February, in Cameroon.
The final tournament of AFCON 2022 will start on 9th January 2022. Cameroon will play Burkina Faso in the first match of the tournament. The group matches will conclude by 20th January and the Round of 16 will take place from 23rd January to 25th.
After a short 4-day break, the Quarter-Finals will be played on the 29th and 30th of January. The Semifinals are scheduled for the 2nd and 3rd of February. The third-place playoffs and the finals are both on 6th February 2022.
24 countries qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations 2021’s final tournament, an increase from 16 in previous years. The full list of qualified teams is Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon (Hosts), Cape Verde, Comoros, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tunisia and Zimbabwe.
Kenya has qualified for the AFCON 6 times: in 1972, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2004 and 2019. However, unfortunately, they failed to qualify this time in 2021, coming in third place in their group during the qualifiers.
