2017 Africa Cup of Nations

The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Total Africa Cup of Nations, Gabon 2017 (also referred to as AFCON 2017 or CAN 2017), was the 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was scheduled to be hosted by Libya,[1] until CAF rescinded its hosting rights in August 2014 due to ongoing war in the country.[2] The tournament was instead hosted by Gabon.[3] This event was also part of the Africa Cup of Nations 60th Anniversary.

2017 Africa Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2017
Tournament details
Host countryGabon
Dates14 January – 5 February 2017
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored66 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s) Junior Kabananga
(3 goals)
Best player(s) Christian Bassogog
Fair play award Egypt

Cameroon won their fifth title after defeating seven-time champions Egypt 2–1 in the final.[4] Burkina Faso finished third after beating Ghana 1–0 in the third place play-off.

As champions, Cameroon qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Tournament hosts Gabon and defending champions Ivory Coast were both eliminated in the group stage after failing to win any of their three group games.

Host selection

First bidding

Bids :

NationLast hosted
Botswana[5] -
Cameroon[6] 1972
DR Congo[7] -
Guinea[8] -
Morocco[9] 1988
South Africa[10] 1996[11]
Zambia[12] -
Zimbabwe[13] -

CAF received 3 bids before 30 September 2010, the deadline, to host either the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations or 2017 from DR Congo, Morocco and South Africa. All three bids were originally put on a shortlist.[14] CAF then began an inspection procedure, on November and December 2010, intending to visit each bidding country to view stadiums, infrastructure, and football interest. They inspected the DR Congo first.[15] Shortly after the inspection, DR Congo informed CAF that they would be withdrawing their bids for both the 2015 and 2017 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.[16] Morocco was the next country to be inspected, with CAF visiting the country in early November 2010.[17] South Africa was inspected in December 2010.

NationLast hosted
Morocco 1988
South Africa 1996

On 29 January, during the 2011 CAF Super Cup, the CAF executive committee decided that Morocco would host 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, while the 2017 edition would be held in South Africa. However, due to the Libyan Civil War, Libya and South Africa traded years with South Africa hosting in 2013 and Libya hosting in 2017.[1]

Second bidding

Bids :

  • Algeria
  • Egypt
  • Gabon
  • Ghana

After Libya was withdrawn as the venue on 22 August 2014, the CAF announced that they would be receiving applications for the new hosts until 30 September 2014.[18]

Algeria, Egypt, Gabon, and Ghana, were determined by the CAF to be compliant with the host criteria.[19][20] Later, Egypt withdrew.[21]

Other countries which expressed an interest but did not bid included Ethiopia,[22] Mali,[23] and Tanzania.[24] Kenya discussed a joint bid with neighbors Rwanda and Uganda,[25] but eventually bid alone.

On 8 April 2015,[26] CAF President Issa Hayatou announced Gabon as the replacement hosts following votes by the CAF Executive Committee.[3]

Results
Nation Votes
Gabon 9
Algeria 4
Ghana 0
Egypt Withdrew
Total votes 13

Qualification

  Qualified
  Failed to qualify
  Withdrew or did not enter
  Not part of CAF

The draw for the qualification stage took place on 8 April 2015, immediately after the announcement of the host nation.[26] The host nation team were also drawn into a group and would play games against those in that group; however, those matches would only be considered as friendlies and not counted for the standings.

51 nations entered the qualifying stage with Eritrea and Somalia declining to enter and Chad withdrawing.

Due to the cancellation of Morocco being hosts of the 2015 edition, the national team of Morocco were originally banned by CAF from entering the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cups of Nations.[27] However, the ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, allowing Morocco to enter the tournament.[28]

Three-time champions Nigeria did not qualify.[29]

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[30]

Team Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA ranking
at start of event
 GabonHosts8 April 20157th2015Quarter-finals (1996, 2012)108
 MoroccoGroup F winners29 March 201616th2013Winners (1976)57
 AlgeriaGroup J winners2 June 201617th2015Winners (1990)39
 CameroonGroup M winners3 June 201618th2015Winners (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002)62
 SenegalGroup K winners4 June 201614th2015Runners-up (2002)33
 EgyptGroup G winners4 June 201623rd2010Winners (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)35
 GhanaGroup H winners5 June 201621st2015Winners (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)54
 Guinea-BissauGroup E winners5 June 20161stnoneDebut68
 ZimbabweGroup L winners5 June 20163rd2006Group stage (2004, 2006)103
 MaliGroup C winners5 June 201610th2015Runners-up (1972)64
 Ivory CoastGroup I winners3 September 201622nd2015Winners (1992, 2015)34
 UgandaGroup D runners-up4 September 20166th1978Runners-up (1978)73
 Burkina FasoGroup D winners4 September 201611th2015Runners-up (2013)53
 TunisiaGroup A winners4 September 201618th2015Winners (2004)36
 DR CongoGroup B winners4 September 201618th2015Winners (1968, 1974)49
 TogoGroup A runners-up4 September 20168th2013Quarter-finals (2013)90

Venues

The four venues were confirmed in October 2016.[31]

Libreville Franceville Oyem Port-Gentil
Stade de l'Amitié Stade de Franceville Stade d'Oyem Stade de Port-Gentil
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 20,500 Capacity: 20,000

Squads

Each team could register a squad of 23 players.[32]

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

Referees
Assistant referees

Format

Only the hosts received an automatic qualification spot; the other 15 teams qualified through a qualification tournament. At the finals, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams each. The teams in each group played a single round robin. After the group stage, the top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The quarter-final winners advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-final losers played in a third place match, while the semi-final winners played in the final.[32]

Draw

The draw took place on 19 October 2016, 18:30 UTC+1, in Libreville, Gabon.[33][34]

The seedings approved by the Organising Committee of the Africa Cup of Nations at its meeting on Monday, 26 September 2016 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, was determined taking into account the performance of the qualified teams during the following competitions:[35][36][37]

  • Africa Cup of Nations final tournaments (2012, 2013, 2015)
  • Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers (2013, 2015, 2017)
  • FIFA World Cup (2014)
  • FIFA World Cup qualifiers (2014)
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Gabon (22 pts; hosts, assigned to A1)
 Ivory Coast (63.5 pts; title holders, assigned to C1)
 Ghana (56.5 pts)
 Algeria (43.5 pts)

 Tunisia (34.5 pts)
 Mali (33.5 pts)
 Burkina Faso (33.5 pts)
 DR Congo (29.5 pts)

 Cameroon (29 pts)
 Senegal (24 pts)
 Morocco (18.5 pts)
 Egypt (15.5 pts)

 Togo (15.5 pts)
 Uganda (12 pts)
 Zimbabwe (10 pts)
 Guinea-Bissau (8.5 pts)

Group stage

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).[38]

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 74):[32]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to teams concerned, two or three teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between these teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 applied;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Burkina Faso 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Cameroon 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  Gabon (H) 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4  Guinea-Bissau 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 1
Source: CAF
(H) Host.
Gabon 1–1 Guinea-Bissau
Aubameyang  52' Report Juary  90+1'
Burkina Faso 1–1 Cameroon
Dayo  75' Report Moukandjo  35'

Gabon 1–1 Burkina Faso
Aubameyang  38' (pen.) Report Nakoulma  23'
Cameroon 2–1 Guinea-Bissau
Report Piqueti  13'
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Cameroon 0–0 Gabon
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
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
Source: CAF
Algeria 2–2 Zimbabwe
Mahrez  12', 82' Report
Tunisia 0–2 Senegal
Report

Algeria 1–2 Tunisia
Hanni  90+2' Report
Senegal 2–0 Zimbabwe
Report
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Senegal 2–2 Algeria
Report Slimani  10', 52'
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Zimbabwe 2–4 Tunisia
Report
Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  DR Congo 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
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
Source: CAF
Ivory Coast 0–0 Togo
Report
DR Congo 1–0 Morocco
Kabananga  55' Report

Ivory Coast 2–2 DR Congo
Report
Morocco 3–1 Togo
Report Dossevi  5'
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Morocco 1–0 Ivory Coast
Alioui  64' Report
Togo 1–3 DR Congo
Laba  69' Report

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
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
Source: CAF
Ghana 1–0 Uganda
A. Ayew  32' (pen.) Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Mali 0–0 Egypt
Report

Ghana 1–0 Mali
Gyan  21' Report
Egypt 1–0 Uganda
Said  89' Report

Egypt 1–0 Ghana
M. Salah  11' Report
Uganda 1–1 Mali
Miya  70' Report Bissouma  73'

Knockout stage

Cameroon players celebrating their victory in the final

In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third place, where no extra time was played (Regulations Article 75).[32]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 January – Libreville
 
 
 Burkina Faso2
 
1 February – Libreville
 
 Tunisia0
 
 Burkina Faso1 (3)
 
29 January – Port-Gentil
 
 Egypt (p)1 (4)
 
 Egypt1
 
5 February – Libreville
 
 Morocco0
 
 Egypt1
 
28 January – Franceville
 
 Cameroon2
 
 Senegal0 (4)
 
2 February – Franceville
 
 Cameroon (p)0 (5)
 
 Cameroon2
 
29 January – Oyem
 
 Ghana0 Third place play-off
 
 DR Congo1
 
4 February – Port-Gentil
 
 Ghana2
 
 Burkina Faso1
 
 
 Ghana0
 

Quarter-finals

Burkina Faso 2–0 Tunisia
Report


DR Congo 1–2 Ghana
M'Poku  68' Report

Egypt 1–0 Morocco
Kahraba  88' Report

Semi-finals


Cameroon 2–0 Ghana
Report

Third place play-off

Burkina Faso 1–0 Ghana
Al. Traoré  89' Report

Final

Egypt 1–2 Cameroon
Elneny  22' Report
Attendance: 38,250

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[40]

Total Man of the Competition
Top Scorer
Fair Play prize
CAF Team of the tournament
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Substitutes
Fabrice Ondoa Kara Mbodji
Ahmed Hegazi
Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
Charles Kaboré
Wakaso Mubarak
Bertrand Traoré
Christian Atsu
Mohamed Salah
Christian Bassogog
Junior Kabananga
Essam El-Hadary
Cheikhou Kouyaté
Préjuce Nakoulma
Aristide Bancé
Benjamin Moukandjo
Zezinho
Mbark Boussoufa

Final standings

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos. Team G Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Cameroon A 6 3 3 0 12 7 3 +4
2  Egypt D 6 3 2 1 11 5 3 +2
3  Burkina Faso A 6 3 3 0 12 8 3 +5
4  Ghana D 6 3 0 3 9 4 5 -1
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Senegal C 4 2 2 0 8 6 2 +4
6  DR Congo B 4 2 1 1 7 7 5 +2
7  Morocco C 4 2 0 2 6 4 3 +1
8  Tunisia B 4 2 0 2 6 6 7 -1
Eliminated in group stage
9  Gabon A 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 0
10  Algeria B 3 0 2 1 2 5 6 -1
11  Ivory Coast C 3 0 2 1 2 2 3 -1
12  Mali D 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 -1
13  Uganda C 3 0 1 2 1 1 3 -2
14  Guinea-Bissau A 3 0 1 2 1 2 5 -3
15  Zimbabwe B 3 0 1 2 1 4 8 -4
16  Togo C 3 0 1 2 1 2 6 -4

Sponsorship

In July 2016, Total secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support ten of its principal competitions, including the Africa Cup of Nations (renamed the Total Africa Cup of Nations).[41]

Title SponsorOfficial Sponsors

Match ball

Mitre took over as the official match ball supplier following the expiration of the contract between Adidas and CAF. CAF Mitre Delta Hyperseam was the name of the official match ball.[43]

Mascot

The official mascot of the tournament was "Samba", a black panther.[44]

Controversy

Website attack

On 21 January, Russian hacking group New World Hackers claimed to have taken the official CAF website down in response to CAF's decision to choose Gabon as host nation. "We did this in protest against Gabon", the person claiming to be one of the hackers wrote in an email. "They are running the Africa Cup in a country where the dictator Ali Bongo is killing innocent people!"[45]

Media

Broadcasting

Territory Channel Ref
 Asia-Pacific BeIN Sports [46]
 Australia beIN Sports [46]
 Bangladesh Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 Benin ORTB
 Bhutan Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 Brazil SporTV
 Canada beIN Sports (English)
Univision Canada (Spanish)
RDS (French)
[46]
 Cape Verde RTC
 Caribbean Flow Sports
Central America ESPN
 Colombia Caracol TV
RCN Television
 Democratic Republic of the Congo RTNC
DOMTOM France Télévisions
 Equatorial Guinea RTVGE
 France beIN Sports [46]
 Gabon GTV
 Ghana GTV/KTV
 India Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 Ireland Eurosport Ireland
RTÉ Sport
[47]
 Israel Sport 5
 Italy Fox Sports Italia [46]
 Ivory Coast RTI
 Cameroon CRTV
 Japan NHK
 Maldives Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 Mali ORTM
MENA beIN Sports
 Mexico Televisa
ESPN
Nepal Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 Netherlands Fox Sports Netherlands [46]
 New Zealand Sky Sport
 Pacific Islands Sky Sport
 Pakistan Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 Portugal Eurosport Portugal
 San Marino Fox Sports Italia
 Senegal RTS
 South Africa SABC
 South America (except Brazil) ESPN
 South Korea JTBC3 Fox Sports
 Southeastern Europe Arena Sport 1
 Spain Eurosport Spain [46]
 Sri Lanka Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 Sub-Saharan Africa SuperSport (English and Portuguese)
TV5Monde Afrique (French)
Canal+ Sport Afrique
[46]
 Togo TVT international
 Turkey Tivibu Spor [46]
 United Kingdom Eurosport [47]
 United States beIN Sports (English and Spanish) [46]
  Vatican City Fox Sports Italia

^1 - Available in the following countries: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia

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