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AFCON 2023: Six Countries Secured Quarter-finals Spot [Full list]

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AFCON 2023: Six Countries Secured Quarter-finals Spot [Full list]

 

A total of eight teams have secured their spots in the quarter-finals of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

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Cape Verde and Ivory Coast are the most recent nations to advance to the next round of the tournament.

 

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Cape Verde narrowly defeated Mauritania 1-0 on Monday night, thanks to a late penalty converted by Ryan Mendes.

 

In the second match of the day, Ivory Coast progressed to the quarter-finals by defeating defending champions Senegal in a penalty shootout.

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The game ended 1-1 in regular time, with Franck Kessie’s penalty leveling the score after Habib Diallo’s early goal for Senegal.

 

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Both Cape Verde and Ivory Coast will discover their quarter-final opponents after the matches on Tuesday.

 

The other quarter-final matchups include Nigeria against Angola and Guinea against DR Congo.

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