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.

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

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.

Bracket


Algeria vs Ivory Coast


Senegal vs Mauritania


Madagascar vs Mozambique


Niger vs Ghana


Algeria vs Niger


Senegal vs Madagascar


Third place match


Final
Match rules
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 * 90 minutes.
 * 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
 * Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
 * Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
 * Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
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