2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group H

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).^[1]

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.^[2]

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

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

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03)

16:00 UTC+3

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

Stade Omnisports de Malouzini, Moroni

Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03)

19:00 UTC±0

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

Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro

Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07)

18:00 UTC+2

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

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

9 June 2022 (2022-06-09)

19:00 UTC+2

Lesotho	0–0	Ivory Coast
	Report

Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)

23 March 2023 (2023-03-23)

18:00 UTC+2

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

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)

24 March 2023 (2023-03-24)

16:00 UTC±0

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

Stade de la Paix, Bouaké

Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)

26 March 2023 (2023-03-26)

15:00 UTC+2

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

Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Referee: Chelanget Sabila (Uganda)

28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)

22:00 UTC+3

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

Stade Omnisports de Malouzini, Moroni

Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

17 June 2023 (2023-06-17)

15:00 UTC+2

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

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

17 June 2023 (2023-06-17)

16:00 UTC+2

Lesotho	0–1	Comoros
	Report	M'Changama 90'

Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Referee: Celso Armindo Alvação (Mozambique)

9 September 2023 (2023-09-09)

16:00 UTC±0

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

Laurent Pokou Stadium, San Pédro

Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

9 September 2023 (2023-09-09)

22:00 UTC+3

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

Stade Omnisports de Malouzini, Moroni

Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

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

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal