Top 11 Facts As 2023 AFCON Enters Quarterfinal Stage

Top 11 Facts As 2023 AFCON Enters Quarterfinal Stage

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There is no doubt that the 2023 African Nations Cup is filled with surprising results from the beginning of the championship till date, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

BSN Sports collated 11 of the facts that emanated from the African best football competition. Here are the 11 Facts.

1. None of the five countries that represented Africa at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in United Arab Emirates made it to the quarter-final of the 2023 African Nations Cup. The five African representatives at the FIFA World Cup are: Tunisia, Ghana, Cameroon, Senegal, and Morocco.

2. Morocco, Egypt, Ghana and Algeria were eliminated by underdogs after being tipped to outrun their conquerors.

3. DR Congo qualified for the Quarterfinals without winning a game in regular time. They recorded four draws. Three draws in the group stage and one in the Round of 16.

4. A defender, Emilio Nsue is the current Top Scorer st the 2023 AFCON with 5 goals in 4 games.

He plays as a Right back in the Spanish third tier, and as a winger for Equatorial Guinea.

5. Namibia and Mauritania qualified for their first ever Round of 16. Mauritania beat Algeria 1-0, while Namibia beat Tunisia 1-0.

6. Egypt qualified for the Round of 16 without winning a single game. They drew thrice in the group stage.

7. A Mauritanian Player is called AK-47. His name is Aboubakar Kamara and he wore jersey no. 47 at Fulham.

8. Cote d'Ivoire narrowly qualified with 3 points as number 4 in the Third Best Place Rankings in the group stage.

They went on to eliminate defending champions, Senegal by beating them 1-1 (5-4 on penalties) in the AFCON Round of 16.

9. FIFA's five highest-ranked countries at AFCON; Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt are all out of the tournament. 

10. None of the quarterfinalists from the AFCON 2021 will feature in the last eight at the AFCON 2023.

11. Five West African countries, Two Southern African countries and One Central African country have qualified for the AFCON 2023 quarter-final.