(AFCON 2025:)
(Group Stage- Matchday 1 of 3:)
(Nigeria 4-0 Tanzania)
(Date: 23rd December, 2025)
The next day, on 24th December, the remaining teams in the group stage ducked it out on the pitch.
Algeria won convincingly over Sudan 2-0, securing 3 points while the reigning champions of the AFCON Ivory Coast won 3-1 over Mozambique. Cameroon vs Gabon was a 1-1 draw, while Burkina Faso won 1-0 over Equatorial Guinea.
With these results, Matchday 1 of the AFCON 2025 group stage finally came to an end.
Matchday 1 did not lack exciting games, there was a bunch of it.
In the build-up to the AFCON tournament, there were 5 African countries that were billed as the favorites; namely Morocco, Senegal, Egypt, Nigeria, and Ivory Coast, the reigning champions.
At the end of matchday 1, none of the favorites fumbled, all 5 countries managing to win their games, amassing the maximum 3 points each.
