AFCON 2022 Round of 16: Matches, schedule, times, TV for Africa Cup of Nations knockout round

With the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations group stage almost complete, only 16 of the original 24 teams will remain and eight teams will go home.

All first- and second-place finishers from the group stage qualified for the knockout round, while the top four third-place teams managed to fill out the 16-team field.

Surprisingly, the African powerhouses and both were eliminated in the group stage. For Algeria, the defending champions fail in their title defense, while Nigeria failed to reach the knockout round for the first time since 2002. On the other hand, they reached the knockout stage for the second time in the nation’s history, following their 2013 showing when he reached the quarterfinals. Tiny also advanced in his first appearance at the AFCON tournament. Both advanced as one of the top four teams in third place. Here’s how the third-place finishers ranked:

= Qualified to the round of 16 | = Deleted

The hosts, en route to winning Group A, scored the most group stage goals with seven, while completing their run to the top of Group B without conceding a single goal. he finished with the most points, a perfect nine out of nine after winning all three games with a +5 goal differential, the best in the tournament so far.

Below is the full knockout round schedule with only five places left to fill.

Quarter finals

semifinals

3rd place

endings