2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J

Last updated

Group J 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 four teams: Algeria, Ethiopia, Lesotho, and Seychelles. [1]

Contents

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

Algeria, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. [3]

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Algeria.svgFlag of Ethiopia.svgFlag of Seychelles.svgFlag of Lesotho.svg
1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 6510255+2016 Final tournament 7–1 4–0 6–0
2Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 63211114311 3–3 2–1 2–1
3Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 611451164 0–2 1–1 2–0
4Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 6105516113 1–3 1–2 2–1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg4–0Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
Report
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia.svg2–1Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
Report

Seychelles  Flag of Seychelles.svg1–1Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Report
Lesotho  Flag of Lesotho.svg1–3Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Report

Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg7–1Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Report
Seychelles  Flag of Seychelles.svg2–0Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
Report

Lesotho  Flag of Lesotho.svg2–1Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
Report
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia.svg3–3Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Report

Seychelles  Flag of Seychelles.svg0–2Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Report
Lesotho  Flag of Lesotho.svg1–2Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Report

Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia.svg2−1Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
Report
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg6–0Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
Report

Goalscorers

7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Notes

    Related Research Articles

    The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was the qualification process for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, the 29th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. South Africa automatically qualified as the host country.

    This page provides the summaries of the CAF first round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

    This page provides the summaries of the CAF second round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

    The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches determined the participating teams for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

    The qualification phase of the 2015 African U-20 Championship decided the participating teams of the final tournament. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament, to be hosted by Senegal.

    The 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

    The 2016 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament.

    Group B of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the seven groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. Group B consisted of four teams: Algeria, Mali, Malawi, and Ethiopia, who played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.

    Group A 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 four teams: Tunisia, Togo, Liberia, and Djibouti.

    Group C 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 four teams: Mali, Equatorial Guinea, Benin, and South Sudan.

    Group D 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 four teams: Burkina Faso, Uganda, Botswana, and Comoros.

    Group M 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 four teams: Cameroon, South Africa, Gambia, and Mauritania.

    The qualification phase of the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations decided the participating teams of the final tournament. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament, to be hosted by Zambia.

    Group D of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Algeria, Togo, Benin, and Gambia.

    Group L of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Cape Verde, Uganda, Tanzania, and Lesotho.

    Group F of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Ghana, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, and Kenya, before Sierra Leone's disqualification.

    The 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification was a women's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

    The Confederation of African Football (CAF) organized the 5th edition of its qualifying tournament for African female national teams from 3 April 2019 to 10 March 2020 so as to gain entry into the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan, in which CAF was allocated 1.5 places by FIFA.

    Group H of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Algeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana.

    Group L of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Nigeria, Benin, Sierra Leone, and Lesotho.

    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.