2017 Africa Cup of Nations
Coupe d’Afrique des Nations 2017
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Tournament details
Host country Gabon
Dates 14 January – 5 February 2017
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Cameroon ( 5th claim )
Runners-up  Egypt
Third place  Burkina Faso
Fourth place  Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 66 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s) Democratic Republic of the CongoJunior Kabananga
(3 goals)
Best player(s) CameroonChristian Bassogog
Fair play award  Egypt
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International football rival

The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations ( abbreviated as AFCON 2017 or CAN 2017 ), known as the Total 2017 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st version 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 The tournament was scheduled to be hosted by Libya, [ 1 ] until CAF rescinded its host rights in August 2014 due to ongoing war in the area. [ 2 ] The tournament was rather hosted by Gabon. [ 3 ] This consequence was besides separate of the Africa Cup of Nations sixtieth Anniversary. Cameroon won their one-fifth title after defeating seven-time champions Egypt 2–1 in the final. [ 4 ] Burkina Faso finished third gear after beating Ghana 1–0 in the third base place play-off. As champions, Cameroon qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Tournament hosts Gabon and defending champions Ivory Coast were both eliminated in the group stage .

Host selection [edit ]

first command [edit ]

Bids :

Nation Last hosted
Botswana[5] –
Cameroon[6] 1972
DR Congo[7] –
Guinea[8] –
Morocco[9] 1988
South Africa[10] 2013[11]
Zambia[12] –
Zimbabwe[13] –

CAF received 3 bids before 30 September 2010, the deadline, to host either the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations or 2017 from DR Congo, Morocco and South Africa. All three bids were primitively put on a short list. [ 14 ] CAF then began an inspection procedure, on November and December 2010, intending to visit each wish country to view stadiums, infrastructure, and football interest. They inspected the DR Congo first. [ 15 ] soon 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. [ 16 ] Morocco was the next nation to be inspected, with CAF visiting the state in early November 2010. [ 17 ] South Africa was inspected in December 2010 .

Nation Last hosted
Morocco 1988
South Africa 2013

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 host in 2017. [ 1 ]

second offer [edit ]

Bids :

  • Algeria
  • Egypt
  • Gabon
  • Ghana

After Libya was withdrawn as the venue on 22 August 2014, the CAF announced that they would be receiving applications for the newly hosts until 30 September 2014. [ 18 ] Algeria, Egypt, Gabon, and Ghana, were determined by the CAF to be compliant with the host criteria. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Later, Egypt withdrew. [ 21 ] other countries which expressed an matter to but did not bid included Ethiopia, [ 22 ] Mali, [ 23 ] and Tanzania. [ 24 ] Kenya discussed a joint command with neighbors Rwanda and Uganda, [ 25 ] but finally bid alone. On 8 April 2015, [ 26 ] CAF President Issa Hayatou announced Gabon as the substitution hosts following votes by the CAF Executive Committee. [ 3 ]

Results
Nation Votes
Gabon 9
Algeria 4
Ghana 0
Egypt Withdrew
Total votes 13

qualification [edit ]

 

Qualified

 

Failed to qualify

 

Withdrew or did not enter

 

not share of CAF The absorb for the qualification stage took plaza on 8 April 2015, immediately after the announcement of the host nation. [ 26 ] The host nation team were besides drawn into a group and would play games against those in that group ; however, those matches would only be considered as friendlies and not counted for the standings. 51 nations entered the qualify phase with Eritrea and Somalia declining to enter and Chad withdraw. due to the cancellation of Morocco being hosts of the 2015 edition, the national team of Morocco were primitively banned by CAF from entering the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cups of Nations. [ 27 ] however, the ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, allowing Morocco to enter the tournament. [ 28 ] Three-time champions Nigeria did not qualify. [ 29 ]

Qualified teams [edit ]

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. [ 30 ]

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Venues [edit ]

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The four venues were confirmed in October 2016. [ 31 ]

Squads [edit ]

Each team could register a team of 23 players. [ 32 ]

match officials [edit ]

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

Referees
Assistant referees

format [edit ]

only the hosts received an automatic rifle reservation descry ; the other 15 teams qualified through a reservation tournament. At the finals, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams each. The teams in each group played a single round robin. After the group stage, the top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The quarter-final winners advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-final losers played in a third base topographic point match, while the semi-final winners played in the final examination. [ 32 ]

draw [edit ]

The describe took place on 19 October 2016, 18:30 UTC+1, in Libreville, Gabon. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] The seedings approved by the Organising Committee of the Africa Cup of Nations at its meet on Monday, 26 September 2016 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, was determined taking into explanation the performance of the qualify teams during the following competitions : [ 35 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ]

  • 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)

Group stagecoach [edit ]

Group winners and runner-up advanced to the quarter-finals. All times are local, WAT (UTC+1). [ 38 ]

Tiebreakers [edit ]

The teams were ranked according to points ( 3 points for a win, 1 point for a pull, 0 points for a loss ). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the pursuit ordering ( Regulations Article 74 ) : [ 32 ]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to teams concerned, two or three teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between these teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 applied;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Group A [edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Burkina Faso 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Cameroon 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  Gabon ( H ) 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4  Guinea-Bissau 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1

( H ) Host reservoir : CAF Host

Group B [edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
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

Group C [edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  DR Congo 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Morocco 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Ivory Coast 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Togo 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1

Group D [edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
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

Knockout stage [edit ]

cameroon players celebrating their victory in the concluding In the smasher stages, if a match was grade at the end of normal act time, extra clock time was played ( two periods of 15 minutes each ) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third topographic point, where no supernumerary time was played ( Regulations Article 75 ). [ 32 ]

bracket [edit ]

third gear station play-off [edit ]

final [edit ]

Statistics [edit ]

Goalscorers [edit ]

There were 66 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.06 goals per pit .

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Awards [edit ]

The succeed awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament : [ 40 ]

Total Man of the Competition
Top Scorer
Fair Play prize
CAF Team of the tournament

concluding standings [edit ]

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra prison term are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a punishment shoot-out are counted as disembowel .

Pos. Team G Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Cameroon A 6 3 3 0 12 7 3 +4
2  Egypt D 6 3 2 1 11 5 3 +2
3  Burkina Faso A 6 3 3 0 12 8 3 +5
4  Ghana D 6 3 0 3 9 4 5 −1
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Senegal C 4 2 2 0 8 6 2 +4
6  DR Congo B 4 2 1 1 7 7 5 +2
7  Morocco C 4 2 0 2 6 4 3 +1
8  Tunisia B 4 2 0 2 6 6 7 −1
Eliminated in group stage
9  Gabon A 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 0
10  Algeria B 3 0 2 1 2 5 6 −1
11  Ivory Coast C 3 0 2 1 2 2 3 −1
12  Mali D 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 −1
13  Uganda C 3 0 1 2 1 1 3 −2
14  Guinea-Bissau A 3 0 1 2 1 2 5 −3
15  Zimbabwe B 3 0 1 2 1 4 8 −4
16  Togo C 3 0 1 2 1 2 6 −4

In July 2016, Total secured an eight-year sponsorship box from the Confederation of African Football ( CAF ) to support ten of its star competitions, including the Africa Cup of Nations ( renamed the Total Africa Cup of Nations ). [ 41 ]

Match ball [edit ]

Mitre took over as the official meet ball supplier following the termination of the abridge between Adidas and CAF. CAF Mitre Delta Hyperseam was the name of the official pit ball. [ 43 ]

mascot [edit ]

The official mascot of the tournament was “ Samba ”, a black panther. [ 44 ]

controversy [edit ]

Website attack [edit ]

On 21 January, Russian hacking group New World Hackers claimed to have taken the official CAF website down in reception to CAF ‘s decision to choose Gabon as host state. “ We did this in protest against Gabon ”, the person claiming to be one of the hackers wrote in an electronic mail. “ They are running the Africa Cup in a area where the dictator Ali Bongo is killing innocent people ! ” [ 45 ]

Media [edit ]

Broadcasting [edit ]

^1 – available in the follow countries : Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia

References [edit ]