02 January 2016

Free tips for African Cup of Nations qualifiers 2017

Apart from all regions for World Cup qualifiers which I in detail explained last week, on this page you will find free tips for all qualifiers from the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) as well. Thirty first edition from this prestigious African tournament will take place from middle of January and will last until first week of February 2017. Originally, host nation of welcoming the best African teams was Libya but because the ongoing civil war in the country in August 2014 CAF (Confederation of African Football) has decided to switch Libyan hospitality with Gabonese.
Fifty two member states are divided into 13 groups with 4 teams each. But because Gabon, who is already qualified as a host nation and is playing in these qualifiers, now we have 1 group with 3 teams. This means that Gabon results will now be considered as friendlies and will not count for the overall standings. On the other hand Morocco, who withdraw from hosting this event in 2015 due to spreading of the ebola virus, was banned for the next 2 AFCON tournaments (2017 and 2019) by CAF. However, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned this decision in their favor, so it was clear for Morocco to enter this qualifiers.
Thirteen group winners plus two best runners-up (second placed) teams plus Gabon conclude 16 best African teams who will fight for the trophy in 2017. These (long) qualifiers began on 12 June 2015 and will last until 03 September. Two rounds was played so far, with third continuing 23 and 26 March, while round 4 games will be played 27 and 29 March:

23 March, round 3 in group A: Tunisia - Togo and Djibouti - Liberia.
23 March, round 3 in group B: DR Congo - Angola and Madagascar - Central African Republic.
23 March, round 3 in group C: Mali - Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan - Benin.
23 March, round 3 in group D: Comoros - Botswana.
26 March, round 3 in group D: Burkina Faso - Uganda.
23 March, round 3 in group E: Zambia - Congo and Guinea-Bissau - Kenya.
23 March, round 3 in group F: Sao Tome and Principe - Libya and Cape Verde - Morocco.
23 March, round 3 in group G: Chad - Tanzania and Nigeria - Egypt.
23 March, round 3 in group H: Ghana - Mozambique and Mauritius - Rwanda.
23 March, round 3 in group I: Ivory Coast - Sudan and Gabon - Sierra Leone.
23 March, round 3 in group J: Algeria - Ethiopia.
26 March, round 3 in group J: Seychelles - Lesotho.
23 March, round 3 in group K: Senegal - Niger and Burundi - Namibia.
23 March, round 3 in group L: Swaziland - Zimbabwe and Guinea - Malawi.
23 March, round 3 in group M: Mauritania - Gambia and Cameroon - South Africa.

27 March, round 4 in group A: Liberia - Djibouti and Togo - Tunisia.
27 March, round 4 in group B: Central African Republic - Madagascar and Angola - DR Congo.
27 March, round 4 in group C: Benin - South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea - Mali.
27 March, round 4 in group D: Uganda - Burkina Faso.
26 March, round 4 in group D: Botswana - Comoros.
27 March, round 4 in group E: Kenya - Guinea-Bissau and Congo - Zambia.
27 March, round 4 in group F: Morocco - Cape Verde and Libya - Sao Tome and Principe.
27 March, round 4 in group G: Egypt - Nigeria and Tanzania - Chad.
27 March, round 4 in group H: Rwanda - Mauritius and Mozambique - Ghana.
26 March, round 4 in group I: Sierra Leone - Gabon.
27 March, round 4 in group I: Sudan - Ivory Coast.
29 March, round 4 in group J: Lesotho - Seychelles.
27 March, round 4 in group J: Ethiopia - Algeria.
27 March, round 4 in group K: Namibia - Burundi and Niger - Senegal.
27 March, round 4 in group L: Malawi - Guinea and Zimbabwe - Swaziland.
27 March, round 4 in group M: South Africa - Cameroon and Gambia - Mauritania.

Current champion in Africa is Ivory Coast, but most successful nation is Egypt with 7 titles. Next champion of Africa will have the right to compete in the FIFA 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia (Confederation Cup competitions are staging exactly 1 year prior to the World Cup).

Overview in 2015 and expectations in 2016: In 2 rounds played so far in some groups there are some surprises, while in other some favorites are way behind. If those favorites would like to be in Gabon next year then we have to see lots of fighting, sacrificing, sweating, running on the pitch over the next crucial games for them. But we expecting some surprising nations to be among final 16.

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