Overview
- Amad Diallo scored in the 20th minute before setting up Yan Diomande for a second in the 32nd as Ivory Coast took control in Marrakech.
- Teenage winger Bazoumana Toure added an 87th-minute third, his second goal of the tournament.
- Ivory Coast recorded 21 shots, with Burkina Faso goalkeeper Herve Koffi producing multiple saves that kept the score down.
- The quarter-final is scheduled for Saturday in Agadir against Egypt, a repeat of the 2006 AFCON final won by Egypt on penalties.
- The result makes Ivory Coast the first defending AFCON champions to reach the quarter-finals since 2010.