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Group H of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided a team which qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Ivory Coast, Zambia, Comoros and Lesotho (winners of the preliminary round).

As the hosts of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Ivory Coast participated in the qualifiers with the team guaranteed a spot in the finals regardless of their ranking in the group. Their matches and results counted in determining the qualification of the other teams from their group.

The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between 9 June 2022 and 9 September 2023.

Zambia, the group winners, joined Ivory Coast, the group runners-up and tournament hosts, in qualifying for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13	Final tournament		—	3–0	2–1	3–1
2	Ivory Coast	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13			3–1	—	3–1	1–0
3	Comoros	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7			1–1	0–2	—	2–0
4	Lesotho	6	0	1	5	1	9	−8	1			0–2	0–0	0–1	—

1. ^ Head-to-head goal difference: Zambia 1, Ivory Coast –1.

Matches

Comoros	2–0	Lesotho
M'Changama 59' B. Youssouf 81'	Report

Ivory Coast	3–1	Zambia
Aurier 67' Kouamé 76' I. Sangaré 89'	Report	Daka 90+4'

Zambia	2–1	Comoros
Mwepu 45+2' K. Kangwa 88'	Report	Ben Nabouhane 13'

Lesotho	0–0	Ivory Coast
	Report

Zambia	3–1	Lesotho
F. Sakala 37' L. Banda 53', 57'	Report	Bereng 33'

Ivory Coast	3–1	Comoros
Kouamé 29' Haller 61' Krasso 89'	Report	Djoudja 90+3'

Lesotho	0–2	Zambia
	Report	Daka 14', 69'

Comoros	0–2	Ivory Coast
	Report	I. Sangaré 36' Kessié 58'

Zambia	3–0	Ivory Coast
Aurier 31' (o.g.) Daka 48' Kangwa 55'	Report

Lesotho	0–1	Comoros
	Report	M'Changama 90'

Ivory Coast	1–0	Lesotho
I. Sangaré 16'	Report

Comoros	1–1	Zambia
B. Youssouf 45'	Report	Daka 71'

Goalscorers

There were 28 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.

5 goals

• Patson Daka

3 goals

• Ibrahim Sangaré

2 goals

• Youssouf M'Changama
• Benjaloud Youssouf
• Christian Kouamé
• Lameck Banda
• Kings Kangwa

1 goal

• El Fardou Ben Nabouhane
• Ibroihim Djoudja
• Serge Aurier
• Sébastien Haller
• Franck Kessié
• Jean-Philippe Krasso
• Tshwarelo Bereng
• Enock Mwepu
• Fashion Sakala

1 own goal

• Serge Aurier (against Zambia)

References

1. "Exciting paths as draw is conducted for TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Côte d'Ivoire 2023". CAF. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
2. "2023 CAF Draw Fixtures" (PDF). CAF. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

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