Hosts Equatorial Guinea pulled off one of the shocks of the tournament to reach the quarter finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.
The National Lightening, as the Equato-Guinean side are known, stunned Gabon thanks to a penalty from Javier Balboa and a late second from Ivan Edu to put their neighbours out of the competition.
Equitorial Guinea Qualify For AFCON 2015 quarter finals
In the other game, A Bance goal for Burkina-faso wasn’t enough for his side as they crashed to a 2-1 lost to Congo. Congo progressed to the quarter finals for the first time in 23 years (1992) thanks to goals from Bifouma and Fabrice Ondama.
Congo top the group on 7 points while Equitorial Guinea finished 2nd on 5pts.
AFCON 2015 Group A Final Standings
Meanwhile, the hosts of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be announced on April 8 in Cairo, Egypt.
The date was officially revealed on January 22 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
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