Guinea set up a clash with Ghana in the 3rd quarter-final to be played on Sunday at the Nuevo Estadio de Malabo at 18:00 CAT
Guinea have reached the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals at the expense of Mali after the drawing of lots.

Michel Dussuyer's side will face Ghana on Sunday following the draw at a Malabo hotel.

Guinea and Mali had finished level in Group D after they drew all three pool matches 1-1.

It is the first time lots have decided a team's qualification in the tournament since 1988, when Algeria profited at Ivory Coast's expense.

This time, Ivory Coast finished top of Group D in Equatorial Guinea after beating Cameroon 1-0 - the only match in the group not to finish in a 1-1 draw.

How Group D finished

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Ivory Coast

3

1

2

0

3

2

5

Mali

3

0

3

0

3

3

3

Guinea

3

0

3

0

3

3

3

Cameroon

3

0

2

1

2

3

2

One representative from Guinea and Mali took part in Thursday's draw, which involved selecting balls from a bowl.

Mali's football association president Boubacar Diarra went first and pulled out the ball that placed them third in the group.

With Diarra in tears, Amara Dabo, financial director of the Guinea sports ministry, then drew the ball that confirmed his side in second place.

Dabo said: "The god of football fortune has smiled upon Guinea after this hard long journey."

Former Mali international and ex-Tottenham and West Ham striker Frederic Kanoute, 37, expressed his disappointment at the drawing of lots to decide who went through.

He tweeted: "This is no longer sport. But courage to our Guinean brothers."

 

Guinea coach Dussuyer and Mali boss Henri Kasperczak had also both said before Thursday's draw that it was an unfair way of separating the teams.

"Mali do not deserve to be eliminated in this way, just as we do not," Dussuyer said.

Kasperczak added: "We have to solve the problems of qualification without a drawing of lots."

First time in history tossing coin

Omooba77:
First time in history tossing coin

not good this coin thing

Why not play penalties between Mali and Guinea than throw coin. I wonder how that connects to football.

Another cracker!!!!

Ghana -Guinea

hope u understand dat scoreline?