2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group I

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Group I of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the thirteen groups to decide the teams which qualified 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]

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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 winners, 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 group runners-up with the best records. [3]

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svgFlag of Sierra Leone.svgFlag of Sudan.svg
1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 413032+16 Final tournament 1–1 1–0
2Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 41212205 0–0 1–0
3Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 41122314 1–1 1–0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svg1–0Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
  • Ramadan Soccerball shade.svg77' (pen.)
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Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svg0–0Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
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Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg1–0Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
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Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svg1–1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
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Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svg1–0Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
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Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg1–1Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
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Centralised friendlies

Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg0–0Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
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Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg4–0Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
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Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg2–1Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svg1–0Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
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Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg2–1Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
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Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svg1–2Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
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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]

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  2. "Result of the drawing of lots" (PDF). CAF.
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  5. "Côte d'Ivoire-Gabon, ce sera à Libreville et non à Abidjan" (in French). CAF. 4 June 2015.