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2017 Africa Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football 2017
Tournament details
Host country Gabon
Dates14 January – 5 February 2017
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
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The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Total Africa Cup of Nations, Gabon 2017 (also referred to as AFCON 2017 or CAN 2017) is scheduled to be the 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was scheduled to be hosted by Libya,[1] until CAF rescinded its hosting rights in August 2014 due to ongoing war in the country.[2] The tournament will instead be hosted by Gabon.[3]

The 2017 African champion will qualify for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. This event is also part of the Africa Cup of Nations 60th Anniversary.

Bids

First bidding

The following countries expressed an interest in hosting the tournament: Botswana,[4] Cameroon,[5] DR Congo,[6] Guinea,[7] Morocco,[8] South Africa,[9] Zambia,[10] and Zimbabwe.[11]

CAF received 3 bids before the 30 September 2010 deadline, to host either the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations or 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. The three bids were from DR Congo, Morocco and South Africa. All three bids were originally put on a short list.[12]

CAF then began an inspection procedure, intending to visit each bidding country to view stadiums, infrastructure, and football interest. They inspected the DR Congo first.[13] The inspection was intended to run from 12 to 15 November, but was cut short. Shortly after the inspection, DR Congo informed CAF that they would be withdrawing their bids for both the 2015 and 2017 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.[14]

Morocco was the next country to be inspected, with CAF visiting the country in early November 2010.[15] South Africa was inspected in December 2010.

Nation Last hosted
 Morocco 1988
 South Africa 1996[16]

On 29 January, during the 2011 CAF Super Cup, the CAF executive committee decided that Morocco would host 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, while the 2017 edition would be held in South Africa. However, due to the Libyan Civil War, Libya and South Africa traded years with South Africa hosting in 2013 and Libya hosting in 2017.[1]

Second bidding

After Libya was withdrawn as the venue on 22 August 2014, the CAF announced that they would be receiving applications for the new hosts until 30 September 2014, and would announce the hosts in 2015;[17] the host announcement was later set to take place on 8 April 2015.[18]

Seven countries submitted a bid to host the tournament: Algeria, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Sudan, and Zimbabwe.[19][20] Only four of them, Algeria, Egypt, Gabon, and Ghana, were determined by the CAF to be compliant with the host criteria.[21][22] Later, Egypt withdrew its application.[23]

Other countries which expressed an interest but did not bid included Ethiopia,[24] Mali,[25] and Tanzania.[26] Kenya discussed a joint bid with neighbors Rwanda and Uganda,[27] but eventually bid alone.

Nation Last hosted
 Algeria[28] 1990
 Gabon[29] 2012
 Ghana[30] 2008

On 8 April 2015, CAF President Issa Hayatou announced Gabon as the replacement hosts following votes by the CAF Executive Committee.[3] Gabon previously co-hosted the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with Equatorial Guinea, who were also named replacement hosts for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations following Morocco's withdrawal.

Qualification

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
  Qualified
  Failed to qualify
  Withdrew or did not enter
  Not part of CAF

The draw for the qualification stage took place on 8 April 2015, immediately after the announcement of the host nation.[18] The host nation team will also be drawn into a group and will play games against those in that group; however, these matches will only be considered as friendlies and not counted for the standings.

51 nations entered the qualifying stage with Eritrea and Somalia declining to enter.

Due to the cancellation of Morocco being hosts of the 2015 edition, the national team of Morocco were originally banned by CAF from entering the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cups of Nations.[31] However, the ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, meaning Morocco may enter the tournament.[32]

Three-time champions Nigeria did not qualify.[33]

Qualified teams

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA ranking
at start of event
 Gabon Hosts 8 April 2015 7th 2015 Quarter-finals (1996, 2012)
 Morocco Group F winners 29 March 2016 16th 2013 Winners (1976)
 Algeria Group J winners 2 June 2016 17th 2015 Winners (1990)
 Cameroon Group M winners 3 June 2016 18th 2015 Winners (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002)
 Senegal Group K winners 4 June 2016 14th 2015 Runners-up (2002)
 Egypt Group G winners 4 June 2016 23rd 2010 Winners (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Ghana Group H winners 5 June 2016 21st 2015 Winners (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)
 Guinea-Bissau Group E winners 5 June 2016 1st none Debut
 Zimbabwe Group L winners 5 June 2016 3rd 2006 Group stage (2004, 2006)
 Mali Group C winners 5 June 2016 10th 2015 Runners-up (1972)
 Ivory Coast Group I winners 3 September 2016 22nd 2015 Winners (1992, 2015)
 Uganda Group D runners-up 4 September 2016 6th 1978 Runners-up (1978)
 Burkina Faso Group D winners 4 September 2016 11th 2015 Runners-up (2013)
 Tunisia Group A winners 4 September 2016 18th 2015 Winners (2004)
 DR Congo Group B winners 4 September 2016 18th 2015 Winners (1968, 1974)
 Togo Group A runners-up 4 September 2016 8th 2013 Quarter-finals (2013)

Venues

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The four venues were confirmed in October 2016.[34]

Libreville Franceville
Oyem Port Gentil
Stade de l'Amitié Stade de Franceville Stade d'Oyem Stade de Port-Gentil
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,000
File:Stade Oyem.jpg File:Stade Port-Gentil.jpg
0°31′27″N 9°23′52″E / 0.524167°N 9.397778°E / 0.524167; 9.397778 (Stade de l'Amitié) 1°38′19″S 13°34′28″E / 1.638611°S 13.574444°E / -1.638611; 13.574444 (Stade de Franceville) 1°42′24″N 11°38′42″E / 1.7066°N 11.6451°E / 1.7066; 11.6451 (Stade d'Oyem) 0°43′00″S 8°47′00″E / 0.716667°S 8.783333°E / -0.716667; 8.783333 (Stade de Port Gentil)

Squads

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

Referees
Assistant referees

Format

Only the hosts will receive an automatic qualification spot, the other 15 teams will qualify through a qualification tournament. At the finals, the 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams each. The teams in each group play a single round robin. After the group stage, the top two teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinal winners will advance to the semifinals. The semifinal losers will play in third place match, while semifinal winners will play in final.[35]

Draw

The draw took place on 19 October 2016, 18:30 UTC+1, in Libreville, Gabon.[36][37]

The seedings approved by the Organising Committee of the Africa Cup of Nations at its meeting on Monday, 26 September 2016 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, was determined taking into account the performance of the qualified teams during the following competitions:[38][39][40]

  • Africa Cup of Nations final tournaments (2012, 2013, 2015)
  • Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers (2013, 2015, 2017)
  • FIFA World Cup (2014)
  • FIFA World Cup qualifiers (2014)
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Gabon (22 pts; hosts, assigned to A1)
 Ivory Coast (63.5 pts; title holders, assigned to C1)
 Ghana (56.5 pts)
 Algeria (43.5 pts)

 Tunisia (34.5 pts)
 Mali (33.5 pts)
 Burkina Faso (33.5 pts)
 DR Congo (29.5 pts)

 Cameroon (29 pts)
 Senegal (24 pts)
 Morocco (18.5 pts)
 Egypt (15.5 pts)

 Togo (15.5 pts)
 Uganda (12 pts)
 Zimbabwe (10 pts)
 Guinea-Bissau (8.5 pts)

Group stage

Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).[41]

Group A

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group A


Gabon 1–1 Guinea-Bissau
Aubameyang 52' Report Juary 90+1'
Attendance: 39,230[42]
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Burkina Faso 1–1 Cameroon
Dayo 75' Report Moukandjo 35'
Gabon 1–1 Burkina Faso
Aubameyang 38' (pen.) Report Nakoulma 23'
Cameroon 2–1 Guinea-Bissau
 Report Piqueti 13'
Cameroon 0–0 Gabon
Report
Guinea-Bissau 0–2 Burkina Faso
Report

Group B

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group B


Algeria 2–2 Zimbabwe
Mahrez 12', 82' Report
Tunisia 0–2 Senegal
Report
Algeria 1–2 Tunisia
Hanni 90+2' Report
Senegal 2–0 Zimbabwe
 Report
Senegal 2–2 Algeria
 Report Slimani 10', 52'
Zimbabwe 2–4 Tunisia
 Report

Group C

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group C


Ivory Coast 0–0 Togo
Report
DR Congo 1–0 Morocco
Kabananga 55' Report
Ivory Coast 2–2 DR Congo
 Report
Morocco 3–1 Togo
 Report Dossevi 5'
Morocco 1–0 Ivory Coast
Alioui 64' Report
Togo 1–3 DR Congo
Laba 69' Report

Group D

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group D


Ghana 1–0 Uganda
A. Ayew 32' (pen.) Report
Mali 0–0 Egypt
Report
Ghana 1–0 Mali
Gyan 21' Report
Egypt 1–0 Uganda
Said 89' Report
Egypt 1–0 Ghana
M. Salah 11' Report
Uganda 1–1 Mali
Miya 70' Report Bissouma 73'

Knockout stage

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 28 January – Libreville
 
 
 Burkina Faso2
 
 1 February – Libreville
 
 Tunisia0
 
 Burkina Faso1 (3)
 
 29 January – Port-Gentil
 
 Egypt (pen.)1 (4)
 
 Egypt1
 
 5 February – Libreville
 
 Morocco0
 
 Egypt1
 
 28 January – Franceville
 
 Cameroon2
 
 Senegal0 (4)
 
 2 February – Franceville
 
 Cameroon (pen.)0 (5)
 
 Cameroon2
 
 29 January – Oyem
 
 Ghana0 Third place play-off
 
 DR Congo1
 
 4 February – Port-Gentil
 
 Ghana2
 
 Burkina Faso1
 
 
 Ghana0
 

Quarter-finals

Burkina Faso 2–0 Tunisia
 Report
Senegal 0–0 (a.e.t.) Cameroon
Report
Penalties
 4–5
DR Congo 1–2 Ghana
M'Poku 68' Report
Egypt 1–0 Morocco
Kahraba 88' Report

Semi-finals

Burkina Faso 1–1 (a.e.t.) Egypt
Bancé 73' Report M. Salah 66'
Penalties
 3–4
Cameroon 2–0 Ghana
 Report

Third place play-off

Burkina Faso 1–0 Ghana
Al. Traoré 89' Report
Attendance: 20,720

Final

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final


Sponsorship

In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions. Total will start with the Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Gabon therefore renaming it Total Africa cup of Nations. [43]


Media

Broadcasting

Territory Channel Ref
 Argentina TyC Sports
 Asia Fox Networks Group
 Australia beIN Sports
 Bangladesh Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 Benin ORTB
 Brazil Rede Globo
SporTV
 Bhutan Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 Canada beIN Sports (English)
Univision Canada (Spanish)
RDS (French)
 Cape Verde RTC
 Caribbean Flow Sports
Federal Republic of Central America Central America ESPN
 Colombia Caracol TV
RCN Television
France DOMTOM France Télévisions
 Europe Eurosport1
 Equatorial Guinea RTVGE
 France beIN Sports
 Gabon GTV
 United Kingdom ITV4
Eurosport 		[44]
 Ghana GTV/KTV
 India Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 Ireland Eurosport Ireland
RTÉ Sport 		[44]
 Israel Sport 5
 Italy Fox Sports Italia
 Ivory Coast RTI
 Japan NHK
 Maldives Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
Arab League MENA beIN Sports
 Mexico Televisa
ESPN
 Mali ORTM
 Nepal Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 Netherlands Fox Sports Netherland
 New Zealand Sky Sport
 Pacific Islands Sky Sport
 Pakistan Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 San Marino Fox Sports Italia
 Southeastern Europe Eurosport
 Senegal RTS
 South Africa SABC
 South America (except Brazil) ESPN
 Sri Lanka Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 Sub-Saharan Africa SuperSport (English and Portuguese)
TV5Monde Afrique (French)
 Turkey Eurosport 2
 United States beIN Sports (English)
Univision Deportes (Spanish)
 Vatican City Fox Sports Italia

^1 - Rights in all European countries, except France, French overseas departments and territories and the Italian Peninsula

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