Overview
- After a 0-0 draw through extra time, Morocco advanced 4-2 on penalties, with Yassine Bounou saving two attempts and Youssef En‑Nesyri converting the clincher.
- Senegal await in the final on Sunday, 18 January at 20:00 in Rabat, having defeated Egypt 1-0 to return to the title match as defending champions.
- Head coach Walid Regragui took responsibility for introducing Hamza Igamane, acknowledging the substitution backfired after the forward later missed in the shootout.
- Nigerian players and media decried referee Daniel Laryea’s performance, while coach Éric Chelle congratulated Morocco and commended the tournament’s organization.
- Large celebrations broke out in Morocco and on Paris’s Champs‑Élysées despite a ban on supporter gatherings, as police dispersed crowds and separate reports cited arrests of Algerian fans over earlier incidents.