Africa Cup 2017

Africa Cup 2017
Africa Cup of Nations 2017
Number of nations	16  (of 52 applicants)
African champions	Cameroon (5th title)
venue	Gabon
Opening game	January 14, 2017
Endgame	5th February 2017
Games	32
Gates	66  (⌀: 2.06 per game)
Top scorer	Junior Kabananga (3 goals)
yellow cards	80  (⌀: 2.5 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.03 per game)

The Cameroon national football team at the award ceremony

winner third place Quarter finals

finalist fourth place Group stage

The Africa Cup 2017 ( French Coupe d'Afrique des Nations , English Africa Cup of Nations ) was the 31st edition of the African continental football championship and took place in Gabon . The winner of the Africa Cup, hosted by the African Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF), qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

Award

The organizers of the Africa Cup in 2015 and 2017 were determined in January 2011 at a meeting of the continental association CAF in Lubumbashi , Congo . After the Democratic Republic of the Congo withdrew , South Africa and Morocco were the only applicants for the host. Morocco was preferred for 2015 and South Africa was to host the Africa Cup of 2017.

Due to the civil war in Libya in 2011 , Libya, as the host of the 2013 championship, and South Africa agreed on an exchange of hosting rights at the end of August 2011. South Africa took over the event for 2013 , while Libya was to host the event in 2017. Due to ongoing fighting between hostile militias , Libya decided on August 23, 2014 to forego its host rights completely, so that the tournament was re-awarded. The African football association CAF announced that interested nations could apply to host the event until the end of September 2014. In the first quarter of 2015 it should be decided which nation will host the Africa Cup. Seven associations applied, and in November 2014 the CAF selected four associations that met the application criteria:

• Algeria
• Egypt
• Gabon
• Ghana

The following were eliminated from the application process:

• Kenya
• Zimbabwe
• Sudan

On April 8, 2015, Gabon was named as the host. Gabon already hosted the Africa Cup in 2012 , at the time together with Equatorial Guinea .

qualification

→ Main article : Africa Cup 2017 / qualification

Participants of the Africa Cup 2017:

Egypt  Algeria  Burkina Faso  DR Congo  Ivory Coast  Gabon (hosts)  Ghana  Guinea-Bissau

Cameroon  Mali  Morocco  Senegal  Zimbabwe  Togo  Tunisia  Uganda

Venues

The four venues were confirmed in October 2016. The Stade d'Angondjé and the Stade de Franceville were already the venues in 2012, the Stade de Port-Gentil and the Stade d'Oyem were newly built stadiums.

Libreville	Port Gentil	Libreville Franceville Port Gentil Oyem Venues 2017 in Gabon	Oyem	Franceville
Stade d'Angondjé	Stade de Port-Gentil		Stade d'Oyem	Stade de Franceville
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 20,000		Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 22,000

Squad

→ Main article : Africa Cup 2017 / squad

Group stage

The game was played in four groups of four, with the first and second groups qualifying for the quarter-finals. If at the end of the group stage there was a tie between several teams, the following order was used:

a) higher number of points in direct comparison ;

b) better goal difference in direct comparison;

c) higher number of goals scored in direct comparison;

d) If, after applying criteria a) to c), several teams still have the same ranking, criteria a) to c) are reapplied, but only to the matches between the teams concerned in order to determine their final ranking.

If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria e) to g) are applied:

e) better goal difference from all group matches;

f) higher number of goals scored in all group matches;

g) Drawing by the Organizing Committee.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Burkina Faso	3	1	2	0	004: 200	+2	05
2.	Cameroon	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Gabon	3	0	3	0	002: 200	± 0	03
4th	Guinea-Bissau	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

Sat January 14 at 5:00 p.m. in Libreville
Gabon	-	Guinea-Bissau	1: 1 (0: 0)
Sat January 14 at 8:00 p.m. in Libreville
Burkina Faso	-	Cameroon	1: 1 (0: 1)
Wed. January 18 at 5:00 p.m. in Libreville
Gabon	-	Burkina Faso	1: 1 (1: 1)
Wed. January 18 at 8:00 p.m. in Libreville
Cameroon	-	Guinea-Bissau	2: 1 (0: 1)
Sun. January 22nd at 8:00 p.m. in Libreville
Cameroon	-	Gabon	0-0
Sun., January 22nd at 8:00 p.m. in Franceville
Guinea-Bissau	-	Burkina Faso	0: 2 (0: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Senegal	3	2	1	0	006: 200	+4	07th
2.	Tunisia	3	2	0	1	006: 500	+1	06th
3.	Algeria	3	0	2	1	005: 600	−1	02
4th	Zimbabwe	3	0	1	2	004: 800	−4	01

Sun., January 15th at 5:00 p.m. in Franceville
Algeria	-	Zimbabwe	2: 2 (1: 2)
Sun., January 15th at 8:00 p.m. in Franceville
Tunisia	-	Senegal	0: 2 (0: 2)
Thursday, January 19 at 5:00 p.m. in Franceville
Algeria	-	Tunisia	1: 2 (0: 0)
Thursday, January 19th at 8:00 p.m. in Franceville
Senegal	-	Zimbabwe	2: 0 (2: 0)
Mon., January 23 at 8:00 p.m. in Franceville
Senegal	-	Algeria	2: 2 (1: 1)
Mon., January 23 at 8:00 p.m. in Libreville
Zimbabwe	-	Tunisia	2: 4 (1: 4)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	DR Congo	3	2	1	0	006: 300	+3	07th
2.	Morocco	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	06th
3.	Ivory Coast	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02
4th	Togo	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01

Mon., January 16 at 5:00 p.m. in Oyem
Ivory Coast	-	Togo	0-0
Mon., January 16 at 8:00 p.m. in Oyem
DR Congo	-	Morocco	1: 0 (0: 0)
Friday, January 20 at 5:00 p.m. in Oyem
Ivory Coast	-	DR Congo	2: 2 (1: 2)
Friday, January 20 at 8:00 p.m. in Oyem
Morocco	-	Togo	3: 1 (2: 1)
Tuesday, January 24th at 8:00 p.m. in Oyem
Morocco	-	Ivory Coast	1: 0 (0: 0)
Tuesday, January 24th at 8:00 p.m. in Port-Gentil
Togo	-	DR Congo	1: 3 (0: 1)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Egypt	3	2	1	0	002-000	+2	07th
2.	Ghana	3	2	0	1	002: 100	+1	06th
3.	Mali	3	0	2	1	001: 200	−1	02
4th	Uganda	3	0	1	2	001: 300	−2	01

Tuesday 17th January at 5:00 p.m. in Port-Gentil
Ghana	-	Uganda	1: 0 (1: 0)
Tuesday 17th January at 8:00 p.m. in Port-Gentil
Mali	-	Egypt	0-0
Sat., January 21st at 5:00 p.m. in Port-Gentil
Ghana	-	Mali	1: 0 (1: 0)
Sat., January 21 at 8:00 p.m. in Port-Gentil
Egypt	-	Uganda	1: 0 (0: 0)
Wed., January 25th at 8 p.m. in Port-Gentil
Egypt	-	Ghana	1: 0 (1: 0)
Wed., January 25th at 8:00 p.m. in Oyem
Uganda	-	Mali	1: 1 (0: 0)

Final round

From the quarter-finals onwards, the knockout system was used, in which extra time and a penalty shoot-out were possible. The losers of the two semi-finals played in a game for third place, but there was no extra time.

game schedule

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Burkina Faso	2
	Tunisia	0
					Burkina Faso	1 (3)
					Egypt	01 (4) E.
	Egypt	1
	Morocco	0
									Egypt	1
									Cameroon	2
	Senegal	0 (4)
	Cameroon	00 (5) E.
					Cameroon	2			Game for third place
					Ghana	0
	DR Congo	1							Burkina Faso	1
	Ghana	2							Ghana	0

^E victory on penalties

Quarter finals

Sat January 28 at 5:00 p.m. in Libreville
Burkina Faso	-	Tunisia	2: 0 (0: 0)
Sat January 28th at 8:00 p.m. in Franceville
Senegal	-	Cameroon	0: 0 a.d., 4: 5 i. E.
Sun., January 29th at 5:00 p.m. in Oyem
DR Congo	-	Ghana	1: 2 (0: 0)
Sun., January 29th at 8:00 p.m. in Port-Gentil
Egypt	-	Morocco	1: 0 (0: 0)

Semifinals

Wed. February 1st at 8:00 p.m. in Libreville
Burkina Faso	-	Egypt	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 3: 4 i. E.
Thursday, February 2nd at 8:00 p.m. in Franceville
Cameroon	-	Ghana	2: 0 (0: 0)

3rd place match

Saturday, February 4th at 8:00 p.m. in Port-Gentil
Burkina Faso	-	Ghana	1: 0 (0: 0)

final

Egypt		Cameroon		Lineup
	final Sun., February 5, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. ( WAT ) in Libreville ( Stade d'Angondjé ) Result: 1: 2 (1: 0) Spectators: 38,250 Referee: Janny Sikazwe ( Zambia )   Match report
	Essam El-Hadary - Ahmed Elmohamady , Ahmed Hegazy , Ali Gabr , Ahmed Fathy - Tarek Hamed , Mohamed Elneny - Mohamed Salah , Abdallah Said , Trezeguet (66th Ramadan Sobhi ) - Amr Warda Trainer: Héctor Cúper ( Argentina )	Fabrice Ondoa - Collins Fai , Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui , Adolphe Teikeu (31st Nicolas N'Koulou ), Ambroise Oyongo - Sébastien Siani , Arnaud Sutchuin Djoum - Christian Bassogog , Jacques Zoua (90th + 4 ' Georges Mandjeck ), Benjamin Moukandjo - Robert Ndip Tambe (46th Vincent Aboubakar ) Coach: Hugo Broos ( Belgium )
	1-0 Elneny (22nd)	1: 1 N'Koulou (59th) 1: 2 Aboubakar (88th)
	Sobhi (90th + 2 ')	Fai (90th + 1 '), Bassogog (90th + 4')
	Player of the Match: Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon)

Best goal scorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

rank	player	Gates
1	Junior Kabananga	3
2	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	2
	André Ayew	2
	Aristide Bancé	2
	Riyad Mahrez	2
	Sadio Mané	2
	Paul-José Mpoku	2
	Préjuce Nakoulma	2
	Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui	2
	Mohamed Salah	2
	Islam Slimani	2
	Naïm Sliti	2

referee

In December 2016, the African Football Association CAF announced that 17 referees and 21 assistant referees would be used at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Main Referee:

Mehdi Abid Charef  Sidi Alioum  Daniel Bennett  Joshua Bondo  Bernard Camille  Denis Dembele

Malang Diedhiou  Youssef Essrayri  Bakary Gassama  Gehad Grisha  Redouane Jiyed  Mahamadou Keita

Ali Lemghaifry  Hamada Nampiandraza  Eric Otogo-Castane  Janny Sikazwe  Bamlak Tessema Weyesa

Assistants:

Tahssen Abo El Sadat Bedyer  Redouane Achik  Waleed Amed Ali  Abel Baba  Jean-Claude Birumushahu  Djibril Camara  Arsénio Chadreque Marengula

Marius Donatien Tan  Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos  Aboubacar Doumbouya  Albdelhak Etchiali  Anouar Hmila  Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim  Yahaya Mahamadou

Evarist Menkouande  Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue  Marwa Range  Olivier Safari Kabene  El Hadji Malick Samba  Zakhele Siwela  Theophile Vinga

Shirt supplier

Four of the 16 participants wore jerseys from Adidas (Gabon, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco), three teams from Puma (Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Ghana). The other jersey suppliers were: Macron (Togo), Erreà (Uganda), Umbro (Zimbabwe), kappa (Burkina Faso), Qelemes (Guinea-Bissau), O'Neills (Congo), Uhlsport (Tunisia), Romai (Senegal) and Airness (Mali).

Television broadcast

The tournament was not broadcast live on television in Germany. Potential candidates such as Sky Deutschland , Sport1 and the sports streaming service DAZN did not secure any transmission rights. Also Euro Sport which was broadcast live all Africa Cup since 1994, was only in the possession of broadcasting rights for the United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain. Likewise, no buyers could be found for the broadcasting rights in Austria and Switzerland.

In January 2017 it was finally announced that the sports betting provider bet365 had secured the online broadcasting rights for Germany and other countries and then showed the games on its website in a live stream.

Web links

• Official website of the competition (English / French)

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Morocco handed 2015 Nations Cup; South Africa host 2017 , BBC announcement of January 29, 2011
3. ^ South Africa 'replace' Libya as hosts of 2013 Nations Cup. , BBC World, August 25, 2011
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6. ↑ Kenya miss out on Afcon 2017. supersport.com, November 17, 2014, accessed January 18, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Gabon named hosts of AFCON 2017 , on cafonline.com, accessed April 8, 2015.
8. ↑ TOURNAMENT DETAILS FINALIZED AT TEAMS WORKSHOP , on cafonline.com, accessed on October 24, 2016.
9. ↑ Africa Cup 2017 - tournament form & game mode. http://www.cafonline.com/ , accessed January 17, 2017 . 
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11. ↑ Match officials for Total Afcon Gabon 2017 announced. CAF , December 8, 2016, accessed January 14, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Selected Match Officials for 31st Total Africa Cup of Nations Gabon 2017. CAF , December 8, 2016, accessed on January 14, 2017 . 
13. ↑ All jerseys of the Africa Cup 2017 participants. In: deutschlandtrikot.de. Retrieved January 17, 2017 . 
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18. ↑ Africa Cup 2017 in a free livestream. www.liga-zwei.de, January 13, 2017, archived from the original on January 14, 2017 ; accessed on January 14, 2017 .