Overview
- Nigeria beat Uganda 3-1 to finish Group C with three wins from three, as Paul Onuachu scored and Raphael Onyedika added a brace after Uganda’s substitute keeper Salim Jamal Magoola was sent off for handling outside the area.
- Tanzania drew 1-1 with Tunisia to reach the AFCON knockouts for the first time since their 1980 debut, qualifying as a best third-place team on goals scored and now set to face hosts Morocco.
- Senegal defeated Benin 3-0 to top Group D on goal difference, with goals from Abdoulaye Seck, Habib Diallo and a late Cherif Ndiaye penalty, while captain Kalidou Koulibaly was dismissed following a VAR review.
- DR Congo beat Botswana 3-0 but finished second in Group D and will face Algeria in the last 16, having narrowly missed top spot despite Gael Kakuta’s two goals and an assist and a fourth goal ruled out by VAR.
- The 16-team knockout field is confirmed, with Tunisia to meet Mali, Benin to face Egypt, Senegal awaiting Group E’s third-place finisher, and Nigeria drawn against Group F’s third-placed team, expected to be decided between Cameroon or Mozambique.