West Africans dominated the last four places of the ongoing Nations Championships in Rwanda after registering victories in the quarterfinal matches.

Soka25east sampled some of the best pictures of the victors with only the Democratic Republic of Congo the only team outside West Africa to make the cut.

Congo DR beat hosts Amavubi of Rwanda 2-1 in extra time to set a clash with the Syli Nationale of Guinea who shocked Zambia 5-4 in the penalty shootouts.

Perharps the most shocking news of the quarter finals was the elimination of pre tournament and tournament favourites Tunisia who paraded the likes of Entente Setif Ahmed Akaichi and Mohammed Amor.
Akaichi although left the tournament shoulder high with 4 goals to his tag.

Guinea eliminated Katongo lead Zambia after a hard fought 0-0 in both normal and regulation time.Zambia’s goal however was disallowed amid protests.

Cameroon’s fine run in the tournament which included a 3-1 drubbing of Congo was tested to a humiliating 3-0 defeat the hands of the Elephants of Cote D’Ivoire.

These are some of the pictures in brief sampled by Soka25east from different venues in Butare,Rubavu,Nyamirambo and Huye.

DR Congo players celebrating after eliminating hosts Rwanda with a Heritier Luvumbu goal and a Padou Bompunga winner.

Mali’s Abdoulaye Diarra celebrating his winning goal against Tunisia

Ivory Coast players joining hands after eliminating giants Cameroon.Koffi Davy Mahinde Boua,Atcho Hermann Junior Djobo and captain Yao Serge N’guessan all scored the goals

The last quarterfinal saw Guinea squeeze past the Copper Bullets after an entertaining 0-0 draw.5-4 was the scoreline.Guinea players seen here singing to the tune Congolese musician Koffi Olomide’s latest hit

However the most painful of it all was the elimination of the host nation Rwanda,The Amavubi may have surpus the expectations of many but they thought they should have reached the final more so after registering a 1-0 win over Ivory Coast.
seen here is a disappointed section of Rwandese fans after Congolese Padou Bompunga scored the winner

Austin Oduor

talking African football