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.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	File:Flag of Zambia.svg	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	File:Flag of the Comoros.svg	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg
1	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Final tournament	—	3–0	2–1	3–1
2	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Final tournament	3–1	—	3–1	1–0
3	File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7		1–1	0–2	—	2–0
4	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho	6	0	1	5	1	9	−8	1		0–2	0–0	0–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head goal difference: Zambia 1, Ivory Coast –1.

Matches

3 June 2022

16:00 UTC+3

Comoros File:Flag of the Comoros.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
M'Changama File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' B. Youssouf File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report

Stade Omnisports de Malouzini, Moroni

Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

3 June 2022

19:00 UTC±0

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	3–1	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Aurier File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Kouamé File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' I. Sangaré File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report	Daka File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'

Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro

Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

7 June 2022

18:00 UTC+2

Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg	2–1	File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros
Mwepu File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2' K. Kangwa File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report	Ben Nabouhane File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

9 June 2022

19:00 UTC+2

Lesotho File:Flag of Lesotho.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
	Report

Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)

23 March 2023

18:00 UTC+2

Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg	3–1	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
F. Sakala File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' L. Banda File:Soccerball shade.svg 53', 57'	Report	Bereng File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)

24 March 2023

16:00 UTC±0

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	3–1	File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros
Kouamé File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Haller File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Krasso File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report	Djoudja File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3'