AFCON final: Mane and Salah meet in Sunday showpiece

Dates, kick-off times and host cities - here's the full schedule for AFCON 2021.

The tournament, originally scheduled to be played in June and July 2021, is being held in Cameroon between January 9 and February 6, 2022, with Sky Sports showing all 52 games live.

Twenty-four teams are taking part. The action kicked off with hosts Cameroon beating Burkina Faso in Yaounde, and will culminate in the final on February 6 at the same Olembe Stadium venue.

A thrilling Africa Cup of Nations concludes this weekend as the final two games of the tournament take place.

Cameroon lost out to Egypt in Thursday's semi-final, losing 3-1 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes. They will face Burkina Faso in Saturday's third-place play-off, live on Sky Sports; kick-off 7pm.

Burkina were easily beaten by Senegal in their semi-final, and it sets up a mouthwatering Liverpool head to head as Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah look to fire their respective teams to AFCON glory in Sunday's final.

You can watch all the drama unfold live on Sky Sports from 6.30pm; kick-off 7pm.

Group A: Cameroon (hosts), Burkina Faso, Cape Verde Islands, Ethiopia

Group B: Guinea, Malawi, Senegal, Zimbabwe

Group C: Comoros Islands, Gabon, Ghana, Morocco

Group D: Egypt, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, Sudan

Group E: Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone

Group F: Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Tunisia

Sunday January 9

Group A: Cameroon 2-1 Burkina FasoGroup A: Ethiopia 0-1 Cape Verde

Monday January 10

Group B: Senegal 1-0 ZimbabweGroup B: Guinea 1-0 MalawiGroup C: Morocco 1-0 GhanaGroup C: Comoros 0-1 Gabon

Tuesday January 11

Group E: Algeria 0-0 Sierra LeoneGroup D: Nigeria 1-0 EgyptGroup D: Sudan 0-0 Guinea-Bissau

Wednesday January 12

Group F: Tunisia 0-1 MaliGroup