A look back at the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON, Côte d’Ivoire 2023

02/12/2024

The TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d'Ivoire 2023 ended on 11 February 2024 with the victory of the host country: Côte d'Ivoire.

An edition full of goals, surprises and twists and turns

From Korhogo to Abidjan, from Bouaké to San Pedro via Yamoussoukro, the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Côte d'Ivoire 2023 has left behind a great harvest of goals, the largest in the history of the competition with 119 goals. Surprisingly, but indicative of the surprises experienced throughout the competition, none of the countries that finished the group stage in 1st position were in the last four. The final pitted Nigeria against Côte d’Ivoire, respectively second and third in Group A, while Equatorial Guinea, who ended first in the group, finished their journey in the round of 16 against Guinea.

Exciting from start to finish, the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Côte d'Ivoire 2023 kept spectators in stadiums and television viewers around the world on the edge of their seats.

Title sponsor of the competition, TotalEnergies was at the heart of the event with 4 Social Room x TotalEnergies, hundreds of children invited, the first experiment of the Touch2See tablet for visually impaired and blind audiences in Africa... to share the passion for football with as many people as possible!

1957
Year of the 1st edition
34
The TotalEnergies CAF AFCON, Côte d'Ivoire 2023 was the 34th edition of the competition
24
Number of teams that participated in the competition
119
Number of goals scored in the competitions
53
Trophies given to the TotalEnergies Man of the Match (52) and the TotalEnergies Man of the Competition (1)