2023 AFCON: Full list of countries to lock horns in tournament emerges

The full list of 24 countries that will feature at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire has emerged.

NAN reports that from the list, 12 former AFCON champions, including Nigeria, will be on parade come January 2024.

Hosts, Cote d’Ivoire will be leading a strong West African contingent of 11 countries, including holders Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea, and Burkina Faso among others.

Tanzania representing East Africa returns for second finals after a brave showing in the qualifiers.↳

The North Africans are represented by seven-time champions Egypt, and World Cup semi-finalists Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria.

Egypt will be looking for an eighth unprecedented title, having reached two of the last three finals in 2017 and at the 2021 edition.

The list of nations that qualified for the tournament is as follows:

1. Algeria
2. Angola
3. Burkina Faso
4. Cameroon
5. Cape Verde
6. Cote d’Ivoire (Hosts)
7. DR Congo.
8. Egypt
9. Equatorial Guinea
10. The Gambia
11. Ghana
12. Guinea
13. Guinea-Bissau
14. Mali
15. Mauritania
16. Morocco
17. Mozambique,
18. Namibia
19. Nigeria
20. Senegal
21. South Africa
22. Tanzania
23. Tunisia
24. Zambia