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U23 AFCON: Mali clinch bronze medal via penalty shootout

U23 AFCON: Mali clinch bronze medal via penalty shootout

The Mali U-23 national team have secured the U-23 AFCON bronze medal, seeing off Guinea 4-3 on penalties after the game ended goalless in regular time. Nothing could separate both sides who were gunning for the final automatic qualification spot for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in 90 minutes and off it went to the shootout. Issoufi Maiga missed Mali's first penalty before Aguibou Camara...

U23 AFCON: Mali and Guinea battle for final automatic Olympic qualification spot

U23 AFCON: Mali and Guinea battle for final automatic Olympic qualification spot

The Mali and Guinea U-23 national teams will do battle in the third/fourth place playoff of the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations at the Ibn Batouta Stadium in Tangier on Friday evening. The game serves as the final automatic qualification spot for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Morocco and Egypt are guaranteed their place as finalists for Saturday’s showdown in Rabat to determine the...

U23 AFCON: Morocco, Egypt set for North African final clash

U23 AFCON: Morocco, Egypt set for North African final clash

Morocco and Egypt have booked their spots in the final of the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations after their respective semi-final 4-3 (penalty shootout) and 1-0 victories over Mali and Guinea on Tuesday night. The Atlas Lions came into the game with a 100% record in the tournament so far but were put to the test by the Syl Nationale. Zakaria El Ouahdi gave the...

U23 AFCON: West African and North African matchup headlines semi-finals

U23 AFCON: West African and North African matchup headlines semi-finals

The 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations is reaching its concluding end with the semi-finals taking centre stage on Tuesday. It is a West Africa vs North Africa affair in both ties as Guinea will take on the defending champions Egypt while Morocco will tackle Mali. All four teams are virtually guaranteed a place in next year’s Olympic Games in Paris with the finalists and third-place...

U23 AFCON: Mali edge past Niger to book semi-final berth

U23 AFCON: Mali edge past Niger to book semi-final berth

Mali booked their place in the semi-finals of the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations after their 2-0 win over Niger in their final Group B game on Saturday night. The Eagles were sitting in third spot before kick off while the Nigeriens were in second place on four points after drawing Egypt and defeating Gabon. Their impressive maiden U-23 AFCON outing however came to an...