2017 Africa Cup of Nations

2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2017
Tournament details
Host country	Gabon
Dates	14 January – 5 February
Teams	16
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (5th title)
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)	Junior Kabananga (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Christian Bassogog
Fair play award	Egypt
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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 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 The tournament was scheduled to be hosted by Libya, ^[1] until CAF rescinded its hosting rights in August 2014 due to the Second Libyan civil war. ^[2] The tournament was instead hosted by Gabon. ^[3] This event was also part of the Africa Cup of Nations 60th Anniversary.

Cameroon won their fifth title after defeating seven-time champions Egypt 2–1 in the final. ^[4] Burkina Faso finished third after beating Ghana 1–0 in the third 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

First bidding

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 originally put on a shortlist. ^[14] CAF then began an inspection procedure, on November and December 2010, intending to visit each bidding country to view stadiums, infrastructure, and football interest. They inspected the DR Congo first. ^[15] 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. ^[16] Morocco was the next country to be inspected, with CAF visiting the country 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 hosting in 2017. ^[1]

Second bidding

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 new 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 interest but did not bid included Ethiopia, ^[22] Mali, ^[23] and Tanzania. ^[24] Kenya discussed a joint bid with neighbors Rwanda and Uganda, ^[25] but eventually bid alone.

On 8 April 2015, ^[26] CAF President Issa Hayatou announced Gabon as the replacement hosts following votes by the CAF Executive Committee. ^[3]

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

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. ^[26] The host nation team were also 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 qualifying stage with Eritrea and Somalia declining to enter and Chad withdrawing.

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. ^[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

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

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)	108
Morocco	Group F winners	29 March 2016	16th	2013	Winners (1976)	57
Algeria	Group J winners	2 June 2016	17th	2015	Winners (1990)	39
Cameroon	Group M winners	3 June 2016	18th	2015	Winners (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002)	62
Senegal	Group K winners	4 June 2016	14th	2015	Runners-up (2002)	33
Egypt	Group G winners	4 June 2016	23rd	2010	Winners (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)	35
Ghana	Group H winners	5 June 2016	21st	2015	Winners (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)	54
Guinea-Bissau	Group E winners	5 June 2016	1st	none	Debut	68
Zimbabwe	Group L winners	5 June 2016	3rd	2006	Group stage (2004, 2006)	103
Mali	Group C winners	5 June 2016	10th	2015	Runners-up (1972)	64
Ivory Coast	Group I winners	3 September 2016	22nd	2015	Winners (1992, 2015)	34
Uganda	Group D runners-up	4 September 2016	6th	1978	Runners-up (1978)	73
Burkina Faso	Group D winners	4 September 2016	11th	2015	Runners-up (2013)	53
Tunisia	Group A winners	4 September 2016	18th	2015	Winners (2004)	36
DR Congo	Group B winners	4 September 2016	18th	2015	Winners (1968, 1974)	49
Togo	Group A runners-up	4 September 2016	8th	2013	Quarter-finals (2013)	90

Venues

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

Libreville	Franceville	Libreville Franceville Port-Gentil Oyem	Oyem	Port-Gentil
Stade de l'Amitié	Stade de Franceville		Stade d'Oyem	Stade de Port-Gentil
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 25,000		Capacity: 20,500	Capacity: 20,000

Squads

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads

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

Match officials

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

Referees

• Mehdi Abid Charef
• Joshua Bondo
• Sidi Alioum
• Denis Dembélé
• Gehad Grisha
• Bamlak Tessema Weyesa
• Eric Otogo-Castane
• Bakary Gassama
• Hamada Nampiandraza
• Redouane Jiyed
• Mahamadou Keita
• Ali Lemghaifry
• Daniel Bennett
• Malang Diedhiou
• Bernard Camille
• Youssef Essrayri
• Janny Sikazwe

Assistant referees

• Albdelhak Etchiali
• Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos
• Jean-Claude Birumushahu
• Evarist Menkouande
• Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue
• Marius Donatien Tan
• Tahssen Abo El Sadat Bedyer
• Théophile Vinga
• Aboubacar Doumbouya
• Marwa Range
• Redouane Achik
• Arsénio Chadreque Marengula
• Yahaya Mahamadou
• Abel Baba
• Olivier Safari Kabene
• Djibril Camara
• El Hadji Malick Samba
• Zakhele Siwela
• Ali Waleed Ahmed
• Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim
• Anouar Hmila

Format

Only the hosts received an automatic qualification spot; the other 15 teams qualified through a qualification 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 place match, while the semi-final winners played in the final. ^[32]

Draw

The draw 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 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: ^{[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)

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 advanced to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1). ^[38]

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (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

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: CAF
(H) Hosts

14 January 2017 (2017-01-14)

17:00

Gabon	1–1	Guinea-Bissau
Aubameyang 52'	Report	Juary 90+1'

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Attendance: 39,230 ^[39]

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

14 January 2017 (2017-01-14)

20:00

Burkina Faso	1–1	Cameroon
Dayo 75'	Report	Moukandjo 35'

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

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18 January 2017 (2017-01-18)

17:00

Gabon	1–1	Burkina Faso
Aubameyang 38' (pen.)	Report	Nakoulma 23'

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

18 January 2017 (2017-01-18)

20:00

Cameroon	2–1	Guinea-Bissau
Siani 61' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 78'	Report	Piqueti 13'

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

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22 January 2017 (2017-01-22)

20:00

Cameroon	0–0	Gabon
	Report

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22)

20:00

Guinea-Bissau	0–2	Burkina Faso
	Report	Rudinilson 12' (o.g.) B. Traoré 58'

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Group B

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: CAF

15 January 2017 (2017-01-15)

17:00

Algeria	2–2	Zimbabwe
Mahrez 12', 82'	Report	Mahachi 17' Mushekwi 29' (pen.)

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

15 January 2017 (2017-01-15)

20:00

Tunisia	0–2	Senegal
	Report	Mané 10' (pen.) Mbodji 30'

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

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19 January 2017 (2017-01-19)

17:00

Algeria	1–2	Tunisia
Hanni 90+2'	Report	Mandi 50' (o.g.) Sliti 66' (pen.)

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

19 January 2017 (2017-01-19)

20:00

Senegal	2–0	Zimbabwe
Mané 9' Saivet 13'	Report

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

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23 January 2017 (2017-01-23)

20:00

Senegal	2–2	Algeria
Diop 43' Sow 53'	Report	Slimani 10', 52'

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

23 January 2017 (2017-01-23)

20:00

Zimbabwe	2–4	Tunisia
Musona 42' Ndoro 58'	Report	Sliti 9' Msakni 22' Khenissi 36' Khazri 45' (pen.)

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

Group C

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group C

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: CAF

16 January 2017 (2017-01-16)

17:00

Ivory Coast	0–0	Togo
	Report

Stade d'Oyem, Oyem

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

16 January 2017 (2017-01-16)

20:00

DR Congo	1–0	Morocco
Kabananga 55'	Report

Stade d'Oyem, Oyem

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

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20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)

17:00

Ivory Coast	2–2	DR Congo
Bony 25' Dié 67'	Report	Kebano 10' Kabananga 28'

Stade d'Oyem, Oyem

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)

20:00

Morocco	3–1	Togo
Bouhaddouz 14' Saïss 21' En-Nesyri 72'	Report	Dossevi 5'

Stade d'Oyem, Oyem

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

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24 January 2017 (2017-01-24)

20:00

Morocco	1–0	Ivory Coast
Alioui 64'	Report

Stade d'Oyem, Oyem

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

24 January 2017 (2017-01-24)

20:00

Togo	1–3	DR Congo
Laba 69'	Report	Kabananga 29' Mubele 54' M'Poku 80'

Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Group D

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group D

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: CAF

17 January 2017 (2017-01-17)

17:00

Ghana	1–0	Uganda
A. Ayew 32' (pen.)	Report

Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

17 January 2017 (2017-01-17)

20:00

Mali	0–0	Egypt
	Report

Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

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21 January 2017 (2017-01-21)

17:00

Ghana	1–0	Mali
Gyan 21'	Report

Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil

Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21)

20:00

Egypt	1–0	Uganda
Said 89'	Report

Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

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25 January 2017 (2017-01-25)

20:00

Egypt	1–0	Ghana
M. Salah 11'	Report

Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

25 January 2017 (2017-01-25)

20:00

Uganda	1–1	Mali
Miya 70'	Report	Bissouma 73'

Stade d'Oyem, Oyem

Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage

Cameroon players celebrating their victory in the final

In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra 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 place, where no extra time was played (Regulations Article 75). ^[32]

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	28 January – Libreville
	Burkina Faso	2
					1 February – Libreville
	Tunisia	0
					Burkina Faso	1 (3)
	29 January – Port-Gentil
					Egypt (pen.)	1 (4)
	Egypt	1
									5 February – Libreville
	Morocco	0
									Egypt	1
	28 January – Franceville
									Cameroon	2
	Senegal	0 (4)
					2 February – Franceville
	Cameroon (pen.)	0 (5)
					Cameroon	2
	29 January – Oyem
					Ghana	0			Third place play-off
	DR Congo	1
									4 February – Port-Gentil
	Ghana	2
									Burkina Faso	1
									Ghana	0

Quarter-finals

28 January 2017 (2017-01-28)

17:00

Burkina Faso	2–0	Tunisia
Bancé 81' Nakoulma 85'	Report

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

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28 January 2017 (2017-01-28)

20:00

Senegal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Koulibaly Mbodji Sow Saivet Mané	4–5	Moukandjo Oyongo Teikeu Zoua Aboubakar

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

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29 January 2017 (2017-01-29)

17:00

DR Congo	1–2	Ghana
M'Poku 68'	Report	J. Ayew 63' A. Ayew 78' (pen.)

Stade d'Oyem, Oyem

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

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29 January 2017 (2017-01-29)

20:00

Egypt	1–0	Morocco
Kahraba 88'	Report

Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Semi-finals

1 February 2017 (2017-02-01)

20:00

Burkina Faso	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Egypt
Bancé 73'	Report	M. Salah 66'
Penalties
Al. Traoré Diawara Yago Koffi B. Traoré	3–4	Said Sobhi Hegazy M. Salah Warda

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

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2 February 2017 (2017-02-02)

20:00

Cameroon	2–0	Ghana
Ngadeu-Ngadjui 72' Bassogog 90+3'	Report

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Third place play-off

4 February 2017 (2017-02-04)

20:00

Burkina Faso	1–0	Ghana
Al. Traoré 89'	Report

Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil

Attendance: 20,720

Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

Final

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05)

20:00

Cameroon	2–1	Egypt
Nkoulou 59' Aboubakar 88'	Report	Elneny 22'

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Attendance: 38,250

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

3 goals

• Junior Kabananga

2 goals

• Riyad Mahrez
• Islam Slimani
• Aristide Bancé
• Préjuce Nakoulma
• Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
• Paul-José M'Poku
• Mohamed Salah
• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
• André Ayew
• Sadio Mané
• Naïm Sliti

1 goal

• Sofiane Hanni
• Issoufou Dayo
• Alain Traoré
• Bertrand Traoré
• Vincent Aboubakar
• Christian Bassogog
• Benjamin Moukandjo
• Nicolas Nkoulou
• Sébastien Siani
• Neeskens Kebano
• Firmin Ndombe Mubele
• Mohamed Elneny
• Kahraba
• Abdallah Said
• Jordan Ayew
• Asamoah Gyan
• Piqueti
• Juary Soares
• Wilfried Bony
• Serey Dié
• Yves Bissouma
• Rachid Alioui
• Aziz Bouhaddouz
• Youssef En-Nesyri
• Romain Saïss
• Papakouli Diop
• Kara Mbodji
• Henri Saivet
• Moussa Sow
• Mathieu Dossevi
• Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
• Wahbi Khazri
• Taha Yassine Khenissi
• Youssef Msakni
• Farouk Miya
• Kudakwashe Mahachi
• Tendai Ndoro
• Nyasha Mushekwi
• Knowledge Musona

Own goals

• Aïssa Mandi (against Tunisia)
• Rudinilson Silva (against Burkina Faso)

Awards

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

Total Man of the Competition

• Christian Bassogog

Top Scorer

• Junior Kabananga (3 goals)

Fair Play prize

•   Egypt

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Substitutes
Fabrice Ondoa	Kara Mbodji Ahmed Hegazi Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui	Charles Kaboré Mubarak Wakaso Bertrand Traoré Christian Atsu Mohamed Salah	Christian Bassogog Junior Kabananga	Essam El-Hadary Cheikhou Kouyaté Préjuce Nakoulma Aristide Bancé Benjamin Moukandjo Zezinho Mbark Boussoufa

Sponsorship

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

Title sponsor	Official sponsors
Total [41]	Orange [42] beIN Sports

Tournament rankings

Ranking criteria

For teams eliminated in the same knockout round, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings: [43] Goal difference in round eliminated; Goals scored in round eliminated; If teams eliminated in the semi-finals or quarter-finals are tied, the above criteria are reapplied for the previous knockout round, with this process repeated once more should two semi-finalists remain tied; Points in group stage; Goal difference in group stage; Goals scored in group stage; Disciplinary points. For teams eliminated in the group stage, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings: [43] Position in group; Points; Goal difference; Goals scored; Disciplinary points.

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	B	4	2	2	0	8	6	2	+4
6	DR Congo	C	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 the 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	D	3	0	1	2	1	1	3	−2
14	Guinea-Bissau	A	3	0	1	2	1	2	5	−3
15	Zambia	B	3	0	1	2	1	4	8	−4
16	Togo	C	3	0	1	2	1	2	6	−4

Match ball

Mitre took over as the official match ball supplier following the expiration of the contract between Adidas and CAF. CAF Mitre Delta Hyperseam was the name of the official match ball. ^[44]

Mascot

The official mascot of the tournament was "Samba", a black panther. ^[45]

Controversy

Website attack

On 21 January, Russian hacking group New World Hackers claimed to have taken the official CAF website down in response to CAF's decision to choose Gabon as host nation. "We did this in protest against Gabon", the person claiming to be one of the hackers wrote in an email. "They are running the Africa Cup in a country where the dictator Ali Bongo is killing innocent people!" ^[46]

Media

Broadcasting

Territory	Channel	Ref
Asia-Pacific	BeIN Sports	[47]
Australia	beIN Sports	[47]
Bangladesh	Sony SIX Sony ESPN
Benin	ORTB
Bhutan	Sony SIX Sony ESPN
Brazil	SporTV
Canada	beIN Sports (English) Univision Canada (Spanish) RDS (French)	[47]
Cape Verde	RTC
Caribbean	Flow Sports
Central America	ESPN
Colombia	Caracol TV RCN Television
Democratic Republic of the Congo	RTNC
DOMTOM	France Télévisions
Equatorial Guinea	RTVGE
France	beIN Sports	[47]
Gabon	GTV
Ghana	GTV/KTV
India	Sony SIX Sony ESPN
Ireland	Eurosport Ireland RTÉ Sport	[48]
Israel	Sport 5
Italy	Fox Sports Italia	[47]
Ivory Coast	RTI
Cameroon	CRTV
Japan	NHK
Maldives	Sony SIX Sony ESPN
Mali	ORTM
MENA	beIN Sports
Mexico	Televisa ESPN
Nepal	Sony SIX Sony ESPN
Netherlands	Fox Sports Netherlands	[47]
New Zealand	Sky Sport
Pacific Islands	Sky Sport
Pakistan	Sony SIX Sony ESPN
Portugal	Eurosport Portugal
San Marino	Fox Sports Italia
Senegal	RTS
South Africa	SABC
South America (except Brazil)	ESPN
South Korea	JTBC3 Fox Sports
Southeastern Europe	Arena Sport 1
Spain	Eurosport Spain	[47]
Sri Lanka	Sony SIX Sony ESPN
Sub-Saharan Africa	SuperSport (English and Portuguese) TV5Monde Afrique (French) Canal+ Sport Afrique	[47]
Togo	TVT international
Turkey	Tivibu Spor	[47]
United Kingdom	Eurosport	[48]
United States	beIN Sports (English and Spanish)	[47]
Vatican City	Fox Sports Italia

^1 - Available in the following countries: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia

References

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External links

• 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, CAFonline.com