Who to expect At AFCON 2017 in Gabon
Who to expect At AFCON 2017 in Gabon
By Serestino Tusingwire
After the AFCON 2017 qualifiers, a total of sixteen national teams including Uganda have been confirmed by CAF.
These sixteen teams will compete for the continent’s most prized football trophy come 2017 in Gabon.
A total of 52 countries started the qualifying campaign spread around 13 groups.
The thirteen group leaders got automatic qualification together with the two best runners up.
Uganda and Togo made the cut through the latter category. The Cranes finished second in group D with 13 while Togo accumulated 11 points in group A.
Egypt will be making a record 22 appearances while West African side Guinea-Bissau will be making their first ever appearance in AFCON competitions.
Senegal was the only team to have won all six matches.
Uganda will be returning to AFCON competitions after 38 years, that is since 1978
The qualified teams;
Gabon (hosts), Algeria (group J), Burkina Faso (group D), Cameroon (group M), Cote d’Ivoire (group I), DR Congo (group B), Egypt (group G), Ghana (group H), Guinea Bissau (group E), Mali (group C), Morocco (group F), Senegal (group K), Togo (runners group A), Tunisia (group A) Uganda (Runners group D), and Zimbabwe (group L).
Performance per group in detail
# | Group A | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
1. | Tunisia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16:3 | 13 | |
2. | Togo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11:4 | 11 | |
3. | Liberia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11:8 | 10 | |
4. | Djibouti | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1:24 | 0 | |
# | Group B | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
1. | D.R. Congo | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16:6 | 15 | |
2. | Central Africa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9:11 | 10 | |
3. | Angola | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7:8 | 5 | |
4. | Madagascar | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5:12 | 3 | |
# | Group C | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
1. | Mali | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13:3 | 16 | |
2. | Benin | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12:10 | 11 | |
3. | Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6:6 | 4 | |
4. | South Sudan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3:15 | 3 | |
# | Group D | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
1. | Burkina Faso | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6:2 | 13 | |
2. | Uganda | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6:2 | 13 | |
3. | Botswana | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5:8 | 6 | |
4. | Comoros | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2:7 | 3 | |
# | Group E | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
1. | Guinea Bissau | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7:7 | 10 | |
2. | Congo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9:7 | 9 | |
3. | Zambia | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7:7 | 7 | |
4. | Kenya | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5:7 | 5 | |
# | Group F | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
1. | Morocco | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10:1 | 16 | |
2. | Cape Verde | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11:7 | 9 | |
3. | Libya | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8:6 | 7 | |
4. | Sao Tome and Principe | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4:19 | 3 | |
# | Group G | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
1. | Egypt | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7:1 | 10 | |
2. | Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2:2 | 5 | |
3. | Tanzania | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0:6 | 1 | |
4. | Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | |
# | Group H | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
1. | Ghana | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14:3 | 14 | |
2. | Rwanda | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9:6 | 7 | |
3. | Mozambique | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5:7 | 7 | |
4. | Mauritius | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3:15 | 6 | |
# | Group I | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
1. | Ivory Coast | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3:2 | 6 | |
2. | Sierra Leone | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2:2 | 5 | |
3. | Sudan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2:3 | 4 | |
# | Group J | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
1. | Algeria | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25:5 | 16 | |
2. | Ethiopia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11:14 | 11 | |
3. | Seychelles | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5:11 | 4 | |
4. | Lesotho | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5:16 | 3 | |
# | Group K | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
1. | Senegal | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13:2 | 18 | |
2. | Burundi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7:9 | 7 | |
3. | Namibia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5:9 | 6 | |
4. | Niger | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2:7 | 4 | |
# | Group L | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
1. | Zimbabwe | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11:4 | 11 | |
2. | Swaziland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6:9 | 8 | |
3. | Guinea | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5:5 | 8 | |
4. | Malawi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5:9 | 5 | |
# | Group M | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
1. | Cameroon | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7:2 | 14 | |
2. | Mauritania | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6:5 | 8 | |
3. | South Africa | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8:6 | 7 | |
4. | Gambia | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1:9 | 2 |