Liverpool ahead Mohamed Salah and Manchester Metropolis striker Omar Marmoush missed penalties in a shootout as Egypt completed their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) marketing campaign with a defeat to Nigeria in Casablanca.
Goalkeeper Stanley Nwabal plunged the right solution to deny the Premier League pair, making certain counterpart Ouba Shobeir’s save from Fisayo Dele-Bashiru within the first try of the shootout was immaterial.
Akor Adams, Moses Simon, Alex Iwobi and Ademola Lookman transformed spot kicks to make sure the Tremendous Eagles completed third, with the Pharaohs fourth.
Egypt vs Nigeria: Tremendous Eagles bag AFCON 2025 bronze
Nigeria will maybe really feel they deserved the win, having had an Adams purpose dominated out throughout the first half as a result of Paul Onuachu was adjudged to have fouled Hamdi Fathy.
Lookman was additionally denied the opener after the break due to an offside resolution, however Eric Chelle’s workforce held the nerve within the shootout as Salah, Marmoush and their teammates left the finals empty-handed.
Host nation Morocco meet 2021 champions Senegal within the ultimate in Rabat on Sunday (19:00 GMT / 14:00 ET / 11:00 PT).
Egypt workforce vs Nigeria
Egypt beginning XI: Mostafa Shobeir, Mohamed Hany, Hamdi Fathy, Rami Rabia, Khaled Sobhy, Mohamed Salah, Zizo, Emam Ashour, Mohanad Lasheen, Trezeguet, Mostafa Mohamed
Egypt substitutes: Ahmed El Shenawy, Mohamed Shehata, Mohamed Sobhi, Mostafa Fathi, Ibrahim Adel, Osama Faisal, Omar Marmoush, Mohamed El Shenawy, Ahmed Eid, Mahmoud Saber, Mohamed Ismaeil
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Nigeria workforce vs Egypt
Nigeria beginning XI: Stanley Nwabali, Shiny Osayi-Samuel, Semi Ajayi, Igoh Ogbu, Bruno Onyemaechi, Samuel Chukwueze, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Raphael Onyedika, Moses Simon, Akor Adams, Paul Onuachu
Nigeria substitutes: Francis Uzoho, Zaidu Sanusi, Wilfred Ndidi, Ademola Lookman, Frank Onyeka, Victor Osimhen, Mohammed Usman, Amas Obasogie, Alex Iwobi, Chidozie Awaziem, Chidera Ejuke, Salim Lawal, Ebenezer Akinsanmiro, Ryan Alebiosu, Tochukwu Nnadi
AFCON 2025 fixtures, outcomes, full Africa Cup of Nations schedule
All occasions are GMT.
Sunday, December 21 2025
- Group A: Morocco 2-0 Comoros (Rabat)
Monday, December 22 2025
- Group A: Mali 1-1 Zambia (Casablanca)
- Group B: South Africa 2-1 Angola (Marrakech)
- Group B: Egypt 2-1 Zimbabwe (Agadir)
Tuesday, December 23 2025
- Group D: Senegal 3-0 Botswana (Tangie)
- Group D: DR Congo 1-0 Benin (Rabat)
- Group C: Nigeria 2-1 Tanzania (Fes)
- Group C: Tunisia 3-1 Uganda (Rabat)
Wednesday, December 24 2025
- Group E: Burkina Faso 2-1 Equatorial Guinea (Casablanca)
- Group E: Algeria 3-0 Sudan (Rabat)
- Group F: Ivory Coast 1-0 Mozambique (Marrakech)
- Group F: Cameroon 1-0 Gabon (Agadir)
Friday, December 26 2025
- Group B: Angola 1-1 Zimbabwe (Marrakech)
- Group B: Egypt 1-0 South Africa (Agadir)
- Group A: Zambia 0-0 Comoros (Casablanca)
- Group A: Morocco 1-1 Mali (Rabat)
Saturday, December 27 2025
- Group D: Benin 1-0 Botswana (Rabat)
- Group D: Senegal 1-1 DR Congo (Tangier)
- Group C: Uganda 1-1 Tanzania (Rabat)
- Group C: Nigeria 3-2 Tunisia (Fes)
Sunday, December 28 2025
- Group F: Gabon 2-3 Mozambique (Agadir)
- Group E: Equatorial Guinea 0-1 Sudan (Casablanca)
- Group E: Algeria 1-0 Burkina Faso (Rabat)
- Group F: Ivory Coast 1-1 Cameroon, (Marrakech)
Monday, December 29 2025
- Group B: Angola 0-0 Egypt (Agadir)
- Group B: Zimbabwe 2-3 South Africa (Marrakech)
- Group A: Comoros 0-0 Mali (Casablanca)
- Group A: Zambia 0-3 Morocco (Rabat)
Tuesday, December 30 2025
- Group C: Tanzania 1-1 Tunisia (Rabat)
- Group C: Uganda 1-3 Nigeria (Fes)
- Group D: Benin 0-3 Senegal (Tangier)
- Group D: Botswana 0-3 DR Congo (Rabat)
Wednesday, December 31 2025
- Group E: Equatorial Guinea 1-3 Algeria (Rabat)
- Group E: Sudan 0-2 Burkina Faso (Casablanca)
- Group F: Gabon 2-3 Ivory Coast (Marrakech)
- Group F: Mozambique 1-2 Cameroon (Agadir)
Africa Cup of Nations 2025 spherical of 16
Saturday, January 3 2026
- SR1: Senegal 3-1 Sudan (Tangier)
- SR2: Mali 1-1 Tunisia (3-2 on penalties) (Casablanca)
Sunday, January 4
- SR3: Morocco 1-0 Tanzania (Rabat)
- SR4: South Africa 1-2 Cameroon (Rabat)
Monday, January 5
- SR5: Egypt 3-1 Benin (after further time) (Agadir)
- SR6: Nigeria 4-0 Mozambique (Fes)
Tuesday, January 6
- SR7: Algeria 1-0 DR Congo (after further time) (Rabat)
- SR8: Ivory Coast 3-0 Burkina Faso (Marrakech)
Africa Cup of Nations 2025 quarter-finals
Friday, January 9
- QF1: Mali 0-1 Senegal (Tangier)
- QF2: Cameroon 0-2 Morocco (Rabat)
Saturday, January 10
- QF3: Algeria 0-2 Nigeria (Marrakech)
- QF4: Egypt 3-2 Ivory Coast (Agadir)
Africa Cup of Nations 2025 semi-finals
Wednesday, January 14
- SF1: Senegal 1-0 Egypt (Tangier)
- SF2: Nigeria 0-0 Morocco (2-4 on penalties) (Rabat)
Africa Cup of Nations 2025 third-place match
Saturday, January 17
- Nigeria 0-0 Egypt (4-2 on penalties) (Casablanca)
Africa Cup of Nations 2025 final
Sunday, January 18
- Senegal vs Morocco (Rabat, 19:00)
