2022 African Nations Championship knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 2022 African Nations Championship began on 27 January 2023 with the quarter-finals and ended with the final at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers on 4 February 2023.
Format
Except for the third place play-off, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, 30 minutes of extra time will be played with two periods of 15 minutes each. If still tied after extra time, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. In the third place play-off, if the scores remained level after 90 minutes the match would go directly to a penalty shoot-out without extra time.
Qualified teams
Below are the 8 remaining teams of this edition of the tournament which consists of the top two teams from each of groups A, B and C and the top team from groups D and E.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
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| A |  Algeria |
 Mozambique |
| B |  Senegal |
 Ivory Coast |
| C |  Madagascar |
 Ghana |
| D |  Mauritania |
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| E |  Niger |
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Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 27 January – Algiers | ||||||||||
| Algeria | 1 | |||||||||
| 31 January – Oran | ||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 0 | |||||||||
| Algeria | 5 | |||||||||
| 28 January – Oran | ||||||||||
| Niger | 0 | |||||||||
| Niger | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 February – Algiers | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||||||
| Algeria | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 27 January – Annaba | ||||||||||
| Senegal (p) | 0 (5) | |||||||||
| Senegal | 1 | |||||||||
| 31 January – Algiers | ||||||||||
| Mauritania | 0 | |||||||||
| Senegal | 1 | |||||||||
| 28 January – Constantine | ||||||||||
| Madagascar | 0 | Third place play-off | ||||||||
| Madagascar | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 February – Oran | ||||||||||
| Mozambique | 1 | |||||||||
| Niger | 0 | |||||||||
| Madagascar | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Algeria vs Ivory Coast
| Algeria | 1–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
Fourth official:
Video assistant referee:
Assistant video assistant referee:
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Senegal vs Mauritania
| Senegal | 1–0 | Mauritania |
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  Senegal
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     Mauritania
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
Fourth official:
Video assistant referee:
Assistant video assistant referee:
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Madagascar vs Mozambique
| Madagascar | 3–1 | Mozambique |
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Report |
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    Madagascar
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   Mozambique
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Man of the Match:
Fourth official: Tom Abongile (South Africa) |
Niger vs Ghana
   Niger
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    Ghana
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Man of the Match:
Fourth official: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad) |
Semi-finals
Algeria vs Niger
Algeria
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Niger
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Man of the Match:
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Senegal vs Madagascar
| Senegal | 1–0 | Madagascar |
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Report |
Senegal
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Madagascar
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Third place match
| Niger | 0–1 | Madagascar |
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Niger
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Madagascar
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Final
Algeria
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    Senegal
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Match rules
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Notes
- Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.
References
- Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (27 January 2023). "It had to be him after that performance! 🔥🔝 Congratulations Aimen Mahious, the #ALGCIV TotalEnergies Man of the Match! 🏅" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 January 2023 – via Twitter.
- Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (27 January 2023). "Hemeya Tanji is the #SENMTN TotalEnergies Man of the Match! 🏅🔝" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 January 2023 – via Twitter.
- Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (28 January 2023). "Aro Hasina Andianarimanana 🏅🔝 Our TotalEnergies Man of the Match gave us a great performance in the #MADMOZ match! 🔥" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 January 2023 – via Twitter.
- Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (28 January 2023). "Ladies and gentleman, meet our TotalEnergies Man of the Match! Congratulations for the award, Soumana Hainikoye! 🏅" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 January 2023 – via Twitter.
- Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (31 January 2023). "Time to meet our #ALGNIG TotalEnergies Man of the Match! Congratulations, Houssem Eddine Mrezigue! 🏅🔝" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 February 2023 – via Twitter.
- Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (31 January 2023). "And the #SENMAD TotalEnergies Man of the Match is Lamine Camara! 🏅🤩" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 February 2023 – via Twitter.
- Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (3 February 2023). "It is time to meet the #NIGMAD TotalEnergies Man of the Match! Congratulations, Andriamirado Aro Hasina! 🏅🔝" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 February 2023 – via Twitter.