Boys sieved from men as AFCON 2023 focus turns to nail-biting round of 16

AFCON 2023 (Round of 16):

Saturday, 27^th January 2024:

• Angola Vs Namibia (5:00 PM) – De La Paix Bouake
• Nigeria Vs Cameroon (8:00 PM) – Felix Houphouet Boigny, Abdijan

Sunday, 28^th January 2024:

• Equatorial Guinea Vs Guinea (5:00 PM) – Olympic Alassane Quattara
• Egypt Vs Democratic Republic of Congo (8:00 PM) – Laurent Pokou stadium

Monday, 29^th January 2024:

• Cape Verde Vs Mauritania (5:00 PM) – Felix Houphouet Boigny
• Senegal Vs Cote D’Ivoire (8:00 PM) – Charles Konan Banny Yamoussoukro

Tuesday, 30^th January 2024:

• Mali Vs Burkina Faso (5:00 PM) – Amodou Gon Coulibaly
• Morocco Vs South Africa (8:00 PM) – Laurent Pokkou San Pedro

The last 16 stage at the on-going AFCON 2023 tournament will commence on Saturday, 27^th January 2024.

This follows the successful completion of the group phase on Wednesday night with a two day break on Thursday and Friday.

The early kick off on Saturday will witness Angola against Namibia (5:00 PM) at the De La Paix Bouake.

This duel will be followed by the Nigeria versus Cameroon contest (8:00 PM) at Felix Houphouet Boigny, Abdijan.

On the following day (Sunday, 28^th January); Equatorial Guinea shall face Guinea (5:00 PM) at Olympic Alassane Quattara in Abidjan city.

Then, record champions Egypt will lock horns against the Democratic Republic of Congo (8:00 PM) at the Laurent Pokou stadium.

Cape Verde will entertain neighbours Mauritania on Monday, 29^th January (5:00 PM) at the Felix Houphouet stadium in Boigny city.

This will be followed by the mouth-watering clash between the reigning champions Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire (8:00 PM) at Charles Konan Banny stadium in Yamoussoukro city.

The round of 16 stage will climax on Tuesday, 30^th January 2024.

Mali takes on Burkina Faso during the early kick off (5:00 PM) at the Amodou Gon Coulibaly stadium before North Africans Morocco shall battle the 1996 AFCON winners South Africa (8:00 PM) at the Laurent Pokkou stadium in San Pedro city.

All Group stage Results:

Group F:

• Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 1-1 Zambia
• Morocco 3-0 Tanzania
• Morocco 1-1 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
• Zambia 1-1 Tanzania
• Morocco 1-0 Zambia
• Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 0-0 Tanzania

Group E:

• Mali 2-0 South Africa
• Tunisia 0-1 Namibia
• Mali 1-1 Tunisia
• South Africa 4-0 Namibia
• Namibia 0-0 Mali
• South Africa 0-0 Tunisia

Group D:

• Burkina Faso 1-0 Mauritania
• Algeria 1-1 Angola
• Mauritania 2-3 Angola
• Algeria 2-2 Burkina Faso
• Angola 2-0 Burkina Faso
• Mauritania 1-0 Algeria

Group C:

• Cameroon 1-1 Guinea
• Senegal 3-0 The Gambia
• Senegal 3-1 Cameroon
• Guinea 2-1 The Gambia
• Guinea 0-2 Senegal
• The Gambia 2-3 Cameroon

Group B:

• Egypt 2-2 Mozambique
• Ghana 1-2 Cape Verde
• Cape Verde 3-0 Mozambique
• Egypt 2-2 Ghana
• Cape Verde 2-2 Egypt
• Mozambique 2-2 Ghana

Group A:

• Nigeria 1-1 Equatorial Guinea
• Cote D’Ivoire 2-0 Guinea Bissau
• Cote D’Ivoire 0-1 Nigeria
• Equatorial Guinea 4-2 Guinea Bissau
• Cote D’Ivoire 0-4 Equatorial Guinea
• Nigeria 1-0 Guinea-Bissau