The Confederation of African Football today, Sunday announced the rescheduling of the Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023 match day three and match day four qualifiers to 20-28 March 2023.

The move was to make way for African nations that have qualified for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in November/ December 2022 to prepare adequately.

CAF added that ”match day five will now be on 12-20 June 2023 while match day six will be played on 4-12 September 2023”.

These directives mean representatives of the continent will be able to play friendly matches, instead of these qualifying matches.
 

Full statement here:

The Confederation of African Football (“CAF”)_ Executive Committee has approved a revised TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023 revised qualification calendar.

This was necessitated by the Executive Committee’s commitment to make room for the African nations that have qualified for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in November/ December 2022 to prepare adequately.

Consequently, the September 2022 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire match day three and match day four qualifiers have been moved to 20-28 March 2023.

Match day five will now be on 12-20 June 2023 while match day six will be played on 4-12 September 2023.