2017 Africa Cup of Nations

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2017 (in French)
	Cameroon won the tournament.
Tournament details
Host country	Gabon
Dates	14 January – 5 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (5th title)
Runners-up	Egypt
Third place	Burkina Faso
Fourth place	Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	66 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Junior Kabananga (3)
Best player(s)	Christian Bassogog
	← 2015 2019 →

The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (also called AFCON 2017 and CAN 2017) was the 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. The tournament hosted by Gabon.^[1] It was held from 14 January to 5 February 2017.

The winner of this tournament qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup tournament in Russia.

Teams

The draw for the qualification stage took place on 8 April 2015.^[2] The following teams have qualified for the final tournament.

Algeria (Group J winners)
Burkina Faso (Group D winners)
Cameroon (Group M winners)
DR Congo (Group B winners)
Egypt (Group G winners)
Gabon (hosts)
Ghana (Group H winners)
Guinea-Bissau (Group E winners)

Ivory Coast (Group I winners)
Mali (Group C winners or runners-up)
Morocco (Group F winners)
Senegal (Group K winners)
Togo (Group A runners-up)
Tunisia (Group A winners)
Uganda (Group D runners-up)
Zimbabwe (Group L winners)

Group stage

The draw took place on the 19th of October 2016 in Libreville.^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burkina Faso	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
2	Cameroon	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Gabon	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Guinea-Bissau	3	0	1	2	2	5	–3	1


14 January 2017
Gabon	1–1	Guinea-Bissau
Burkina Faso	1–1	Cameroon
18 January 2017
Gabon	1–1	Burkina Faso
Cameroon	2–1	Guinea-Bissau
22 January 2017
Cameroon	0–0	Gabon
Guinea-Bissau	0–2	Burkina Faso

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Senegal	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
2	Tunisia	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Algeria	3	0	2	1	5	6	–1	2
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	1	2	4	8	–4	1


15 January 2017
Algeria	2–2	Zimbabwe
Tunisia	0–2	Senegal
19 January 2017
Algeria	1–2	Tunisia
Senegal	2–0	Zimbabwe
23 January 2017
Senegal	2–2	Algeria
Zimbabwe	2–4	Tunisia

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	DR Congo	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
2	Morocco	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Ivory Coast	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
4	Togo	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1


16 January 2017
Ivory Coast	0–0	Togo
DR Congo	1–0	Morocco
20 January 2017
Ivory Coast	2–2	DR Congo
Morocco	3–1	Togo
24 January 2017
Morocco	1–0	Ivory Coast
Togo	1–3	DR Congo

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Egypt	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
2	Ghana	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6
3	Mali	3	0	2	1	1	2	–1	2
4	Uganda	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	1


17 January 2017
Ghana	1–0	Uganda
Mali	0–0	Egypt
21 January 2017
Ghana	1–0	Mali
Egypt	1–0	Uganda
25 January 2017
Egypt	1–0	Ghana
Uganda	1–1	Mali

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final




















		Third place play-off

2017 Africa Cup of Nations
Cameroon 5th title

Statistics

Top scorers

3 goals

Junior Kabananga

2 goals

Riyad Mahrez
Islam Slimani
Aristide Bancé
Préjuce Nakoulma
Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
Paul-José M'Poku
Mohamed Salah
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
André Ayew
Sadio Mané
Naïm Sliti

1 goal

Sofiane Hanni
Issoufou Dayo
Alain Traoré
Bertrand Traoré
Vincent Aboubakar
Christian Bassogog
Benjamin Moukandjo
Nicolas Nkoulou
Sébastien Siani
Neeskens Kebano
Firmin Ndombe Mubele
Mohamed Elneny
Kahraba
Abdallah Said
Jordan Ayew
Asamoah Gyan
Piqueti
Juary Soares
Wilfried Bony
Serey Dié
Yves Bissouma
Rachid Alioui
Aziz Bouhaddouz
Youssef En-Nesyri
Romain Saïss
Papakouli Diop
Kara Mbodji
Henri Saivet
Moussa Sow
Mathieu Dossevi
Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
Wahbi Khazri
Taha Yassine Khenissi
Youssef Msakni
Farouk Miya
Kudakwashe Mahachi
Tendai Ndoro
Nyasha Mushekwi
Knowledge Musona

Own goals

Aïssa Mandi (against Tunisia)
Rudinilson Silva (against Burkina Faso)

References

↑ "Gabon named hosts of AFCON 2017". CAF. 8 April 2015.
↑ "Format of 2017 AFCON Qualifiers and 2018 World Cup". CAFonline.com. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
↑ "Accreditation for Total Africa Cup of Nations Gabon 2017 draw".

[Gabon-1] "Gabon named hosts of AFCON 2017". CAF. 8 April 2015.

[draw-announcement-2] "Format of 2017 AFCON Qualifiers and 2018 World Cup". CAFonline.com. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

[3] "Accreditation for Total Africa Cup of Nations Gabon 2017 draw".

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e Africa Cup of Nations
Tournaments	Sudan 1957 United Arab Republic 1959 Ethiopia 1962 Ghana 1963 Tunisia 1965 Ethiopia 1968 Sudan 1970 Cameroon 1972 Egypt 1974 Ethiopia 1976 Ghana 1978 Nigeria 1980 Libya 1982 Ivory Coast 1984 Egypt 1986 Morocco 1988 Algeria 1990 Senegal 1992 Tunisia 1994 South Africa 1996 Burkina Faso 1998 Ghana/Nigeria 2000 Mali 2002 Tunisia 2004 Egypt 2006 Ghana 2008 Angola 2010 Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 South Africa 2013 Equatorial Guinea 2015 Gabon 2017 Egypt 2019 Cameroon 2022 Ivory Coast 2023 Guinea 2025
Qualification	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022
Finals	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019
Squads	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019
Statistics	Appearances Records and statistics Goalscorers Hat-tricks Penalty shoot-outs Own goals Red cards
No qualification took place in 1957 and 1959 as places were given by invitation only. In 1959 and 1976, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.