2017 Africa Cup of Nations

2017 Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country  Gabon
Dates 14 January – 5 February 2017
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)

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 The tournament was scheduled to be hosted by Libya,[1] until CAF rescinded its hosting rights in August 2014 due to ongoing war in the country.[2] The tournament will instead be hosted by Gabon.[3]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After Libya was withdrawn as the venue on 22 August 2014, the CAF announced that they would be receiving applications for the new hosts until 30 September 2014, and would announce the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

  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

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
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)

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]

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Gabon (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 14 January 2017. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

14 January 2017 (2017-01-14)
17:00
Gabon  Match 1  Guinea-Bissau
Report

14 January 2017 (2017-01-14)
20:00
Burkina Faso  Match 2  Cameroon
Report

18 January 2017 (2017-01-18)
17:00
Gabon  Match 9  Burkina Faso
Report

18 January 2017 (2017-01-18)
20:00
Cameroon  Match 10  Guinea-Bissau
Report

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22)
20:00
Cameroon  Match 17  Gabon
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 15 January 2017. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

15 January 2017 (2017-01-15)
17:00
Algeria  Match 3  Zimbabwe
Report

15 January 2017 (2017-01-15)
20:00
Tunisia  Match 4  Senegal
Report

19 January 2017 (2017-01-19)
17:00
Algeria  Match 11  Tunisia
Report

19 January 2017 (2017-01-19)
20:00
Senegal  Match 12  Zimbabwe
Report

23 January 2017 (2017-01-23)
20:00
Senegal  Match 19  Algeria
Report

23 January 2017 (2017-01-23)
20:00
Zimbabwe  Match 20  Tunisia
Report

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  DR Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 16 January 2017. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 January 2017 (2017-01-16)
17:00
Ivory Coast  Match 5  Togo
Report

16 January 2017 (2017-01-16)
20:00
DR Congo  Match 6  Morocco
Report

20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)
17:00
Ivory Coast  Match 13  DR Congo
Report

20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)
20:00
Morocco  Match 14  Togo
Report

24 January 2017 (2017-01-24)
20:00
Morocco  Match 21  Ivory Coast
Report

24 January 2017 (2017-01-24)
20:00
Togo  Match 22  DR Congo
Report

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 17 January 2017. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 January 2017 (2017-01-17)
17:00
Ghana  Match 7  Uganda
Report

17 January 2017 (2017-01-17)
20:00
Mali  Match 8  Egypt
Report

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21)
17:00
Ghana  Match 15  Mali
Report

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21)
20:00
Egypt  Match 16  Uganda
Report

25 January 2017 (2017-01-25)
20:00
Egypt  Match 23  Ghana
Report

25 January 2017 (2017-01-25)
20:00
Uganda  Match 24  Mali
Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 28 January – Libreville
 
 
Winner Group A
 
 1 February – Libreville
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Match 25
 
 29 January – Port-Gentil
 
Winner Match 28
 
Winner Group D
 
 5 February – Libreville
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Winner Match 29
 
 28 January – Franceville
 
Winner Match 30
 
Winner Group B
 
 2 February – Franceville
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Match 26
 
 29 January – Oyem
 
Winner Match 27Third Place
 
Winner Group C
 
 4 February – Port-Gentil
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Loser Match 29
 
 
Loser Match 30
 

Quarter-finals

28 January 2017 (2017-01-28)
17:00
Winner Group A Match 25 Runner-up Group B
Report

28 January 2017 (2017-01-28)
20:00
Winner Group B Match 26 Runner-up Group A
Report

29 January 2017 (2017-01-29)
17:00
Winner Group C Match 27 Runner-up Group D
Report

29 January 2017 (2017-01-29)
20:00
Winner Group D Match 28 Runner-up Group C
Report

Semi-finals

1 February 2017 (2017-02-01)
20:00
Winner Match 25 Match 29 Winner Match 28
Report

2 February 2017 (2017-02-02)
20:00
Winner Match 26 Match 30 Winner Match 27
Report

Third place play-off

4 February 2017 (2017-02-04)
20:00
Loser Match 29 Match 31 Loser Match 30
Report

Final

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05)
20:00
Winner Match 29 Match 32 Winner Match 30
Report

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
Central America Central America Fox Sports
 Colombia Caracol TV
RCN Television
France DOMTOM France Télévisions
 Europe Eurosport1
 Equatorial Guinea RTVGE
 France beIN Sports
 United Kingdom Eurosport [42]
 Ghana GTV/KTV
 India Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 Ireland Eurosport Ireland
RTÉ Sport		 [42]
 Italy Fox Sports Italia
 Ivory Coast RTI
 Malaysia
 Maldives Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
Arab League MENA beIN Sports
 Mexico Televisa
Fox Sports
 Mali ORTM
   Nepal Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
 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) Fox Sports
 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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