Round of 16; weeding out the pretenders from the challengers

The group stage of the 2025 AFCON tournament was over.

Now, on to the round of 16 stage.

The group stage was like a sieve, weeding out the pretenders in the tournament away from the true challengers who made it through the challenge.

Now, 8 games of unmatched intensity.

16 nations duking it out in a knockout battle.

(AFCON 2025:)

(Round of 16:)

(Zimbabwe – Egypt)

(Date: 3rd January, 2026)

(Morocco – Mali)

(Date: 3rd January, 2026)

(Tunisia – Benin)

(Date: 4th January, 2026)

(Algeria – Ivory Coast)

(Date: 4th January, 2026)

(Cameroon – Tanzania)

(Date: 5th January, 2026)

(Nigeria – Angola)

(Date: 5th January, 2026)

(Botswana – Sudan)

(Date: 6th January, 2026)

(Senegal – Burkina Faso)

(Date: 6th January, 2026)