African Nations Cup: Thursday Wins For Madagascar, Kenya, Algeria (Who Advances To Knockout Stage); Tanzania Eliminated

The African Nations Cup continued on Thursday in Egypt with three more group-stage games.

GROUP B:

At Alexandria:

Marco Ilaimaharitra scored the only goal of the match in the 76th minute as Madagascar placed themselves on the cusp of a knockout-stage berth by defeating Burundi 1-0.

Group B Standings:

1. x-Nigeria (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 6)
2.    Madagascar (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
3.    Guinea (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)
4.    Burundi (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 0)



GROUP C (both games played at June 30 Stadium in Cairo):

Game One:

Mohamed Belaili scored the only goal of the match in the 49th minute as Algeria defeated Senegal 1-0 to advance to the knockout stage.

Game Two:

Michael Olunga scored twice (39', 80') as Kenya defeated Tanzania 3-2 to knock the Taifa Stars out of the tournament.

Group C Standings:

1. x-Algeria (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
2.    Senegal (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3.    Kenya (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 3)
4. z-Tanzania (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS: 0)

x-Clinched berth in knockout stage

z-Eliminated from tournament