2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group G

Group G of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the 13 groups to decide the teams which qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament.

The teams in the group played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.[1] The group originally consisted of four teams: Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania, and Chad. However, on 27 March 2016 it was announced that Chad had withdrawn from the competition on financial grounds.[2][3] As per the competition's regulations, the matches involving Chad and played up to that point were annulled, and the scheduled forthcoming matches involving Chad were cancelled.[4]

Egypt, the group winner, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. After Chad's withdrawal, the runners-up could no longer qualify as one of the two runners-up with the best records, as any groups reduced to just three teams had only the group winner qualifying for the finals and were not considered when determining the best second-placed teams.[2][5]

Standings
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
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. On 27 March 2016, it was announced that Chad had withdrawn from the competition on financial grounds.[6][7] At that point, Chad had played three matches, and all results were annulled and not taken into consideration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.

Matches
Nigeria Annulled
(originally 2–0)		 Chad
 Report
Referee: Assoumane Moussa Gnali (Niger)
Egypt 3–0 Tanzania
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Tanzania 0–0 Nigeria
Report
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
Chad Annulled
(originally 1–5)		 Egypt
 Report
Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)
Chad Annulled
(originally 0–1)		 Tanzania
Report
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (Congo DR)
Nigeria 1–1 Egypt
 Report
Tanzania Cancelled Chad
Report
Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)
Egypt 1–0 Nigeria
 Report
Attendance: 65,000
Chad Cancelled Nigeria
Report
Tanzania 0–2 Egypt
Report
Egypt Cancelled Chad
Report
Nigeria 1–0 Tanzania
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Goalscorers

As all results of Chad were annulled (points, scored and conceded goals),[2] goalscorers in matches involving Chad are not counted.

3 goals
1 goal

References
  1. "Result of the drawing of lots" (PDF). CAF.
  2. "Withdrawal of Chad from AFCON 2017 qualifiers". CAF. 27 March 2016.
  3. "Chad withdraw from Nations Cup on financial grounds". BBC. 27 March 2016.
  4. "Results of AFCON 2017 qualifiers draw". CAF. 8 April 2015.
  5. "FORMAT OF 2017 AFCON QUALIFIERS AND 2018 WORLD CUP". CAFonline.com. 22 January 2015.
  6. "Withdrawal of Chad from AFCON 2017 qualifiers". CAF. 27 March 2016.
  7. "Chad withdraw from Nations Cup on financial grounds". BBC. 27 March 2016.
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