Men's Football CAF African Nations Championship 2018

Men's Football CAF African Nations Championship 2018

Various Cities (MAR) - 13 January 2018 - 4 February 2018

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Qualified Nations

• Angola
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Congo
• Cote d'Ivoire
• Equatorial Guinea
• Guinea
• Libya
• Mauritania
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sudan
• Uganda
• Zambia
  

Competition Format

Preliminary Round

January 13th - January 24th, 2018

16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals
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Knockout Round
January 27th - February 4th, 2018
8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, 3rd Place Match and Final, the winning Nation will be the Men's Football CAF African Nations Championship 2018 Champion

Qualification Format

First Qualifying Round
April 22nd - April 30th, 2017
6 Nations, Home and Away Match, 3 winning Nations will qualify for the Second Qualifying Round
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Second Qualifying Round
July 14th - July 23rd, 2017
30 Nations, Home and Away Match, the 15 winning Nations will qualify for the Third Qualifying Round
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Third Qualifying Round
August 11th - August 22nd, 2017
30 Nations, Home and Away Match, the 15 winning Nations will qualify for the Men's Football CAF African Nations Championship 2018

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Play-Off Qualifying Round
November 5th - November 12th, 2017
2 Nations, Home and Away Match, the winning Nation will qualify for the Men's Football CAF African Nations Championship 2018

Registered Nations
Qualified, Eliminated, In Progress

• Algeria (Third Qualifying Round)
• Angola (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round)
• Benin (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round)
• Botswana (Second Qualifying Round)
• Burkina Faso (Third Qualifying Round)
• Burundi (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round)
• Cameroon (Third Qualifying Round)
• Comoros (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round)
• Congo (Third Qualifying Round)
• Congo DR (Third Qualifying Round)
• Cote d'Ivoire (Third Qualifying Round)
• Djibouti (Second Qualifying Round)
• Egypt (Third Qualifying Round)
• Equatorial Guinea (Third Qualifying Round)
• Ethiopia (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round, Play-Off Qualifying Round)
• Gabon (Third Qualifying Round)
• Gambia (Second Qualifying Round)
• Ghana (Third Qualifying Round)
• Guinea (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round)
• Guinea-Bissau (Second Qualifying Round)
• Lesotho (Second Qualifying Round)
• Liberia (Second Qualifying Round)
• Libya (Third Qualifying Round)
• Madagascar (First Qualifying Round, Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round)
• Malawi (First Qualifying Round)
• Mali (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round)
• Mauritania (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round)
• Mauritius (First Qualifying Round, Second Qualifying Round)
• Morocco (Host Nation)
• Mozambique (Second Qualifying Round)
• Namibia (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round)
• Niger (Third Qualifying Round)
• Nigeria (Third Qualifying Round)
• Rwanda (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round, Play-Off Qualifying Round)
• Sao Tome and Principe (Third Qualifying Round)
• Senegal (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round)
• Somalia (First Qualifying Round)
• Seychelles (First Qualifying Round)
• Sierra Leone (Second Qualifying Round)
• South Africa (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round)
• South Sudan (First Qualifying Round, Second Qualifying Round)
• Sudan (Second Qualifying Round)
• Swaziland (Second Qualifying Round)
• Tanzania (Second Qualifying Round)
• Togo (Second Qualifying Round)
• Uganda (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round)
• Zambia (Second Qualifying Round, Third Qualifying Round)
• Zimbabwe (Second Qualifying Round)
  

First Qualifying Round
April 22nd - April 30th, 2017
6 Nations, Home and Away Match, 3 winning Nations will qualify for the Second Qualifying Round

• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Seychelles
  

• Somalia
• South Sudan
  

First Leg

Madagascar 1 - 0 Malawi
Half-Time: 0-0
April 22nd 2017, h. 14:30 (GMT +3), Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo

Mauritius 2 - 1 Seychelles
Half-Time: 1-0
April 22nd 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +4), Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

Somalia 1 - 2 South Sudan
Half-Time: 0-1
April 20th 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +3), El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City (Djibouti)

Second Leg

(2) Seychelles 1 - 1 Mauritius (3)
Half-Time: 0-1
April 29th 2017, h. 16:30 (GMT +4), Stade Linité, Victoria

(0) Malawi 0 - 1 Madagascar (2)
Half-Time: 0-0
April 29th 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +2), Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

(4) South Sudan 2 - 0 Somalia (1)
Half-Time: 0-0
April 30th 2017, h. 16:30 (GMT +3), Juba Stadium, Juba

Second Qualifying Round
July 14th - July 23rd, 2017
30 Nations, Home and Away Match, the 15 winning Nations will qualify for the Third Qualifying Round

• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Comoros
• Djibouti
• Ethiopia
• Gambia
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
  

First Leg

Burundi vs Sudan
Walkover

South Sudan 0 - 0 Uganda
Half-Time: 0-0
July 14th 2017, h. 16:30 (GMT +3), Juba Stadium, Juba

Comoros 2 - 0 Lesotho
Half-Time: 0-0
July 15th 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +3), Stade de Moroni, Moroni

Djibouti 1 - 5 Ethiopia
Half-Time:
July 15th 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +3), El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City

Tanzania 1 - 1 Rwanda
Half-Time: 1-1
July 15th 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +3), CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza

Botswana 0 - 2 South Africa
Half-Time: 0-1
July 15th 2017, h. 15:30 (GMT +2), Francistown Stadium, Francistown

Guinea-Bissau 1 - 3 Guinea
Half-Time:
July 15th 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT), Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

Gambia 0 - 0 Mali
Half-Time: 0-0
July 15th 2017, h. 16:30 (GMT), Independence Stadium, Bakau

Sierra Leone 1 - 1 Senegal
Half-Time: 0-0
July 15th 2017, h. 16:30 (GMT), National Stadium, Freetown

Mauritius 0 - 1 Angola
Half-Time: 0-1
July 16th 2017, h. 15:30 (GMT +4), Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

Madagascar 2 - 2 Mozambique
Half-Time: 1-1
July 16th 2017, h. 14:30 (GMT +3), Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Swaziland 0 - 4 Zambia
Half-Time: 0-2
July 16th 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +2), Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Namibia 1 - 0 Zimbawe
Half-Time: 0-0
July 16th 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +1), Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek

Togo 1 - 1 Benin
Half-Time: 0-1
July 16th 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT), Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Liberia 0 - 2 Mauritania
Half-Time: 0-1
July 16th 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT), Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia

Second Leg

Sudan vs Burundi
Walkover

(5) Ethiopia vs Djibouti (1)
Walkover

(3) South Africa 1 - 0 Botswana (0)
Half-Time: 1-0
July 22nd 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +2), Moruleng Stadium, Saulspoort

(5) Uganda 5 - 1 South Sudan (1)
Half-Time: 2-0
July 22nd 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +3), Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala

(7) Zambia 3 - 0 Swaziland (0)
Half-Time: 3-0
July 22nd 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +2), National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

(1+) Rwanda 0 - 0 Tanzania (1)
Half-Time: 0-0
July 22nd 2017, h. 15:30 (GMT +2), Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

(10) Guinea 7 - 0 Guinea-Bissau (1)
Half-Time: 2-0
July 22nd 2017, h. 16:30 (GMT), Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

(4) Mali 4 - 0 Gambia (0)
Half-Time: 0-0
July 22nd 2017, h. 17:00 (GMT), Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

(4) Senegal 3 - 1 Sierra Leone (2)
Half-Time: 1-1
July 22nd 2017, h. 17:00 (GMT), Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

(1) Lesotho 1 - 0 Comoros (2)
Half-Time: 1-0
July 23rd 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +2), Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

(2) Mozambique 0 - 2 Madagascar (4)
Half-Time: 0-0
July 23rd 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +2), Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

(1) Zimbabwe PSO:41 - 0PSO:5 Namibia (1+)
Half-Time: 1-0, Full Time: 1-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 4-5
July 23rd 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +2), National Sports Stadium, Harare

(2+) Benin PSO:81 - 1PSO:7 Togo (2)

Half-Time: 0-0, Full Time: 1-1, Penalty Shoot-Out: 7-6
July 23rd 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +1), Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

(4) Angola 3 - 2 Mauritius (2)
Half-Time: 2-2
July 23rd 2017, h. 16:30 (GMT +1), Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

(2) Mauritania 0 - 1 Liberia (1)
Half-Time: 0-1
July 23rd 2017, h. 17:00 (GMT), Stade Municipal Zouérate, Zouérat

Third Qualifying Round
August 11th - August 22nd, 2017
30 Nations, Home and Away Match, the 15 winning Nations will qualify for the Men's Football CAF African Nations Championship 2018

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Comoros
• Congo
• Congo DR
• Cote d'Ivoire
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• South Africa
• Uganda
• Zambia
  

First Leg

Equatorial Guinea vs Gabon
Walkover

Congo 0 - 0 Congo DR
Half-Time: 0-0
August 11th 2017, h. 15:30 (GMT +1), Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville

South Africa 2 - 2 Zambia
Half-Time: 1-0
August 12th 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +2), Buffalo City Stadium, East London

Uganda 3 - 0 Rwanda
Half-Time: 2-0
August 12th 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +3), St Mary's Stadium, Kampala

São Tomé and Príncipe 0 - 0 Cameroon
Half-Time: 0-0
August 12th 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT), Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé

Burkina Faso 2 - 2 Ghana
Half-Time: 0-0
August 12th 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT), Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Mauritania 2 - 2 Mali
Half-Time: 2-2
August 12th 2017, h. 17:00 (GMT), Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

Algeria 1 - 2 Libya
Half-Time: 1-1
August 12th 2017, h. 20:45 (GMT +1), Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui, Constantine

Madagascar 0 - 0 Angola
Half-Time: 0-0
August 13th 2017, h. 14:30 (GMT +3), Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo

Comoros 2 - 1 Namibia
Half-Time: 2-0
August 13th 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +3), Stade de Moroni, Moroni

Ethiopia 1 - 1 Sudan
Half-Time: 0-0
August 13th 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +3), Hawassa International Stadium, Awasa

Benin 1 - 0 Nigeria
Half-Time: 0-0
August 13th 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +1), Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Niger 2 - 1 Cote d'Ivoire
Half-Time: 1-1
August 13th 2017, h. 17:00 (GMT +1), Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey

Egypt 1 - 1 Morocco
Half-Time: 1-0
August 13th 2017, h. 19:00 (GMT +2), Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Senegal 3 - 1 Guinea
Half-Time: 1-0
August 15th 2017, h. 17:00 (GMT), Stade Al Djigo, Dakar

Second Leg

Gabon vs Equatorial Guinea
Walkover

(3) Libya 1 - 1 Algeria (2)
Half-Time: 1-1
August 18th 2017, h. 19:00 (GMT +1), Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax (Tunisia)

(4) Morocco 3 - 1 Egypt (2)
Half-Time: 0-0
August 18th 2017, h. 20:00 (GMT +1), Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

(4) Zambia 2 - 0 South Africa (0)
Half-Time: 0-0
August 19th 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +2), Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

(2) Rwanda 2 - 0 Uganda (3)
Half-Time: 2-0
August 19th 2017, h. 15:30 (GMT +2), Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

() Cameroon 2 - 0 São Tomé and Príncipe ()
Half-Time: 0-0
August 19th 2017, h. 14:00 (GMT +1), Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

(1) Congo DR 1 - 1 Congo (1+)
Half-Time: 1-1
August 19th 2017, h. 15:30 (GMT +1), Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

(2) Nigeria 2 - 0 Benin (1)
Half-Time: 1-0
August 19th 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +1), Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano

(1) Angola 1 - 0 Madagascar (0)
Half-Time: 0-0
August 19th 2017, h. 16:30 (GMT +1), Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

(2+) Cote d'Ivoire 1 - 0 Niger (2)
Half-Time: 0-0
August 19th 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT), Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

(2) Mali 0 - 1 Mauritania (3)
Half-Time: 0-1
August 19th 2017, h. 16:30 (GMT), Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

(2) Sudan 1 - 0 Ethiopia (1)
Half-Time: ?-?
August 19th 2017, h. 20:00 (GMT +3), Al-Ubayyid Stadium, Al-Ubayyid

(3) Namibia 2 - 0 Comoros (2)
Half-Time: 0-0
August 20th 2017, h. 15:00 (GMT +1), Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek

(3) Ghana 1 - 2 Burkina Faso (4)
Half-Time: 0-2
August 20th 2017, h. 15:30 (GMT), Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

(6) Guinea 5 - 0 Senegal (3)
Half-Time: 3-0
August 22nd 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT), Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Play-Off Qualifying Round
November 5th - November 12th, 2017
2 Nations, Home and Away Match, the winning Nation will qualify for the Men's Football CAF African Nations Championship 2018

• Ethiopia
• Rwanda
  

First Leg

Ethiopia 2 - 3 Rwanda
Half-Time: 1-0
November 5th 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +3), Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Second Leg

(3) Rwanda 0 - 0 Ethiopia (2)
Half-Time: 0-0
November 12th 2017, h. 15:30 (GMT +2), Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Preliminary Round

January 13th - January 24th, 2018

16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals

Group A

• Guinea
• Mauritania
• Morocco
• Sudan
  

Group B

• Cote d'Ivoire
• Namibia
• Uganda
• Zambia
  

Group C

• Equatorial Guinea
  
• Libya
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
  

Group D

• Angola
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Congo
  

Group A

Western European Time (GMT)

Morocco 4 - 0 Mauritania
Half-Time: 0-0
January 13th 2018, h. 19:30, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Guinea 1 - 2 Sudan
Half-Time: 0-1
January 14th 2018, h. 14:30, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Morocco 3 - 1 Guinea
Half-Time: 1-1
January 17th 2018, h. 16:30, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Sudan 1 - 0 Mauritania
Half-Time: 1-0
January 17th 2018, h. 19:30, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Sudan 0 - 0 Morocco
Half-Time: 0-0
January 21st 2018, h. 19:00, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Mauritania 0 - 1 Guinea
Half-Time: 0-1
January 21st 2018, h. 19:00, Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech

Group A Final Standing

Nation	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Morocco	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
Sudan	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Guinea	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3
Mauritania	3	0	0	3	0	6	-6	0

Group B

Western European Time (GMT)

Cote d'Ivoire 0 - 1 Namibia
Half-Time: 0-0
January 14th 2018, h. 16:30, Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech

Zambia 3 - 1 Uganda
Half-Time: 1-1
January 14th 2018, h. 19:30, Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech

Cote d'Ivoire 0 - 2 Zambia
Half-Time: 0-1
January 18th 2018, h. 16:30, Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech

Uganda 0 - 1 Namibia
Half-Time: 0-0
January 18th 2018, h. 19:30, Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech

Uganda 0 - 0 Cote d'Ivoire
Half-Time: 0-0
January 22nd 2018, h. 19:00, Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech

Namibia 1 - 1 Zambia
Half-Time: 1-1
January 22nd 2018, h. 19:00, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Group B Final Standing

Nation	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Zambia	3	2	0	0	6	2	+4	7
Namibia	3	2	0	0	3	1	+2	7
Cote d'Ivoire	3	0	1	2	0	3	-3	1
Uganda	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1

Group C

Western European Time (GMT)

Libya 3 - 0 Equatorial Guinea
Half-Time: 2-0
January 15th 2018, h. 16:30, Stade Ibn Batouta, Tangier

Nigeria 0 - 0 Rwanda
Half-Time: 0-0
January 15th 2018, h. 19:30, Stade Ibn Batouta, Tangier

Libya 0 - 1 Nigeria
Half-Time: 0-0
January 19th 2018, h. 16:30, Stade Ibn Batouta, Tangier

Rwanda 1 - 0 Equatorial Guinea
Half-Time: 0-0
January 19th 2018, h. 19:30, Stade Ibn Batouta, Tangier

Libya 1 - 0 Rwanda
Half-Time: 0-0
January 23rd 2018, h. 19:00, Stade Ibn Batouta, Tangier

Equatorial Guinea 1 - 3 Nigeria
Half-Time: 1-0
January 23rd 2018, h. 19:00, Stade Adrar, Agadir

Group C Final Standing

Nation	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Libya	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
Rwanda	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Equatorial Guinea	3	0	0	3	1	-7	-6	0

Group D

Western European Time (GMT)

Angola 0 - 0 Burkina Faso
Half-Time: 0-0
January 16th 2018, h. 16:30, Stade Adrar, Agadir

Cameroon 0 - 1 Congo
Half-Time: 0-0
January 16th 2018, h. 19:30, Stade Adrar, Agadir

Angola 1 - 0 Cameroon
Half-Time: 1-0
January 20th 2018, h. 16:30, Stade Adrar, Agadir

Congo 2 - 0 Burkina Faso
Half-Time: 0-0
January 20th 2018, h. 19:30, Stade Adrar, Agadir

Congo 0 - 0 Angola
Half-Time: 0-0
January 24th 2018, h. 19:00, Stade Adrar, Agadir

Burkina Faso 1 - 1 Cameroon
Half-Time: 1-0
January 24th 2018, h. 19:00, Stade Ibn Batouta, Tangier

Group D Final Standing

Nation	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Congo	3	2	1	0	3	0	+2	7
Angola	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
Burkina Faso	3	0	2	1	1	3	-2	2
Cameroon	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1

Knockout Round
January 27th - February 4th, 2018
8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, 3rd Place Match and Final, the winning Nation will be the Men's Football CAF African Nations Championship 2018 Champion

• Angola
• Congo
• Libya
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Sudan
• Zambia
  

Quarterfinals

Western European Time (GMT)

Morocco 2 - 0 Namibia
Half-Time: 1-0
January 27th 2018, h. 16:30, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
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Zambia 0 - 1 Sudan
Half-Time: 0-1
January 27th 2018, h. 19:30, Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
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Nigeria AET2 - 1 Angola
Half-Time: 0-0, Full Time: 1-1, Extra-Time: 1-0
January 28th 2018, h. 16:30, Stade Ibn Batouta, Tangier
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Congo PSO:31 - 1PSO:5 Libya
Half-Time: 1-1, Full Time: 1-1, Extra-Time: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 3-5
January 28th 2018, h. 19:30, Stade Adrar, Agadir

Semifinals
Western European Time (GMT)

Morocco AET3 - 1 Libya
Half-Time: 0-0, Full Time: 1-1, Extra-Time: 2-0
January 31st 2018, h. 16:30, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
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Sudan 0 - 1 Nigeria
Half-Time: 0-1
January 31st 2018, h. 19:30, Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech

Third Place Match
Western European Time (GMT)

Libya PSO:21 - 1PSO:4 Sudan
Half-Time: 0-1, Full Time: 1-1, Extra-Time: 00, Penalty Shoot-Out: 2-4
February 3rd 2018, h. 19:00, Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech

Final
Western European Time (GMT)

Morocco 4 - 0 Nigeria
Half-Time: 1-0
February 4th 2018, h. 19:00, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca