The Africa Cup of Nations has progressed to the knockout stage following a string of uneventful matches during the group stages.
Group A: Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria took the lead in securing their place in the knock out qualifiers.
Group B: Will be represented by Cape Verde and the Pharaohs.
Group C: The defending champion Senegal lead group C while Cameroon took the second spot in the same group.
Group F: Morocco finished top of it with seven points, four more than Congo, which also reached the last 16. Zambia and Tanzania, with two points each, were eliminated.
Group E: Maliโs 0-0 draw with Namibia was enough to top Group E, while South Africa clinched second place on goal difference from Namibia by drawing 0-0 with Tunisia.
Mali, South Africa and Namibia all advanced to the last 16 on Wednesday when they took part in the tournamentโs first goalless games.
Guinea, Namibia, Mauritania and the hosts Ivory Coast progressed as the four best third-place finishers.
Moroccoโs 1-0 win over Zambia in Group F on Wednesday ensured Ivory Coast finished as the fourth-best third-place team, thus just qualifying for the knockout stage.
๐จ OFFICIEL ! ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ฬ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ #CAN2023 ! pic.twitter.com/6VwMwNm3q4
— Coupe dโAfrique des Nations 2023 ๐๐จ๐ฎ (@CAN2023off) January 25, 2024
