The group stage of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations concluded with thrilling matches, surprising draws, and impressive performances. Let’s delve into each group’s results, notable goal scorers, final groups standings and an anticipation of the upcoming Round of 16 fixtures.
Group A:
- Côte d’Ivoire 2-0 Guinea-Bissau (Seko Fofana 4′, Jean-Philippe Krasso 58′)
- Nigeria 1-1 Equatorial Guinea (Victor Osimhen 38′, Ivan Salvador 36′)
- Equatorial Guinea 4-2 Guinea-Bissau (Emilio Nsue 21′, 51′, 61′, Josete Miranda 46′)
- Côte d’Ivoire 0-1 Nigeria (William Troost-Ekong 55′ pen)
- Equatorial Guinea 4-0 Côte d’Ivoire (Emilio Nsue 42′ 75′, Pablo Ganet 73′, Jannick Buyla 88′)
- Guinea-Bissau 0-1 Nigeria (Opa Sanganté 36′ OG)
Group B:
- Egypt 2-2 Mozambique (Mostafa Mohamed 2′, Mo Salah 90+7′ pen; Witi 56′, Clesio Bauque 58′)
- Ghana 1-2 Cape Verde (Alexander Djiku 56′; Jamiro Monteiro 17′, Garry Rodrigues 90+2′)
- Egypt 2-2 Ghana (Omar Marmoush 69′, Mostafa Mohamed 74′; Mohammed Kudus 45+3′, 71′)
- Cape Verde 3-0 Mozambique (Bebe 32′, Ryan Mendes 51′, Kevin Pina 69′)
- Mozambique 2-2 Ghana (Geny Catamo 90’+1 Pen, Reinildo Mandava 90’+4; Jordan Ayew 15′ Pen, 70′ Pen)
- Cape Verde 2-2 Egypt (Gilson Tavares 45’+1, Bryan Silva Teixeira Jr, 90’+9; Trezeguet 50′, Mostafa Mohamed 90’+3)
Group C:
- Senegal 3-0 Gambia (Pape Gueye 4′, Lamine Camara 52′, 86′)
- Cameroon 1-1 Guinea (Frank Magri 51′; Mohamed Bayo 10′)
- Senegal 3-1 Cameroon (Ismaila Sarr 16′, Mouhamadou Diallo 71′, Sadio Mane 90’+5; Jean-Charles Castelletto 83′)
- Guinea 1-0 Gambia (Aguibou Camara 69′)
- Guinea 0-2 Senegal (Abdoulaye Seck 61′, Iliman Ndiaye 90′)
- Gambia 2-3 Cameroon (Ablie Jallow 72′, Ebrima Colley 85′; Karl Toko Ekambi 56′, James Gomez 87′ (OG), Christopher Wooh 90″1′)
Group D:
- Algeria 1-1 Angola (Baghdad Bounedjah 18′; Mabululu 68′ pen)
- Burkina Faso 1-0 Mauritania (Bertrand Traore 90+6′ pen)
- Algeria 2-2 Burkina Faso (Baghdad Bounedjah 51′, 90’+5; Mohamed Konate 45+3, Bertrand Traore 71′ pen)
- Mauritania 2-3 Angola (Sidi Bouna Amar 43′, Aboubakary Koita 51′; Gelson Dala 30′, 50′, Gilberto (53′)
- Angola 2-0 Burkina Faso (Mabululu 36′, Zini 90-2′)
- Mauritania 1-0 Algeria (Mohamed Deliah Yaly 37′)
Group E:
- Tunisia 0-1 Namibia (Deon Kavendji 88′)
- Mali 2-0 South Africa (Hamari Traore 60′, Lassine Sinayoko 66′)
- Tunisia 1-1 Mali (Hamza Rafia 20′; Lassine Sinayako 10′)
- South Africa 4-0 Namibia (Percy Tau 14′ pen, Themba Zwane 25′, 40′, Thapelo Maseko 75′)
- South Africa 0-0 Tunisia
- Namibia 0-0 Mali
Group F:
- Morocco 3-0 Tanzania (Romain Saïss 30′, Azzedine Ounahi 77′, Youssef En-Nesyri 80′)
- DR Congo 1-1 Zambia (Yoane Wissa ’27; Kings Kangwa ’23)
- Morocco 1-1 DR Congo (Achraf Hakimi 6′; Silas 76;)
- Zambia 1-1 Tanzania (Patson Daka 88′; Simon Msuva 11′)
- Tanzania 0-0 DR Congo
- Zambia 0-1 Morocco (Hakim Ziyech 37′)
Round of 16 Fixtures: [Kick off time, EAT]
Saturday 27 January
8:00 PM, Stade de la Paix, Bouake: Angola vs Namibia
11:00 PM, Stade Félix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan: Nigeria vs Cameroon
Sunday 28 January
8:00 PM, Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara, Abidjan: Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea
11:00 PM, Stade Laurent Pokou, San Pedro: Egypt vs DR Congo
Monday 29 January
8:00 PM, Stade Félix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan: Cape Verde vs Mauritania
11:00 PM, Stade Charles Konan Barry, Yamoussoukro: Senegal vs Côte d’Ivoire
Tuesday 30 January
8:00 PM, Stade Amadou Gon Colibaly, Korhogo: Mali vs Burkina Faso
11:00 PM, Stade Laurent Pokou, San Pedro: Morocco vs South Africa.
Route to the final
