Overview
- Senegal overturned Aamir Abdallah’s sixth-minute strike to beat Sudan 3-1, with Pape Gueye netting twice and 17-year-old Ibrahim Mbaye adding a late third.
- Sadio Mané supplied two assists as the 2021 champions became the first team to reach the last eight in Morocco.
- Sudan’s tournament ended after a competitive display that followed years of disrupted preparation during the country’s civil war.
- Mali advanced past Tunisia after a 1-1 draw and a 3-2 penalty shootout, playing from the 26th minute with 10 men after Woyo Coulibaly’s red card.
- Goalkeeper Djigui Diarra saved two penalties before El Bilal Touré converted the clincher, earning a quarter-final against Senegal on Friday in Tangier; elsewhere, Morocco beat Tanzania 1-0 and Cameroon edged South Africa 2-1 to face the hosts next.