Africa Cup of Nation holders Egypt successfully defended their title and have now won the last three competitions after seeing off Ghana 1-0 in the final.
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Nigeria defeated Algeria 1-0 to claim third place at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Ghana are through to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations after they held on to a first-half lead to progress.
Egypt cruised into their third successive Africa Cup of Nations final with a 4-0 win over bitter rivals Algeria.
The holders and winners for the past two tournaments, Egypt, have set up a bitter semi-final clash with Algeria in the Africa Cup of Nations after an extra-time win over Cameroon.
Nigeria booked their place in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals after seeing off Zambia 5-4 on penalties.
The hosts normally have a decent record in the Africa Cup of Nations, but despite getting this far this year’s entertainer, Angola, won’t be winning after losing 1-0 to Ghana in the Qtr-finals.
England’s World Cup opponents Algeria knocked out pre-tournament favourites Ivory Coast in a nail-biting quarter-final.
In an end-to-end encounter many people’s fancies to go all the way, Cameroon, just scraped through to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals after holding Tunisia to a 2-2 draw in Lubango.
Despite the close 2-1 scoreline Zambia qualified for the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with a facile victory over Gabon, who entered the final group games topping Group D.