Africa-Press – Tanzania. CECAFA teams Sudan and Tanzania will face tough opposition the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 group of 16 knock out stage.
Tanzania who finished third in Group C are pitted against hosts Morocco on January 4th at the Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Sudan who lost their last Group E match 2-0 to Burkina Faso on Tuesday have progressed at the third best team in the group and will face Senegal on January 3rd in a match to be played at the Tangier Stadium.
James Kwesi Appiah, the Sudan head coach told Cecafa online that they are happy to qualify for the knock out stage. “We have achieved our first mission of making it to the knock out stage and now we must plan for our match against Senegal,” added Appiah.
In the Group stage Sudan suffered a 3-0 defeat to Algeria in the opening match, before they recovered to defeat Equatorial Guinea 1-0, and lost 2-0 to Burkina Faso in the last match.
Appiah has made it clear that although they will face a talented Senegal team, they will try to prepare well ahead of that match because they know what to expect.
Tanzania who managed a 2-1 defeat to Nigeria and a 1-1 draw against Uganda and Tunisia to finish among the best four third placed team will face an acid test against the hosts.
Miguel Ángel Gamondi, the Tanzania care taker coach has said making it to the knock out round for Tanzania ever at the AFCON is a big achievement. “The first task is accomplished and now we look to the knock out stage,” added Gamondi.
The other match-ups will see Mali face Tunisia, while South Africa take on Cameroon. In the other matches Egypt will take on Benin, Nigeria face Mozambique, Algeria battle DR Congo, and reigning champions Ivory Coast line-up against Burkina Faso.
Every team that qualifies for the group of 16 will pocket a cash prize of US$800,000 out of the total US$32 million the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will distribute for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025.
