CHAN 2016: Ivory Coast Defeat Guinea To Win Bronze

Poor goalkeeping, sloppy defending and two missed penalties by Guinea cost them as Ivory Coast emerged 2-1 winners to take bronze at the 2016 Africa Nations Championship (Chan) on Sunday at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda.

Ivory Coast started the match without two experienced defenders, Mahan Goua and Yace Marius who were both ruled out due of injury. They had both been part of Ivory Coast's five matches en-route to the final, commanding 802 minutes between themselves.

Abdoulaye Karim Cisse also started in goal ahead of Badra Ali Sangare, the latter saved a penalty against Mali before faltering as Yves Bissouma scored Mali's winner in the semifinals.

CHAN: Dejected Home Eagles To Return Back To Nigeria On Thursday

Guinea stunned Nigeria in a one goal encounter to dump Oliseh's Eagles out of the CHAN tournament in the group stage of the ongoing tournament in Rwanda.

The Super Eagles ‘B’ team will return to Nigeria from Rwanda Thursday night after they were sent packing from this year’s CHAN, officials have announced.

According to the team’s programme, they will fly out of Kigali direct to Lagos by 2pm local time.

CHAN 2016: Nigeria Needs A Point To Reach Quarter-Final

The Super Eagles of need at least a draw against Guinea in the final Group C clash in Rubavu on Tuesday.

Nigeria are top of the group with four points from two matches, but the first round section is still very much wide open with all four teams still in with a mathematical chance of reaching the knockout rounds of the tournament.

Both Tunisia and Guinea are on two points after they drew their first two matches, while Niger are bottom of the standings on a point.

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Ghana, Ivory Coast Book Semi-Final Place

Ghana and Ivory Coast took their regular places in the African Nations Cup semifinals by beating Guinea and Algeria on Sunday as the tournament returned to normal after recent controversy.
Wilfried Bony finally came to life, scoring twice for the Ivory Coast, and a late Gervinho goal completed a memorable 3-1 win for the Elephants as they reached the last four for the fourth time in six tournaments.

Four-time champions Ghana comfortably dispatched surprise packages Guinea 3-0 to reach the semifinals for the fifth time in a row.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2015: Guinea, Mali Praying For Divine Intervention

Guinea and Mali will have to wait for the drawing of lots to take place to find out who will qualify for quarterfinals. CAF Article 74 has come into play to be the tiebreaker as the teams are level in every category.

The rule is also used by the world governing football body Fifa. It is not everyone's preferred manner and most fans have actually called for penalty shootout, which is more thrilling and entertaining than a draw that basically amounts to a lottery.