Nigeria is set to play Tunisia on Sunday in the second round of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations being held in Cameroon, it has emerged.
The new development comes as Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced the 16 teams that will play in the knockout stages of 2021 AFCON, following the completion of Group E and F fixtures on Thursday.
Nigeria finished Group D with a third successive win as they beat Guinea-Bissau 2-0, leaving runners-up Egypt to face Ivory Coast in the next round.
Three-time former winners Nigeria continued their fine start to the competition by sweeping aside Guinea-Bissau courtesy of second-half goals from Umar Sadiq and captain William Troost-Ekong.
Super Eagles topped their group, claiming the maximum nine points after winning all three matches with Egypt, Sudan and Guinea Bissau.
Super Eagles will stay in Garoua to play third-placed team Tunisia in the last 16 on Sunday.
Big names like Algeria and Ghana failed to make it past the group stages.
Tunisia, who lost to Gambia 1-0 on Thursday, booked their place to the knockout phase as one of the four third-placed countries.
On the other hand, Egypt, who finished second in Nigeria’s group will have to step up and beat Ivory Coast for a place in the Quarter-Finals.
Africa Cup of Nations last-16 fixtures (all times GMT):
Sunday, Jan 23:
Burkina Faso v Gabon, Limbe, 16:00
Nigeria v Tunisia, Garoua, 19:00
Monday, Jan 24:
Guinea v Gambia, Bafoussam, 16:00pm
Cameroon v Comoros, Yaounde (Olembe), 19:00pm
Tuesday, Jan 25:
Senegal v Cape Verde, Bafoussam, 16:00pm
Morocco v Malawi, Yaounde (Ahmadou Ahidjo), 19:00pm
Wednesday, Jan 26:
Ivory Coast v Egypt, Douala, 16:00pm
Mali v Equatorial Guinea, Limbe, 19:00pm
Quarter-finals
Saturday, Jan 29:
Guinea or Gambia v Cameroon or Comoros, Douala, 16:00pm
Burkina Faso or Gabon v Nigeria or Tunisia, Garoua, 19:00pm
Sunday, Jan 30
Ivory Coast or Egypt v Morocco or Malawi, Yaounde (Olembe), 16:00pm.
Senegal or Cape Verde v Mali or Equatorial Guinea, Douala, 19:00pm
Semi-finals
Wednesday, Feb 2:
Burkina Faso, Gabon, Nigeria or Tunisia v Senegal, Cape Verde, Mali or Equatorial Guinea, Douala, 19:00pm.
Thursday, Feb 3:
Guinea, Gambia, Cameroon or Comoros v Ivory Coast, Egypt, Morocco or Malawi, Yaounde (Olembe), 19:00pm.
Third place
Sunday, Feb 6:
Losing semi-finalists, Yaounde (Ahmadou Ahidjo), 16:00pm.
Final
Sunday, Feb 6:
Winning semi-finalists, Yaounde (Olembe), 19:00pm.
