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AFCON Round Of 16 Fixtures And Knockout Bracket Confirmed

The Africa Cup of Nations fixture list for the round of 16 has been confirmed after the conclusion of the group stage, as has the bracket for the knockout phase.

Robert Summerscales

AFCON Round Of 16 Fixtures And Knockout Bracket Confirmed
AFCON Round Of 16 Fixtures And Knockout Bracket Confirmed /

The group stage of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations came to an end on Wednesday.

Eighty-nine goals were scored in total across the 36 group games.

Despite only eight teams getting eliminated from the initial pool of 24, some major nations failed to make it through to the round of 16 - including Ghana, Algeria and Tunisia.

With the group stage over, the remaining 16 teams can now begin to plot their route to the final.

Hosts Ivory Coast will face holders Senegal in the first knockout round, while Nigeria vs Cameroon will be another clash of the titans.

Players from the Ivory Coast pictured posing for a team photo before a game against Guinea-Bissau at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in January 2024
Ivory Coast qualified for the round of 16 despite losing two of their three group matches :: IMAGO/Sulaiman Pooja

Senegal and Egypt are both in the bottom half of the AFCON bracket and will meet in the semi-finals if they each make it that far.

Nigeria, Cameroon, Morocco and South Africa are all in the other half of the bracket.

AFCON Round Of 16 Fixtures

  • Jan 27: Angola vs Namibia
  • Jan 27: Nigeria vs Cameroon
  • Jan 28: Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea
  • Jan 28: Egypt vs DR Congo
  • Jan 29: Cape Verde vs Mauritania
  • Jan 29: Senegal vs Ivory Coast
  • Jan 30: Mali vs Burkina Faso
  • Jan 30: Morocco vs South Africa

Quarter-Finals

  • Feb 2: Nigeria or Cameroon vs Angola or Namibia
  • Feb 2: Egypt or DR Congoย vs Equatorial Guinea or Guinea
  • Feb 3: Cape Verde or Mauritania vs Morocco or South Africa
  • Feb 3: Mali or Burkina Faso vs Senegal or Ivory Coast

Semi-Finals

  • Feb 7: Nigeria/Cameroon/Angola/Namibia vs Cape Verde/Mauritania/Morocco/South Africa
  • Feb 7: Egypt/DR Congo/Equatorial Guinea/Guinea vs Mali/Burkina Faso/Senegal/Ivory Coast

Third place play-off

  • Feb 10 (Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan)

Final

  • Feb 11 (Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan)
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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.

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