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Africa Cup Of Nations 2024: 13 Things To Know As AFCON Kicks-Off

Africa Cup Of Nations 2024, 13 things you need to know as the event of the African Cup of Nations kicks off has been compiled by BrandNewsDay Nigeria.

Ivory Coast are staging the Africa Cup Of Nations one of the biggest African sports events a second time with Cameroon winning there in 1984. Nigeria finished second and Algeria third.

Ivory Coast flopped when they first hosted the tournament with a victory over Togo followed by losses to Egypt and Cameroon and elimination after the group stage.

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Africa Cup Of Nations 2024

  1. The 2024 tournament will comprise 52 matches over 30 days — 36 across six groups and 16 in the knockout phase.

  2. Commercial capital Abidjan will host 20 matches in two stadiums, Bouake nine, San Pedro and Yamoussoukro eight each and Korhogo seven.

  3. The opening match between Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau and the February 11 final are among 10 fixtures set for the new 60,000-seat Alhassane Ouattara stadium in Abidjan.

  4. Stadiums with 20,000 capacities were built in Korhogo, San Pedro and the capital, Yamoussoukro, for the Cup of Nations.

  5. The 40-000-seat ground in Bouake and the second in Abidjan, the 30,000-capacity Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium, were renovated for the biennial tournament.

  6. Should teams finish level on points in a mini-league, head-to-head records will be the first tie-breaker, followed by goal difference then goals scored in all group matches.

  7. If teams are still inseparable, lots will be drawn to determine final placings. This last occurred in 2015 with Guinea advancing to the quarter-finals at the expense of Mali.

  8. VAR will be used in all 52 matches with 12 officials selected to monitor matches. There will also be 26 referees and 30 assistant referees at the tournament.

  9. In the knockout phase, drawn matches will go to extra time, then a penalty shootout if necessary to determine winners. Matches decided by penalties are officially classified as draws.

  10. The first knockout stage — the round of 16 — will consist of the six group winners, six group runners-up and the four highest-ranked third-placed teams.

  11. The following tie-breakers will be used to choose the best four third-placed teams: match points, goal difference then goals scored in all group matches, drawing of lots.

  12. Qualifiers were permitted squads of up to 27 players. However, only 23 — 11 starters and 12 substitutes — can be chosen for matches.

  13. A record seven million dollars (6.4 million euros) goes to the winners — a 40 per cent increase from the last tournament won by Senegal in 2022. The runners-up pocketed four million dollars.

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