2017 Africa Cup of Nations

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2017 (in French)
	Cameroon won the tournament.
Tournament details
Host country	Gabon
Dates	14 January – 5 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (5th title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Burkina Faso
Fourth place	Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	66 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Junior Kabananga (3)
Best player	Christian Bassogog
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The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (also called AFCON 2017 and CAN 2017) was the 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. The tournament hosted by Gabon.^[1] It was held from 14 January to 5 February 2017.

The winner of this tournament qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup tournament in Russia.

Teams

Main page: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

To be determined Qualified Failed to qualify Withdrew, disqualified or did not enter Not part of CAF

The draw for the qualification stage took place on 8 April 2015.^[2] The following teams have qualified for the final tournament.

Algeria (Group J winners)
Burkina Faso (Group D winners)
Cameroon (Group M winners)
DR Congo (Group B winners)
Egypt (Group G winners)
Gabon (hosts)
Ghana (Group H winners)
Guinea-Bissau (Group E winners)

Côte d'Ivoire (Group I winners)
Mali (Group C winners or runners-up)
Morocco (Group F winners)
Senegal (Group K winners)
Togo (Group A runners-up)
Tunisia (Group A winners)
Uganda (Group D runners-up)
Zimbabwe (Group L winners)

Group stage

The draw took place on the 19th of October 2016 in Libreville.^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burkina Faso	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
2	Cameroon	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Gabon	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Guinea-Bissau	3	0	1	2	2	5	–3	1


14 January 2017
Gabon	1–1	Guinea-Bissau
Burkina Faso	1–1	Cameroon
18 January 2017
Gabon	1–1	Burkina Faso
Cameroon	2–1	Guinea-Bissau
22 January 2017
Cameroon	0–0	Gabon
Guinea-Bissau	0–2	Burkina Faso

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Senegal	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
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


15 January 2017
Algeria	2–2	Zimbabwe
Tunisia	0–2	Senegal
19 January 2017
Algeria	1–2	Tunisia
Senegal	2–0	Zimbabwe
23 January 2017
Senegal	2–2	Algeria
Zimbabwe	2–4	Tunisia

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Congo DR	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
2	Morocco	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Côte d'Ivoire	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
4	Togo	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1


16 January 2017
Côte d'Ivoire	0–0	Togo
Congo DR	1–0	Morocco
20 January 2017
Côte d'Ivoire	2–2	Congo DR
Morocco	3–1	Togo
24 January 2017
Morocco	1–0	Côte d'Ivoire
Togo	1–3	Congo DR

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Egypt	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
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


17 January 2017
Ghana	1–0	Uganda
Mali	0–0	Egypt
21 January 2017
Ghana	1–0	Mali
Egypt	1–0	Uganda
25 January 2017
Egypt	1–0	Ghana
Uganda	1–1	Mali