Mauritania is the fourth Arab team to exit the tournament. The Cape Verdean team qualifies for the quarter-finals of the African Cup.

Captain Mendes succeeded in scoring it after he shot hard into the net two minutes before the end. The Mauritania team became the fourthArab team to bid farewell to the current version of the competition. The Tunisian and Algerian teams, who exited the tournament early in the group stage, in addition to the Egyptian team, which lost to the Democratic Republic of Congo.