Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the four groups advanced to the knockout stage.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
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| A |  Burkina Faso |  Cameroon |
| B |  Senegal |  Tunisia |
| C |  DR Congo |  Morocco |
| D |  Egypt |  Ghana |
The knockout stage of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations took place from 28 January to the final on 5 February 2017 in Gabon.
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 third place play-off, where no extra time was played and the match went directly to penalties if level.
The top two placed teams from each of the four groups advanced to the knockout stage.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
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| A | Burkina Faso | Cameroon |
| B | Senegal | Tunisia |
| C | DR Congo | Morocco |
| D | Egypt | Ghana |
| 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 | |||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 2–0 | Tunisia |
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          Burkina Faso [2] |      Tunisia [2] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: |
    Senegal [4] |      Cameroon [4] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: |
| DR Congo | 1–2 | Ghana |
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M'Poku  68' | Report |
     DR Congo [6] |     Ghana [6] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: |
     Egypt [8] |      Morocco [8] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: |
| Burkina Faso | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Egypt |
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| Bancé 73' | Report | M. Salah 66' |
| Penalties | ||
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Burkina Faso [10] |  Egypt [10] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: |
| Cameroon | 2–0 | Ghana |
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Cameroon [12] | Ghana [12] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: |
| Burkina Faso | 1–0 | Ghana |
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| Al. Traoré 89' | Report |
     Burkina Faso [14] |      Ghana [14] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: |
Cameroon [16] | Egypt [16] |
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Man of the Match: |
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