The qualification for the Africa Cup 2017 in Gabon started on June 12, 2015 and ended on September 4, 2016.
mode
For the first time, all 51 registered teams took part in the group stage of qualification. These competed in groups of four teams and thus in groups A to M. The hosts Gabon also competed in the qualification in the context of friendly matches, but were certainly qualified. The hosts Gabon, all group winners and the two best runners-up (except from Group I with hosts Gabon, as well as from Group G, because of the withdrawal of Chad) qualified for the final round.
Group stage
Host Gabon automatically qualified for the finals and did not participate in the qualification. Eritrea and Somalia also did not participate.
In the group stage, all 51 registered teams took part in 12 groups with 4 teams each and one group with 3 teams. The 13 group winners and the two best runners-up qualified alongside host Gabon for the Africa Cup 2017.
Dates of the group stage
Gameday
meeting
1
12-14 June 2015
2
4th-6th September 2015
3
23-26 March 2016
4th
26.-29. March 2016
5
3rd to 5th June 2016
6th
2-4 September 2016
Group A
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Tunisia Tunisia
6th
4th
1
1
0 16: 300
+13
13
2.
Togo Togo
6th
3
2
1
0 11: 400
+7
11
3.
Liberia Liberia
6th
3
1
2
0 11: 800
+3
10
4th
Djibouti Djibouti
6th
0
0
6th
00 1:240
−23
0 0
June 12, 2015
Tunisia Tunisia
-
Djibouti Djibouti
8: 1 (4: 0)
June 14, 2015
Togo Togo
-
Liberia Liberia
2: 1 (0: 1)
4th September 2015
Djibouti Djibouti
-
Togo Togo
0: 2 (0: 2)
5th September 2015
Liberia Liberia
-
Tunisia Tunisia
1: 0 (0: 0)
March 24, 2016
Djibouti Djibouti
-
Liberia Liberia
0: 1 (0: 0)
March 25, 2016
Tunisia Tunisia
-
Togo Togo
1: 0 (0: 0)
March 29, 2016
Liberia Liberia
-
Djibouti Djibouti
5: 0 (2: 0)
Togo Togo
-
Tunisia Tunisia
0-0
3rd June 2016
Djibouti Djibouti
-
Tunisia Tunisia
0: 3 (0: 2)
5th June 2016
Liberia Liberia
-
Togo Togo
2: 2 (1: 0)
4th September 2016
Tunisia Tunisia
-
Liberia Liberia
4: 1 (2: 0)
Togo Togo
-
Djibouti Djibouti
5: 0 (2: 0)
Group B
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Congo Democratic Republic DR Congo
6th
5
0
1
0 16: 600
+10
15th
2.
Central African Republic Central African Rep.
6th
3
1
2
00 9:110
−2
10
3.
Angola Angola
6th
1
2
3
00 7: 800
−1
0 5
4th
Madagascar Madagascar
6th
0
3
3
00 5:120
−7
0 3
June 13, 2015
Angola Angola
-
Central African Republic Central African Rep.
4: 0 (1: 0)
June 14, 2015
Congo Democratic Republic DR Congo
-
Madagascar Madagascar
2: 1 (0: 0)
September 6, 2015
Central African Republic Central African Rep.
-
Congo Democratic Republic DR Congo
2: 0 (2: 0)
Madagascar Madagascar
-
Angola Angola
0-0
March 24, 2016
Madagascar Madagascar
-
Central African Republic Central African Rep.
1: 1 (0: 0)
March 26, 2016
Congo Democratic Republic DR Congo
-
Angola Angola
2: 1 (1: 0)
March 28, 2016
Central African Republic Central African Rep.
-
Madagascar Madagascar
2: 1 (0: 1)
March 29, 2016
Angola Angola
-
Congo Democratic Republic DR Congo
0: 2 (0: 1)
5th June 2016
Madagascar Madagascar
-
Congo Democratic Republic DR Congo
1: 6 (0: 3)
Central African Republic Central African Rep.
-
Angola Angola
3: 1 (2: 0)
3rd September 2016
Angola Angola
-
Madagascar Madagascar
1: 1 (0: 1)
4th September 2016
Congo Democratic Republic DR Congo
-
Central African Republic Central African Rep.
4: 1 (1: 0)
Group C
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Mali Mali
6th
5
1
0
0 13: 300
+10
16
2.
Benin Benin
6th
3
2
1
0 12:100
+2
11
3.
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
6th
1
1
4th
00 6: 600
± 0
0 4th
4th
South Sudan South Sudan
6th
1
0
5
00 3:150
−12
0 3
June 13, 2015
Mali Mali
-
South Sudan South Sudan
2: 0 (2: 0)
June 14, 2015
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
-
Benin Benin
1: 1 (0: 1)
5th September 2015
South Sudan South Sudan
-
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
1: 0 (0: 0)
September 6, 2015
Benin Benin
-
Mali Mali
1: 1 (1: 1)
March 23, 2016
South Sudan South Sudan
-
Benin Benin
1: 2 (0: 1)
March 25, 2016
Mali Mali
-
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
1: 0 (0: 0)
March 27, 2016
Benin Benin
-
South Sudan South Sudan
4: 1 (2: 0)
March 28, 2016
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
-
Mali Mali
0: 1 (0: 0)
4th June 2016
South Sudan South Sudan
-
Mali Mali
0: 3 (0: 1)
June 12, 2016
Benin Benin
-
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
2: 1 (1: 0)
4th September 2016
Mali Mali
-
Benin Benin
5: 2 (3: 1)
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
-
South Sudan South Sudan
4: 0 (0: 0)
Group D
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
6th
4th
1
1
00 6: 200
+4
13
2.
Uganda Uganda
6th
4th
1
1
00 6: 200
+4
13
3.
Botswana Botswana
6th
2
0
4th
00 5: 800
−3
0 6th
4th
Comoros Comoros
6th
1
0
5
00 2: 700
−5
0 3
June 13, 2015
Uganda Uganda
-
Botswana Botswana
2: 0 (0: 0)
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
-
Comoros Comoros
2: 0 (0: 0)
5th September 2015
Botswana Botswana
-
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
1: 0 (0: 0)
Comoros Comoros
-
Uganda Uganda
0: 1 (0: 1)
March 24, 2016
Comoros Comoros
-
Botswana Botswana
1: 0 (0: 0)
March 26, 2016
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
-
Uganda Uganda
1: 0 (0: 0)
March 27, 2016
Botswana Botswana
-
Comoros Comoros
2: 1 (0: 1)
March 29, 2016
Uganda Uganda
-
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
0-0
4th June 2016
Botswana Botswana
-
Uganda Uganda
1: 2 (0: 1)
5th June 2016
Comoros Comoros
-
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
0: 1 (0: 0)
4th September 2016
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
-
Botswana Botswana
2: 1 (1: 0)
Uganda Uganda
-
Comoros Comoros
1: 0 (1: 0)
Group E
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
6th
3
1
2
00 7: 700
± 0
10
2.
Congo Republic Republic of the Congo
6th
2
3
1
00 9: 700
+2
0 9
3.
Zambia Zambia
6th
1
4th
1
00 7: 700
± 0
0 7th
4th
Kenya Kenya
6th
1
2
3
00 5: 700
−2
0 5
June 13, 2015
Zambia Zambia
-
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
0-0
June 14, 2015
Congo Republic Republic of the Congo
-
Kenya Kenya
1: 1 (1: 1)
5th September 2015
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
-
Congo Republic Republic of the Congo
2: 4 (0: 2)
September 6, 2015
Kenya Kenya
-
Zambia Zambia
1: 2 (1: 2)
March 23, 2016
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
-
Kenya Kenya
1: 0 (1: 0)
Zambia Zambia
-
Congo Republic Republic of the Congo
1: 1 (0: 0)
March 27, 2016
Kenya Kenya
-
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
0: 1 (0: 0)
Congo Republic Republic of the Congo
-
Zambia Zambia
1: 1 (0: 0)
4th June 2016
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
-
Zambia Zambia
3: 2 (2: 1)
5th June 2016
Kenya Kenya
-
Congo Republic Republic of the Congo
2: 1 (1: 1)
4th September 2016
Zambia Zambia
-
Kenya Kenya
1: 1 (0: 0)
Congo Republic Republic of the Congo
-
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
1: 0 (0: 0)
Group F.
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Morocco Morocco
6th
5
1
0
0 10: 100
+9
16
2.
Cape Verde Cape Verde
6th
3
0
3
0 11: 700
+4
0 9
3.
Libya Libya
6th
2
1
3
00 8: 600
+2
0 7th
4th
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe
6th
1
0
5
00 4:190
−15
0 3
June 12, 2015
Morocco Morocco
-
Libya Libya
1: 0 (0: 0)
June 13, 2015
Cape Verde Cape Verde
-
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe
7: 1 (4: 0)
5th September 2015
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe
-
Morocco Morocco
0: 3 (0: 3)
September 6, 2015
Libya Libya
-
Cape Verde Cape Verde
1: 2 (0: 0)
March 23, 2016
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe
-
Libya Libya
2: 1 (0: 1)
March 26, 2016
Cape Verde Cape Verde
-
Morocco Morocco
0: 1 (0: 1)
March 28, 2016
Libya Libya
-
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe
4: 0 (0: 0)
March 29, 2016
Morocco Morocco
-
Cape Verde Cape Verde
2: 0 (0: 0)
3rd June 2016
Libya Libya
-
Morocco Morocco
1: 1 (0: 1)
4th June 2016
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe
-
Cape Verde Cape Verde
1: 2 (0: 0)
3rd September 2016
Cape Verde Cape Verde
-
Libya Libya
0: 1 (0: 0)
4th September 2016
Morocco Morocco
-
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe
2: 0 (0: 0)
Group G
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Egypt Egypt
4th
3
1
0
00 7: 100
+6
10
2.
Nigeria Nigeria
4th
1
2
1
00 2: 200
± 0
0 5
3.
Tanzania Tanzania
4th
0
1
3
00 0: 600
−6
0 1
4th
Chad Chad 1
0
0
0
0
00 0-000
± 0
0 0
1 Chad withdrew from the competition on March 27, 2016 due to financial problems. All games played up to that point were canceled.
June 13, 2015
Nigeria Nigeria
-
Chad Chad
2: 0 (0: 0)
June 14, 2015
Egypt Egypt
-
Tanzania Tanzania
3: 0 (0: 0)
5th September 2015
Tanzania Tanzania
-
Nigeria Nigeria
0-0
September 6, 2015
Chad Chad
-
Egypt Egypt
1: 5 (1: 3)
March 23, 2016
Chad Chad
-
Tanzania Tanzania
0: 1 (0: 1)
March 25, 2016
Nigeria Nigeria
-
Egypt Egypt
1: 1 (0: 0)
March 29, 2016
Egypt Egypt
-
Nigeria Nigeria
1: 0 (0: 0)
4th June 2016
Tanzania Tanzania
-
Egypt Egypt
0: 2 (0: 1)
3rd September 2016
Nigeria Nigeria
-
Tanzania Tanzania
1: 0 (0: 0)
Group H.
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Ghana Ghana
6th
4th
2
0
0 14: 300
+11
14th
2.
Mozambique Mozambique
6th
2
1
3
00 5: 700
−2
0 7th
3.
Rwanda Rwanda
6th
2
1
3
00 9: 600
+3
0 7th
4th
Mauritius Mauritius
6th
2
0
4th
00 3:150
−12
0 6th
June 14, 2015
Mozambique Mozambique
-
Rwanda Rwanda
0: 1 (0: 1)
Ghana Ghana
-
Mauritius Mauritius
7: 1 (5: 1)
5th September 2015
Rwanda Rwanda
-
Ghana Ghana
0: 1 (0: 0)
September 6, 2015
Mauritius Mauritius
-
Mozambique Mozambique
1: 0 (0: 0)
March 24, 2016
Ghana Ghana
-
Mozambique Mozambique
3: 1 (1: 0)
March 26, 2016
Mauritius Mauritius
-
Rwanda Rwanda
1: 0 (0: 0)
March 27, 2016
Mozambique Mozambique
-
Ghana Ghana
0-0
March 29, 2016
Rwanda Rwanda
-
Mauritius Mauritius
5: 0 (3: 0)
4th June 2016
Rwanda Rwanda
-
Mozambique Mozambique
2: 3 (1: 2)
5th June 2016
Mauritius Mauritius
-
Ghana Ghana
0: 2 (0: 0)
3rd September 2016
Ghana Ghana
-
Rwanda Rwanda
1: 1 (1: 0)
Mozambique Mozambique
-
Mauritius Mauritius
1: 0 (0: 0)
Group I.
The Gabon games were played as pure friendlies, as the Gabonese national team was automatically qualified as hosts. They were not used for the table positions.
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
4th
1
3
0
00 3: 200
+1
0 6th
2.
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
4th
1
2
1
00 2: 200
± 0
0 5
3.
Sudan Sudan
4th
1
1
2
00 2: 300
−1
0 4th
June 14, 2015
Sudan Sudan
-
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
1: 0 (0: 0)
September 6, 2015
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
-
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
0-0
March 25, 2016
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
-
Sudan Sudan
1: 0 (1: 0)
March 29, 2016
Sudan Sudan
-
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
1: 1 (1: 1)
3rd June 2016
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
-
Sudan Sudan
1: 0 (0: 0)
3rd September 2016
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
-
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
1: 1 (1: 0)
Group J
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Algeria Algeria
6th
5
1
0
0 25: 500
+20
16
2.
Ethiopia Ethiopia
6th
3
2
1
0 11:140
−3
11
3.
Seychelles Seychelles
6th
1
1
4th
00 5:110
−6
0 4th
4th
Lesotho Lesotho
6th
1
0
5
00 5:160
−11
0 3
June 13, 2015
Algeria Algeria
-
Seychelles Seychelles
4: 0 (2: 0)
June 14, 2015
Ethiopia Ethiopia
-
Lesotho Lesotho
2: 1 (0: 1)
5th September 2015
Seychelles Seychelles
-
Ethiopia Ethiopia
1: 1 (1: 0)
September 6, 2015
Lesotho Lesotho
-
Algeria Algeria
1: 3 (1: 1)
March 25, 2016
Algeria Algeria
-
Ethiopia Ethiopia
7: 1 (2: 0)
March 26, 2016
Seychelles Seychelles
-
Lesotho Lesotho
2: 0 (1: 0)
March 29, 2016
Lesotho Lesotho
-
Seychelles Seychelles
2: 1 (1: 1)
Ethiopia Ethiopia
-
Algeria Algeria
3: 3 (1: 1)
2nd June 2016
Seychelles Seychelles
-
Algeria Algeria
0: 2 (0: 1)
5th June 2016
Lesotho Lesotho
-
Ethiopia Ethiopia
1: 2 (0: 1)
3rd September 2016
Ethiopia Ethiopia
-
Seychelles Seychelles
2: 1 (1: 1)
4th September 2016
Algeria Algeria
-
Lesotho Lesotho
6: 0 (5: 0)
Group K
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Senegal Senegal
6th
6th
0
0
0 13: 200
+11
18th
2.
Burundi Burundi
6th
2
1
3
00 7: 900
−2
0 7th
3.
Namibia Namibia
6th
2
0
4th
00 5: 900
−4
0 6th
4th
Niger Niger
6th
1
1
4th
00 2: 700
−5
0 4th
June 13, 2015
Senegal Senegal
-
Burundi Burundi
3: 1 (1: 0)
June 14, 2015
Niger Niger
-
Namibia Namibia
1: 0 (1: 0)
5th September 2015
Namibia Namibia
-
Senegal Senegal
0: 2 (0: 1)
Burundi Burundi
-
Niger Niger
2: 0 (1: 0)
March 26, 2016
Burundi Burundi
-
Namibia Namibia
1: 3 (0: 0)
Senegal Senegal
-
Niger Niger
2: 0 (1: 0)
March 29, 2016
Namibia Namibia
-
Burundi Burundi
1: 3 (1: 1)
Niger Niger
-
Senegal Senegal
1: 2 (0: 2)
3rd June 2016
Burundi Burundi
-
Senegal Senegal
0: 2 (0: 2)
Namibia Namibia
-
Niger Niger
1: 0 (1: 0)
3rd September 2016
Senegal Senegal
-
Namibia Namibia
2: 0 (1: 0)
4th September 2016
Niger Niger
-
Burundi Burundi
0-0
Group L
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
6th
3
2
1
0 11: 400
+7
11
2.
Swaziland Swaziland
6th
2
2
2
00 6: 900
−3
0 8th
3.
Guinea-a Guinea
6th
2
2
2
00 5: 500
± 0
0 8th
4th
Malawi Malawi
6th
1
2
3
00 5: 900
−4
0 5
June 12, 2015
Guinea-a Guinea
-
Swaziland Swaziland
1: 2 (0: 1)
June 13, 2015
Malawi Malawi
-
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
1: 2 (1: 1)
September 6, 2015
Swaziland Swaziland
-
Malawi Malawi
2: 2 (1: 2)
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
-
Guinea-a Guinea
1: 1 (1: 1)
March 25, 2016
Swaziland Swaziland
-
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
1: 1 (1: 1)
Guinea-a Guinea
-
Malawi Malawi
0-0
March 28, 2016
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
-
Swaziland Swaziland
4: 0 (0: 0)
March 29, 2016
Malawi Malawi
-
Guinea-a Guinea
1: 2 (1: 1)
5th June 2016
Swaziland Swaziland
-
Guinea-a Guinea
1: 0 (0: 0)
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
-
Malawi Malawi
3: 0 (2: 0)
4th September 2016
Guinea-a Guinea
-
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
1: 0 (1: 0)
Malawi Malawi
-
Swaziland Swaziland
1: 0 (1: 0)
Note: Guinea played their first home game because of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa in the Moroccan city of Casablanca .
Group M
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Cameroon Cameroon
6th
4th
2
0
00 7: 200
+5
14th
2.
Mauritania Mauritania
6th
2
2
2
00 6: 500
+1
0 8th
3.
South Africa South Africa
6th
1
4th
1
00 8: 600
+2
0 7th
4th
Gambia Gambia
6th
0
2
4th
00 1: 900
−8
0 2
June 13, 2015
South Africa South Africa
-
Gambia Gambia
0-0
June 14, 2015
Cameroon Cameroon
-
Mauritania Mauritania
1: 0 (0: 0)
5th September 2015
Mauritania Mauritania
-
South Africa South Africa
3: 1 (1: 0)
September 6, 2015
Gambia Gambia
-
Cameroon Cameroon
0: 1 (0: 0)
March 25, 2016
Mauritania Mauritania
-
Gambia Gambia
2: 1 (1: 0)
March 26, 2016
Cameroon Cameroon
-
South Africa South Africa
2: 2 (1: 1)
March 29, 2016
Gambia Gambia
-
Mauritania Mauritania
0-0
South Africa South Africa
-
Cameroon Cameroon
0-0
3rd June 2016
Mauritania Mauritania
-
Cameroon Cameroon
0: 1 (0: 1)
4th June 2016
Gambia Gambia
-
South Africa South Africa
0: 4 (0: 2)
2nd September 2016
South Africa South Africa
-
Mauritania Mauritania
1: 1 (1: 1)
3rd September 2016
Cameroon Cameroon
-
Gambia Gambia
2: 0 (1: 0)
Determination of the best runners-up in the group
The order within the table follows
score
Goal difference
Number of goals scored
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ FORMAT OF 2017 AFCON QUALIFIERS AND 2018 WORLD CUP. CAF, January 22, 2015
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