2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group G

Group G 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 teams in the group played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.[1] The group originally consisted of four teams: Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania, and Chad. However, on 27 March 2016 it was announced that Chad had withdrawn from the competition on financial grounds.[2][3] As per the competition's regulations, the matches involving Chad and played up to that point were annulled, and the scheduled forthcoming matches involving Chad were cancelled.[4]

Egypt, the group winner, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. After Chad's withdrawal, the runners-up could no longer qualify as one of the two runners-up with the best records, as any groups reduced to just three teams had only the group winner qualifying for the finals and were not considered when determining the best second-placed teams.[2][5]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 Final tournament — 1–0 3–0 —
2  Nigeria 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 5 1–1 — 1–0 2–0
3  Tanzania 4 0 1 3 0 6 −6 1 0–2 0–0 — —
4  Chad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[lower-alpha 1] 1–5 — 0–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ On 27 March 2016, it was announced that Chad had withdrawn from the competition on financial grounds.[6][7] At that point, Chad had played three matches, and all results are annulled and not taken into consideration according to the regulations. Moreover, the runners-up are now not eligible to qualify as one of the two runners-up with the best records.

Matches

13 June 2015 (2015-06-13)
16:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  Annulled
(originally 2–0) 		 Chad
Salami  63'
Ighalo  79' (pen.)		 Report
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Referee: Assoumane Moussa Gnali (Niger)

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)
19:00 UTC+2
Egypt  3–0  Tanzania
Rabia  60'
Morsy  64'
Salah  69'		 Report

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)
16:30 UTC+3
Tanzania  0–0  Nigeria
Report
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)
15:30 UTC+1
Chad  Annulled
(originally 1–5) 		 Egypt
Haroun  37' Report Morsy  2', 24', 61'
Salah  39'
Kahraba  55'

23 March 2016 (2016-03-23)
15:30 UTC+1
Chad  Annulled
(originally 0–1) 		 Tanzania
Report Samatta  32'

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
17:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  1–1  Egypt
Oghenekaro  60' Report Salah  90'

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)
16:00 UTC+3
Tanzania  Cancelled  Chad
Report
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)
19:00 UTC+2
Egypt  1–0  Nigeria
Sobhi  66' Report

3 June 2016 (2016-06-03)
Chad  Cancelled  Nigeria
Report

4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)
16:00 UTC+3
Tanzania  0–2  Egypt
Report Salah  44', 58'

2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
Egypt  Cancelled  Chad
Report

3 September 2016 (2016-09-03)
17:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  1–0  Tanzania
Iheanacho  79' Report

Goalscorers

As all results of Chad were annulled (points, scored and conceded goals),[2] goalscorers in matches involving Chad are not counted.

4 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "Result of the drawing of lots" (PDF). CAF.
  2. 1 2 3 "Withdrawal of Chad from AFCON 2017 qualifiers". CAF. 27 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Chad withdraw from Nations Cup on financial grounds". BBC. 27 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Results of AFCON 2017 qualifiers draw". CAF. 8 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "FORMAT OF 2017 AFCON QUALIFIERS AND 2018 WORLD CUP". CAFonline.com. 22 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Withdrawal of Chad from AFCON 2017 qualifiers". CAF. 27 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Chad withdraw from Nations Cup on financial grounds". BBC. 27 March 2016.

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