The AFCON 2024 tournament has reached the round of 16 stage after an entertaining group stage that ended on Wednesday 24th January with notable teams missing the knockout stage.Kenyastax.com has compiled all the AFCON 2024 round of 16 fixtures including their kick-off times in Kenyan time(EAT) and GMT.
What is it?
AFCON 2024 round of 16 fixtures. The CAF tournament is at this stage after African national teams battled in the group stage, leading to some qualifying and some missing out. The biggest team not to make it to the AFCON round of 16 is four-time tournament winner Ghana. The West African heavyweight finished 3rd in Group B after drawing 2 and losing 1 of the 3 games they played. Cape Verde finished top of Group B with 7 points while Egypt finished 2nd with 3 points.
On the other hand, the AFCON hosts Ivory Coast qualified despite finishing 3rd in Group A. Cote Divoire lost 4-0 to table winners Equatorial Guinea in their last match in the biggest defeat to a host nation in a long time.
Ivory Coast is now set to face the current champions Senegal in the round of 16.
When is the AFCON 2024 round of 16?
The AFCON 2024 round of 16 commences on Saturday, January 27th with Angola facing Namibia at 8 pm EAT(5 pm GMT). The round will end on Tuesday, January 30th with Morocco taking on South Africa at 11 pm EAT(8 pm GMT).
What TV Channel is AFCON’s round of 16 on?
KBC Channel 1 will show the AFCON 2024 round of 16 for free to all its viewers in Kenya and East Africa. Startimes subscribers in Kenya will also be able to watch the CAF tournament on Startimes.
In Nigeria, the AFCON round of 16 will be shown across Canal + CAN, Afrosport TV and Startimes. South Africans will watch Bafana Bafana play via Startimes and SABC Plus.
In Ghana, the AFCON 2024 round of 16 will be shown across GTV Sports+, Canal + and Startimes. In Zambia, ZNBC Zambia, New World and Startimes will be showing the AFCON round of 16.
For AFCON fans in Malawi, the round of 16 will be shown on Startimes.
Here is a table of the TV channels that will show the AFCON 2024 round of 16 stages for selected countries.
AFCON 2024 Round Of 16 TV Channels
| Country | TV Channel |
|---|---|
| Algeria 🇩🇿 | beIN Sports 1 AFCON, beIN SPORTS CONNECT, beIN Sports 2 AFCON |
| Angola 🇦🇴 | Girassol TV, AfroSport TV, TPA 2 |
| Benin 🇧🇯 | Canal+ CAN, New World Sport App |
| Botswana 🇧🇼 | YTV |
| Brazil 🇧🇷 | Band Play |
| Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 | New World Sport App, Canal+ CAN |
| Burundi 🇧🇮 | Canal+ CAN, New World Sport App, Startimes Sports Premium, AfroSport TV |
| Cameroon 🇨🇲 | New World Sport App, StarTimes App, AfroSport TV, Canal+ CAN, CRTV Sports |
| Canada 🇨🇦 | beIN Sports Canada, beIN SPORTS en Español, fuboTV Canada, beIN SPORTS CONNECT Canada, Fanatiz Canada |
| Cape Verde 🇨🇻 | RTC, Canal+ CAN, ZAP, AfroSport TV |
| Central African Republic 🇨🇫 | AfroSport TV, Canal+ CAN, New World Sport App |
| Chad 🇹🇩 | Canal+ CAN, AfroSport TV, Télé Tchad, beIN Sports 2 AFCON, beIN SPORTS CONNECT, New World Sport App, beIN Sports 1 AFCON |
| Comoros 🇰🇲 | New World Sport App |
| Congo 🇨🇬 | AfroSport TV, New World Sport App, StarTimes App, Télé Congo, Canal+ CAN, Startimes Sports Premium |
| Congo DR 🇨🇩 | AfroSport TV, New World Sport App, RTNC, StarTimes App |
| Cote D’Ivoire 🇨🇮 | New World Sport App, Canal+ CAN, RTI La 3, NCI |
| Djibouti 🇩🇯 | beIN Sports 1 AFCON, New World Sport App, AfroSport TV, beIN SPORTS CONNECT, Canal+ CAN, beIN Sports 2 AFCON |
| Egypt 🇪🇬 | beIN Sports 1 AFCON, beIN SPORTS CONNECT, beIN Sports 2 AFCON |
| Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 | AfroSport TV, Canal+ CAN, TVGE |
| Eritrea 🇪🇷 | AfroSport TV |
| Ethiopia 🇪🇹 | AfroSport TV |
| Gabon 🇬🇦 | AfroSport TV, Canal+ CAN, New World Sport App, RTG Gabon |
| Gambia 🇬🇲 | AfroSport TV, GRTS Gambia, Canal+ CAN |
| Ghana 🇬🇭 | Canal+ CAN, Startimes Sports Premium, AfroSport TV, StarTimes App, GTV Sports+ |
| Guinea 🇬🇳 | AfroSport TV, StarTimes App, RTG, Canal+ CAN, New World Sport App, Startimes Sports Premium |
| Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 | AfroSport TV, New World Sport App, ZAP, Canal+ CAN |
| Kenya 🇰🇪 | Startimes Sports Premium, KBC Channel 1, StarTimes App, AfroSport TV |
| Liberia 🇱🇷 | AfroSport TV |
| Libya 🇱🇾 | beIN Sports 2 AFCON, beIN SPORTS CONNECT, beIN Sports 1 AFCON |
| Madagascar 🇲🇬 | New World Sport App, StarTimes App |
| Malawi 🇲🇼 | StarTimes App |
| Mali 🇲🇱 | New World Sport App, Canal+ CAN, ORTM Mali |
| Mauritania 🇲🇷 | AfroSport TV, New World Sport App, beIN Sports 1 AFCON, Canal+ CAN, beIN Sports 2 AFCON, beIN SPORTS CONNECT |
| Mauritius 🇲🇺 | New World Sport App |
| Morocco 🇲🇦 | beIN Sports 2 AFCON, beIN Sports 1 AFCON, beIN SPORTS CONNECT |
| Mozambique 🇲🇿 | TVM, StarTimes App, Startimes Sports Premium, ZAP |
| Namibia 🇳🇦 | NBC TV |
| Niger 🇳🇪 | AfroSport TV, New World Sport App, Canal+ CAN |
| Nigeria 🇳🇬 | StarTimes App, Startimes Sports Premium, AfroSport TV, Canal+ CAN |
| Rwanda 🇷🇼 | Startimes Sports Premium, StarTimes App, Canal+ CAN, AfroSport TV, New World Sport App |
| Senegal 🇸🇳 | New World Sport App, RTS 1, AfroSport TV, Canal+ CAN |
| Seychelles 🇸🇨 | New World Sport App |
| Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 | StarTimes App, Startimes Sports Premium, AfroSport TV, Canal+ CAN |
| Somalia 🇸🇴 | beIN SPORTS CONNECT, AfroSport TV, beIN Sports 2 AFCON, beIN Sports 1 AFCON |
| South Africa 🇿🇦 | Startimes Sports Premium, SABC Plus, StarTimes App |
| South Sudan 🇸🇸 | AfroSport TV, beIN SPORTS CONNECT, beIN Sports 1 AFCON, beIN Sports 2 AFCON |
| Sudan 🇸🇩 | beIN SPORTS CONNECT, beIN Sports 1 AFCON, beIN Sports 2 AFCON, AfroSport TV |
| Tanzania 🇹🇿 | Startimes Sports Premium, StarTimes App, AfroSport TV |
| Togo 🇹🇬 | Canal+ CAN, AfroSport TV, New World Sport App |
| Tunisia 🇹🇳 | beIN SPORTS CONNECT, beIN Sports 1 AFCON, beIN Sports 2 AFCON |
| Turkey 🇹🇷 | S Sport+, Exxen |
| Uganda 🇺🇬 | StarTimes App, New World Sport App, Sanyuka Prime, Startimes Sports Premium, AfroSport TV |
| United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 | beIN Sports 1 AFCON, beIN SPORTS CONNECT, beIN Sports 2 AFCON |
| United Kingdom 🇬🇧 | SKY GO Extra, Sky Sports Football |
| United States 🇺🇸 | beIN SPORTS CONNECT, beIN SPORTS, beIN SPORTS en Españ |
| Zambia 🇿🇲 | StarTimes App, ZNBC Zambia, New World Sport App, AfroSport TV |
| Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 | New World Sport App, AfroSport TV, ZBC TV |
Now that you know the TV channels to watch, here are the confirmed AFCON fixtures.
AFCON Round of 16 Fixtures in Kenyan Time(EAT) and GMT
| Date | Fixture | Kick-off time(EAT) | Kick-off time(GMT) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Jan 27 | Angola vs Namibia | 8 pm | 5 pm |
| Nigeria vs Cameroon | 11 pm | 8 pm | |
| Sun Jan 28 | Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea | 8 pm | 5 pm |
| Egypt vs DR Congo | 11 pm | 8 pm | |
| Mon Jan 29 | Cape Verde vs Mauritania | 8 pm | 5 pm |
| Senegal vs Ivory Coast | 11 pm | 8 pm | |
| Tue Jan 30 | Mali vs Burkina Faso | 8 pm | 5 pm |
| Morocco vs South Africa | 11 pm | 8 pm |