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Africa Cup of Nations schedule
Complete day-by-day schedule for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt (all kick-off times GMT, two hours behind local time):
FIRST ROUND
June 21
Group A: Egypt v Zimbabwe, Cairo International Stadium 2000
June 22
Gp A: Democratic Republic of Congo v Uganda, Cairo Stadium 1430; Gp B: Nigeria v Burundi 1700, Guinea v Madagascar 2000, both Alexandria Stadium
June 23
Gp D: Morocco v Namibia, Al Salam Stadium, Cairo 1430; Gp C: Senegal v Tanzania 1700, Kenya v Algeria 2000, both June 30 Stadium, Cairo
June 24
Gp D: South Africa v Ivory Coast, Al Salam Stadium 1430; Gp E: Tunisia v Angola 1700, Mauritania v Mali 2000, both Suez Stadium
June 25
Gp F: Cameroon v Guinea-Bissau 1700, Ghana v Benin 2000, both Ismailia Stadium
June 26
Gp B: Nigeria v Guinea, Alexandria Stadium 1430; Gp A: Uganda v Zimbabwe 1700, Egypt v DR Congo 2000, both Cairo Stadium
June 27
Gp B: Madagascar v Burundi, Alexandria Stadium 1430; Gp C: Algeria v Senegal 1700, Kenya v Tanzania 2000, both June 30 Stadium
June 28
Gp E: Tunisia v Mali, Suez Stadium 1430; Gp D: Morocco v Ivory Coast 1700, Namibia v South Africa 2000, both Al Salam Stadium
June 29
Gp E: Mauritania v Angola, Suez Stadium 1430; Gp F: Cameroon v Ghana 1700, Benin v Guinea-Bissau 2000, both Ismailia Stadium
June 30
Gp B: Madagascar v Nigeria, Alexandria Stadium; Burundi v Guinea, Al Salam Stadium, both 1600. Gp A: Egypt v Uganda, Cairo Stadium; Zimbabwe v DR Congo, June 30 Stadium, both 1900
July 1
Gp D: South Africa v Morocco, Al Salam Stadium; Namibia v Ivory Coast, June 30 Stadium, both 1600. Gp C: Kenya v Senegal, June 30 Stadium; Tanzania v Algeria, Al Salam Stadium, both 1900
July 2
Gp F: Benin v Cameroon, Ismailia Stadium; Guinea-Bissau v Ghana, Suez Stadium, both 1600. Gp E: Mauritania v Tunisia, Suez Stadium; Angola v Mali, Ismailia Stadium, both 1900
SECOND ROUND
July 5
(41) Gp D winners v 3rd Gp B/E/F, Al Salam Stadium 1600; (38) Gp A runners-up v Gp C runners-up, Cairo Stadium 1900
July 6
(42) Gp B runners-up v Gp F runners-up, Alexandria Stadium 1600; (39) Gp A winners v 3rd Gp C/D/E, Cairo Stadium 1900
July 7
(37) Gp B winners v 3rd Gp A/C/D, Alexandria Stadium 1600; (40) Gp C winners v 3rd Gp A/B/F, June 30 Stadium 1900
July 8
(43) Gp E winners v Gp D runners-up, Suez Stadium 1600; (44) Gp F winners v Gp E runners-up, Ismailia Stadium 1900
QUARTER-FINALS
July 10
(45) Winners match 38 v winners 41, June 30 Stadium 1600; (48) Winners 42 v winners 39, Cairo Stadium 1900
July 11
(47) Winners 43 v winners 40, Suez Stadium 1600; (46) Winners 37 v winners 44, Al Salam Stadium 1900
SEMI-FINALS
July 14
Winners 45 v winners 46, June 30 Stadium 1600; Winners 47 v winners 48, Cairo Stadium 1900
THIRD PLACE
July 17
Losing semi-finalists, Al Salam Stadium 1900
FINAL
July 19
Winning semi-finalists, Cairo Stadium 1900
How Africa Cup of Nations debutants fared
Placings of Africa Cup of Nations debutants between first edition in 1957 and most recent tournament two years ago:
Champions: Egypt (1957), Ghana (1963), South Africa (1996)
Runners-up: Ethiopia (1957), Mali (1972), Zambia (1974), Libya (1982)
Semi-finals: Sudan (1957), Tunisia (1962), Uganda (1962), Ivory Coast (1965), Senegal (1965)
Quarter-finals: Equatorial Guinea (2012), Cape Verde (2013)
First round: Nigeria (1963), Democratic Republic of Congo (1965), Algeria, Congo Brazzaville (both 1968), Cameroon, Guinea (both 1970), Kenya, Morocco, Togo (all 1972), Mauritius (1974), Burkina Faso (1978), Tanzania (1980), Malawi (1984), Mozambique (1986), Gabon, Sierra Leone (both 1994), Angola, Liberia (both 1996), Namibia (1998), Benin, Rwanda, Zimbabwe (all 2004), Botswana, Niger (both 2012), Guinea-Bissau (2017)
Debutants: Burundi, Madagascar, Mauritania (all 2019)
Non-qualifiers: Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, eSwatini (formerly Swaziland), Gambia, Lesotho, Sao Tome e Principe, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan
