The Eagles booked their passage to the semifinal stage with a hard fought victory over Angola in the quarterfinal stage, where they had to come from behind to progress.

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The victory earned Nigeria a showdown against Sudan who defeated Zambia 1 - 0 in their quarterfinal fixture.

Nigeria and Sudan are bronze medallists at the CHAN, the Sudanese with a third place finish in 2011, while Stephen Keshi led the Super Eagles to a third place finish at the 2014 edition of the tournament.

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Both semifinals will take place on Wednesday, January 31

Morocco vs Libya at the Complexe Mohammed V Casablanca at (4:30, 5:30 Nigerian time)

Sudan vs Nigeria  at the Grand stade Marrakech , Marrakech at (7:30, 8:30 Nigerian time)