Overview
- Senegal won Group D with a 3-0 victory over Benin, playing the final minutes with 10 men after Kalidou Koulibaly’s red card and sealing it through Sherif N’Diaye’s stoppage‑time penalty.
- DR Congo beat Botswana 3-0 to take second in Group D and will face Algeria in the round of 16.
- Benin advanced as one of the best third‑placed teams and drew Egypt in the round of 16.
- Algeria topped Group E with nine points after a 3-1 win over Equatorial Guinea, with Zinedine Belaid, Farès Chaïbi and Ibrahim Maza on the scoresheet.
- Burkina Faso secured second in Group E by beating Sudan 2-0, and Sudan also moved on as a third‑placed qualifier; the full last‑16 field comprises Morocco, Mali; Egypt, South Africa; Nigeria, Tunisia, Tanzania; Senegal, DR Congo, Benin; Algeria, Burkina Faso, Sudan; Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mozambique.