Overview
- Senegal beat Benin 3-0 to top Group D on goal difference and will play Sudan in Tangier on Jan. 3.
- DR Congo took second in Group D and drew Algeria in the last 16 after the Fennecs completed a perfect group with a 3-1 win over Equatorial Guinea.
- Nigeria finished the group phase with three wins from three after a 3-1 defeat of Uganda and will face Mozambique in the round of 16.
- Ivory Coast won Group F on goals scored after a 3-2 comeback over Gabon, earning a tie with Burkina Faso as Cameroon, in second, face South Africa.
- Tanzania advanced to the knockouts for the first time since 1980 after a 1-1 draw with Tunisia and now meet hosts Morocco, with Tunisia set to face Mali.