2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group I

Group I of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the 13 groups to decide the teams which qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of three teams: Ivory Coast, Sudan, and Sierra Leone. The hosts of the final tournament, Gabon, had also been drawn into this group and played games against the other three teams in the group; however, these matches were only considered as friendlies and not counted for the standings.[1]

The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.[2]

Ivory Coast, the group winner, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Since this group only had three teams, the runners-up were not eligible to qualify as one of the two runners-up with the best records.[3]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 4 1 3 0 3 2 +1 6 Final tournament — 1–1 1–0
2  Sierra Leone 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 5 0–0 — 1–0
3  Sudan 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 4 1–1 1–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)
20:00 UTC+3
Sudan  1–0  Sierra Leone
Alagab  77' (pen.) Report
Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)
16:00 UTC+1
Sierra Leone  0–0  Ivory Coast
Report

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
16:30 UTC±0
Ivory Coast  1–0  Sudan
Gervinho  34' Report

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)
21:00 UTC+3
Sudan  1–1  Ivory Coast
El Tahir  29' Report Gradel  16'
Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)
16:30 UTC±0
Sierra Leone  1–0  Sudan
Fofana  65' Report

3 September 2016 (2016-09-03)
18:00 UTC±0
Ivory Coast  1–1  Sierra Leone
Kodjia  35' Report K. Kamara  67'

Centralised friendlies

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)[note 2]
18:00 UTC+1
Gabon  0–0  Ivory Coast
Report
Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)
18:00 UTC+1
Gabon  4–0  Sudan
Evouna  29', 66'
Mbingui  61'
Aubameyang  70'		 Report

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
15:30 UTC+1
Gabon  2–1  Sierra Leone
Aubameyang  33' (pen.)
Evouna  56'		 Report Fofana  82'

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)
16:30 UTC±0
Sierra Leone  1–0  Gabon
Bangura  13' (pen.) Report
National Stadium, Freetown
Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal)

4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)[note 2]
17:30 UTC±0
Ivory Coast  2–1  Gabon
Kodjia  52'
Diomandé  71'		 Report Evouna  81'

2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
20:00 UTC+3
Sudan  1–2  Gabon
Hamid  25' Report Aubameyang  32'
Manga  41'

Goalscorers

1 goal

Notes

  1. ↑ Sierra Leone played their home match against Ivory Coast outside of their country due to Ebola outbreak.[4]
  2. 1 2 The two matches between Gabon and Ivory Coast were reversed from the original fixtures.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Results of AFCON 2017 qualifiers draw". CAF. 8 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Result of the drawing of lots" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ↑ "FORMAT OF 2017 AFCON QUALIFIERS AND 2018 WORLD CUP". CAFonline.com. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Port Harcourt to host Sierra Leone-Ivory Coast". BBC Sport. 1 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Côte d'Ivoire-Gabon, ce sera à Libreville et non à Abidjan" (in French). CAF. 4 June 2015.

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