• Burkina Faso 0-0 Zambia
• Burkina Faso top group; Zambia finish third
Zambia, the defending champions, tumbled out of the Africa Cup of Nations after failing to beat Burkina Faso, who finish the surprise winners of Group C after a goalless draw in Nelspruit.
A solid, defensive performance held at bay all that an increasingly desperate Zambia could throw at Burkina Faso and the result, combined with Nigeria's victory over Ethiopia in Rustenburg, means Zambia will play no further part in the tournament, the first holders to be eliminated at the first stage since Algeria in 1992.
Burkina Faso, rank outsiders coming into the tournament, will play Togo or Tunisia in the quarter-finals on Sunday.
"We believed we could go further in this. It's a night of history for Burkina Faso," said the coach, Paul Putt. It is the first time since 1998, and only the second time ever, that they have reached the last eight.
"We had double motivation being close to qualification and playing against the champions," the Belgian-born coach added. "I told the players this chance might never come again."
Zambia will rue missing their only real chance of the game in the 17th minute when the former Portsmouth forward Collins Mbesuma shot straight at the goalkeeper.
Zambia dominated most of the game and virtually camped in the Burkina Faso half after the interval, throwing their centre-backs into centre-forward positions for the final 10 minutes. But the defence held firm and Burkina Faso might have sneaked a goal in the last minute on the counterattack when Jonathan Pitroipa just missed stretching home a cross from Charles Kaboré.
Burkina Faso did suffer one setback with an early injury to Alain Traoré, top scorer at the tournament, who went off with a knee injury in the 11th minute.