2012 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 4 February with the quarter-finals and ended on 12 February 2012 with the final held at the Stade d'Angondjé in Libreville. A total of 8 teams (the top two teams from each group) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament.

All match times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

Format
In the knockout stage, except for the third place play-off, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was 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 any extra time being played.

Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Bracket


All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1).

Zambia vs. Sudan


Assistant referees:

Jason Damoo (Seychelles)

Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea)

Fourth official:

Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

Ivory Coast vs. Equatorial Guinea


Assistant referees:

Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)

Felicien Kabanda (Rwanda)

Fourth official:

Badara Diatta (Senegal)

Gabon vs. Mali


Assistant referees:

Redouane Achik (Morocco)

Albdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)

Fourth official:

Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Ghana vs. Tunisia


Assistant referees:

Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)

Djibril Camara (Senegal)

Fourth official:

Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Zambia vs. Ghana


Assistant referees:

Redouane Achik (Morocco)

Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)

Fourth official:

Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

Mali vs. Ivory Coast


Assistant referees:

Jason Damoo (Seychelles)

Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea)

Fourth official:

Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Third place match
Man of the Match:

Cheick Diabaté (Mali)

Assistant referees:

Peter Edibe (Nigeria)

Moffat Champiti (Malawi)

Fourth official:

Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Final
Assistant referees:

Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)

Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)

Fourth official:

Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)