2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Dates	12 June 2015 – 4 September 2016
Teams	51 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	144
Goals scored	363 (2.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hillal Soudani; (7 goals)

The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, the 31st edition of the international men's football championship of Africa. A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Gabon who qualified automatically as hosts.[1]

Draw

A total of 52 teams entered the tournament, including the hosts (Gabon) which qualified automatically for the final tournament. The draw for the qualification stage took place on 8 April 2015, immediately after the announcement of the host nation,[2] originally scheduled at 12:30 UTC+2 at the Marriott ‘Zamalek’ Hotel in Cairo, Egypt,[3] but delayed to 15:00.[4] The host nation team (Gabon) was also drawn into a group and played games against those in that group; however, these matches were only be considered as friendlies and not counted for the standings.

Due to the cancellation of Morocco being hosts of the 2015 edition, the national team of Morocco were originally banned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to enter the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cups of Nations.[5] However, the ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, allowing Morocco to enter the tournament.[6]

Seeding

For seeding, the teams were ranked using CAF's own system which were calculated based on the team's performance in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament, the three most recent editions the Africa Cup of Nations, and their qualifying campaigns.[7][8]

Pot	Rank	Team	Tournaments and weighting factor							Total
			2015 AFCON	2015 AFCON Q.	2013 AFCON	2013 AFCON Q.	2012 AFCON	2012 AFCON Q.	2014 FIFA WC Q.
			× 3	× 2	× 2	× 1	× 1	× 0.5	× 1
Pot 1	1	Ivory Coast	24	8	6	3	6	2	7	56
	2	Ghana	18	10	8	3	4	2	7	52
	3	Tunisia	9	10	4	3	3	1.5	5	35.5
	4	Burkina Faso	3	8	12	3	1	2	5	34
	5	Mali	6	8	8	3	4	2	3	34
	6	Nigeria		6	16	3		1.5	7	33.5
	7	Algeria	9	10	2	3		1	7	32
	8	Zambia	3	8	4	3	8	2	3	31
	9	Cape Verde	6	10	6	3		1.5	3	29.5
	10	DR Congo	12	6	4	3		1	2	28
	11	Guinea	9	8		2	2	2	3	26
	12	Senegal	6	8		2	1	2	5	24
	13	Cameroon	3	10		2		1.5	7	23.5
Pot 2	14	South Africa	3	10	6			1.5	3	23.5
Pot X	15	Gabon (Host)	6	10		2	3		2	23
Pot 2	16	Congo	9	8		1		1	3	22
	17	Equatorial Guinea	12	1		2	3		1	19
	18	Angola		6	2	3	2	2	2	17
	19	Ethiopia		4	2	3		1	5	15
	20	Togo		4	6	3		0.5	1	14.5
	21	Morocco			4	3	2	2	3	14
	22	Niger		4	2	3	1	2	1	13
	23	Egypt		6		1		0.5	5	12.5
	24	Uganda		6		2		1.5	3	12.5
	25	Malawi		6		2		1	3	12
	26	Sudan		4		2	3	1.5	1	11.5
	27	Mozambique		6		2		1	2	11
Pot 3	28	Botswana		4		2	1	2	2	11
	29	Libya		1		2	2	1.5	3	9.5
	30	Sierra Leone		4		2		1	2	9
	31	Lesotho		4					2	6
	32	Kenya		2		1		1	2	6
	33	Benin		2		1		0.5	2	5.5
	34	Rwanda		2		1		1.5	1	5.5
	35	Tanzania		2		1		0.5	2	5.5
	36	Central African Republic		1		2		1.5	1	5.5
	37	Zimbabwe		1		2		1	1	5
	38	Liberia		1		2		0.5	1	4.5
	39	Gambia		1		1		1.5	1	4.5
	40	Namibia		1		1		1	1	4
Pot 4	41	Guinea-Bissau		2		1		0.5		3.5
	42	Seychelles		2		1				3
	43	Burundi		1		1		1		3
	44	Mauritania		2				0.5		2.5
	45	Chad		1		1		0.5		2.5
	45	Madagascar		1		1		0.5		2.5
	47	São Tomé and Príncipe		1		1				2
	48	Comoros		1				0.5		1.5
	48	Swaziland		1				0.5		1.5
	50	South Sudan		1						1
	51	Mauritius						0.5		0.5
	52	Djibouti								0

Non-participants

Procedure

The draw procedure is as follows:[9]

The hosts are placed in its own Pot X. A drawing of lots determines which group the hosts are "drawn" to play friendlies against (meaning this group in effect only has three teams).
The 13 teams in Pot 1 are drawn, with each group containing one team.
The 13 teams in Pot 2 are drawn, with each group containing one team.
The 13 teams in Pot 3 are drawn, with each group containing one team.
The 12 teams in Pot 4 are drawn, with each group, except the one with only three teams (where the host had already been "drawn" into), containing one team.

Format

There were thirteen groups, twelve with four teams and one with three teams (plus the host nation which played friendlies with the three teams). The group winners and two best overall runners-up qualified for the tournament.[2] When determining the best runners-up, the group of the host nation (where only matches between three teams were counted for the standings) was not considered, as well as any group where only three teams were left due to withdrawal of one team.[2]

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:[10]

Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 apply;
Goal difference in all games;
Goals scored in all games;
Away goals scored in all games;
Drawing of lots.

Schedule

The qualifiers started with the first matches played in the FIFA international dates of 8–16 June 2015.[2][11]

Matchday	Date
Matchday 1	12–14 June 2015
Matchday 2	4–6 September 2015
Matchday 3	23–26 March 2016
Matchday 4	27–29 March 2016
Matchday 5	3–5 June 2016
Matchday 6	2–4 September 2016

Groups

The thirteen group winners and the two best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	6	4	1	1	16	3	+13	13	Final tournament	—	1–0	4–1	8–1
2	Togo	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11	Final tournament	0–0	—	2–1	5–0
3	Liberia	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10		1–0	2–2	—	5–0
4	Djibouti	6	0	0	6	1	24	−23	0		0–3	0–2	0–1	—

Source: CAF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	DR Congo	6	5	0	1	16	6	+10	15	Final tournament	—	4–1	2–1	2–1
2	Central African Republic	6	3	1	2	9	11	−2	10		2–0	—	3–1	2–1
3	Angola	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	5		0–2	4–0	—	1–1
4	Madagascar	6	0	3	3	5	12	−7	3		1–6	1–1	0–0	—

Source: CAF

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	6	5	1	0	13	3	+10	16	Final tournament	—	5–2	1–0	2–0
2	Benin	6	3	2	1	12	10	+2	11		1–1	—	2–1	4–1
3	Equatorial Guinea	6	1	1	4	6	6	0	4		0–1	1–1	—	4–0
4	South Sudan	6	1	0	5	3	15	−12	3		0–3	1–2	1–0	—

Source: CAF

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Burkina Faso	6	4	1	1	6	2	+4	13	Final tournament	—	1–0	2–1	2–0
2	Uganda	6	4	1	1	6	2	+4	13	Final tournament	0–0	—	2–0	1–0
3	Botswana	6	2	0	4	5	8	−3	6		1–0	1–2	—	2–1
4	Comoros	6	1	0	5	2	7	−5	3		0–1	0–1	1–0	—

Source: CAF

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guinea-Bissau	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10	Final tournament	—	2–4	3–2	1–0
2	Congo	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9		1–0	—	1–1	1–1
3	Zambia	6	1	4	1	7	7	0	7		0–0	1–1	—	1–1
4	Kenya	6	1	2	3	5	7	−2	5		0–1	2–1	1–2	—

Source: CAF

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	6	5	1	0	10	1	+9	16	Final tournament	—	2–0	1–0	2–0
2	Cape Verde	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9		0–1	—	0–1	7–1
3	Libya	6	2	1	3	8	6	+2	7		1–1	1–2	—	4–0
4	São Tomé and Príncipe	6	1	0	5	4	19	−15	3		0–3	1–2	2–1	—

Source: CAF

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	10	Final tournament	—	1–0	3–0	Canc.
2	Nigeria	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	5		1–1	—	1–0	~~2–0~~
3	Tanzania	4	0	1	3	0	6	−6	1		0–2	0–0	—	Canc.
4	Chad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[lower-alpha 1]	~~1–5~~	Canc.	~~0–1~~	—

Source: CAF
Notes:

On 27 March 2016, it was announced that Chad had withdrawn from the competition on financial grounds.[12][13] At that point, Chad had played three matches, and all results were annulled and not taken into consideration according to the regulations. Moreover, the runners-up were not eligible to qualify as one of the two runners-up with the best records.

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	6	4	2	0	14	3	+11	14	Final tournament	—	3–1	1–1	7–1
2	Mozambique	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7		0–0	—	0–1	1–0
3	Rwanda	6	2	1	3	9	6	+3	7		0–1	2–3	—	5–0
4	Mauritius	6	2	0	4	3	15	−12	6		0–2	1–0	1–0	—

Source: CAF

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1	6	Final tournament	—	1–1	1–0
2	Sierra Leone	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	5		0–0	—	1–0
3	Sudan	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	4		1–1	1–0	—

Source: CAF

Gabon was also drawn into this group and played against the other three teams in the group; however, those matches were only considered friendlies and did not count for the standings.

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	6	5	1	0	25	5	+20	16	Final tournament	—	7–1	4–0	6–0
2	Ethiopia	6	3	2	1	11	14	−3	11		3–3	—	2–1	2–1
3	Seychelles	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4		0–2	1–1	—	2–0
4	Lesotho	6	1	0	5	5	16	−11	3		1–3	1–2	2–1	—

Source: CAF

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	6	6	0	13	2	+11	18	Final tournament	—	3–1	2–0	2–0
2	Burundi	6	2	4	8	12	−4	6		0–2	—	1–3	2–0
3	Namibia	6	2	4	5	9	−4	6		0–2	1–3	—	1–0
4	Niger	6	2	4	5	8	−3	6		1–2	3–1	1–0	—

Source: CAF

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zimbabwe	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11	Final tournament	—	4–0	1–1	3–0
2	Swaziland	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8		1–1	—	1–0	2–2
3	Guinea	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8		1–0	1–2	—	0–0
4	Malawi	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5		1–2	1–0	1–2	—

Source: CAF

Group M

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	6	4	2	0	7	2	+5	14	Final tournament	—	1–0	2–2	2–0
2	Mauritania	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8		0–1	—	3–1	2–1
3	South Africa	6	1	4	1	8	6	+2	7		0–0	1–1	—	0–0
4	Gambia	6	0	2	4	1	9	−8	2		0–1	0–0	0–4	—

Source: CAF

Ranking of second-placed teams

Only groups with four teams are considered for this ranking. Therefore, Group I is not considered, as well as Group G where only three teams are left due to the withdrawal of one team.[2]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D	Uganda	6	4	1	1	6	2	+4	13	Final tournament
2	A	Togo	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11	Final tournament
3	C	Benin	6	3	2	1	12	10	+2	11
4	J	Ethiopia	6	3	2	1	11	14	−3	11
5	B	Central African Republic	6	3	1	2	9	11	−2	10
6	F	Cape Verde	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9
7	E	Congo	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9
8	M	Mauritania	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
9	L	Swaziland	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8
10	H	Mozambique	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7
11	K	Burundi	6	2	0	4	8	12	−4	6

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots

Qualified teams

Qualified

Failed to qualify

Withdrew, disqualified or did not enter

Not part of CAF

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Gabon	Hosts	8 April 2015	6 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2010, 2012, 2015)
Morocco	Group F winners	29 March 2016	15 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013)
Algeria	Group J winners	2 June 2016	16 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2015)
Cameroon	Group M winners	3 June 2016	17 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015)
Senegal	Group K winners	4 June 2016	13 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015)
Egypt	Group G winners	4 June 2016	22 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Ghana	Group H winners	5 June 2016	20 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Guinea-Bissau	Group E winners	5 June 2016	0 (debut)
Zimbabwe	Group L winners	5 June 2016	2 (2004, 2006)
Mali	Group C winners	5 June 2016	9 (1972, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Ivory Coast	Group I winners	3 September 2016	21 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Uganda	Group D runners-up	4 September 2016	5 (1962, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1978)
Burkina Faso	Group D winners	4 September 2016	10 (1978, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Tunisia	Group A winners	4 September 2016	17 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)
DR Congo	Group B winners	4 September 2016	17 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2015)
Togo	Group A runners-up	4 September 2016	7 (1972, 1984, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2013)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

7 goals

Hillal Soudani

6 goals

Getaneh Kebede

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Ahmed El Trbi (playing against São Tomé and Príncipe)
Njabulo Ndlovu (playing against Zimbabwe)

References

"Gabon named hosts of AFCON 2017". CAF. 8 April 2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017.
"FORMAT OF 2017 AFCON QUALIFIERS AND 2018 WORLD CUP". CAFonline.com. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
"Accreditation for 37th CAF Ordinary General Assembly and Official Draw for AFCON 2017 qualifiers". CAF. 11 March 2015.
"Results of AFCON 2017 qualifiers draw". CAF. 8 April 2015.
"Morocco Fined, Banned From Two AFCON Tournaments". CAF Online. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
"Morocco win appeal over Afcon 2017 and 2019 bans". BBC Sport. 2 April 2015.
"CAN 2017 DRAW PROCEDURE AND RANKING". CAFonline.com. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
"CAF Ranking" (XLS). CAF.
"Draw of the Qualifiers of CAN 2017 qualifiers" (PDF). CAF.
"Regulations of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). Confederation of African Football.
"Result of the drawing of lots" (PDF). CAF.
"Withdrawal of Chad from AFCON 2017 qualifiers". CAF. 27 March 2016.
"Chad withdraw from Nations Cup on financial grounds". BBC. 27 March 2016.

External links

Orange Africa Cup Of Nations Qualifiers 2017, CAFonline.com

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[3] "Accreditation for 37th CAF Ordinary General Assembly and Official Draw for AFCON 2017 qualifiers". CAF. 11 March 2015.

[4] "Results of AFCON 2017 qualifiers draw". CAF. 8 April 2015.

[5] "Morocco Fined, Banned From Two AFCON Tournaments". CAF Online. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[6] "Morocco win appeal over Afcon 2017 and 2019 bans". BBC Sport. 2 April 2015.

[7] "CAN 2017 DRAW PROCEDURE AND RANKING". CAFonline.com. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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2017 Africa Cup of Nations
Stages	Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage Final
General information	Qualification Squads Statistics
Venues	Stade d'Angondjé Stade de Franceville Stade d'Oyem Stade de Port-Gentil

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
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