The final quarterfinal match marks the seventh meeting between Angola and Cape Verde. In the six previous matches, the statistics favor Angola, with five wins and only one loss, conceded in the last encounter.
It's also worth noting that Angola is the third-best team in Africa, while Cape Verde is currently ranked 7th. Globally, Angola is ranked 33rd, and Cape Verde is ranked 45th.
Individually, the match pits two players who won the championship for Real Madrid of Spain against each other: Angola's Bruno Fernando (26 years old) and Cape Verde's Edy Tavares (33 years old).
Interestingly, the match pits Edy Tavares, the tallest player in the competition (2.22 meters), against the shortest player, Angola's Childe Dundão (1.67 meters).
The Kilamba Arena will thus witness a duel between the Angolans, 11-time defending champions and under the pressure of playing at home, and the Cape Verdeans, who have never finished higher than third place but have already eliminated the current champions, Tunisia, from the competition.
The Cape Verdean coach is, curiously enough, Angolan Emanuel Trovoada, who has achieved several successes over the years in charge of the Cape Verdean national team. Spaniard Pep Clarós is responsible for the team's fate.
The duel, which will be the final match of the competition's quarterfinals, is scheduled for 7 p.m. this Thursday.
Before that, the first match of the day will be Egypt versus Cameroon, at 4 p.m., also at the Kilamba Pavilion.
