List of Teams in Africa Cup of Nations Round of 16: Debutants, Defending Champions Escape All

KOMPAS.com – Performance African Cup 2021 in Cameroon brings a number of surprises. debutant team, Gambia, managed to advance to the last 16, while the defending champion Aljazair ended up in the group stage.

Gambia as the African Cup of Nations debutants qualified for the last 16 after occupying second place in Group F standings.

They advanced to the last 16 with Mali as the leader of Group F and Tunisia who qualified through the best third-placed path.

Gambia and Mali actually both bagged seven points from the results of two wins and one draw.

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However, Gambia had to settle for finishing in second place after losing on goal difference to Mali.

Gambia confirms position runner-up after a 1-0 win over Tunisia in the last match of Group F of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

The Gambia vs Tunisia match took place at the Omnisport Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon, on Friday (21/1/2022) early morning WIB.

Gambia won the match thanks to Ablie Jallow’s mere goal on time injury time, to be precise 90+3 minutes.

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Next, in the last 16, Gambia will fight runner-up Group B, namely Guinea, is strengthened by AS Roma’s Amadou Diawara and Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita.

When Gambia as a debutant team managed to break through to the last 16, the defending champion Algeria had to lift the suitcase faster.

The Algerian national team was eliminated after being bottom of the Group E of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. They were only able to get one point from three matches.

Algeria is confirmed to have been eliminated after being beaten 1-3 by Ivory Coast in the last match of Group E, Thursday (20/1/2022) night WIB.

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In that match, Algeria actually had several opportunities to reduce the gap from Ivory Coast, including through the execution of a penalty taken by Ivory Coast. winger Manchester City, Riyad Mahrez.

However, Riyad Mahrez failed to maximize the opportunity and made it difficult for Algeria, who then had to admit the Ivory Coast’s advantage.

As for the Ivory Coast, there are a number of players who have had careers with European clubs such as Eric Bailly (Manchester United), Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), to Franck Kessie (AC Milan).

After beating Algeria, Ivory Coast has the right to top the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group E. They qualified for the last 16 with Equatorial Guinea who finished second.

In the last 16, Ivory Coast will face Egypt, which is reinforced by Liverpool star, Mohamed Salah.

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Team List in Africa Cup of Nations last 16 2021:

Group Champion

• Cameroon (Group A)
• Senegal (Group B)
• Morocco (Group C)
• Nigeria (Group D)
• Ivory Coast (Group E)
• Mali (Grup F)

Runner-up Grup

• Burkina Faso (Group A)
• Guinea (Group B)
• Gabon (Group C)
• Egypt (Group D)
• Equatorial Guinea (Group E)
• Gambia (Group F)

3rd Best Rank

• Cape Verde (Group A)
• Malawi (Group B)
• Comoros (Group C)
• Tunisia (Group F)

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