2017 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage

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.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).[1]

Qualified teams edit

The top two placed teams from each of the four groups advanced to the knockout stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A   Burkina Faso   Cameroon
B   Senegal   Tunisia
C   DR Congo   Morocco
D   Egypt   Ghana

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 January – Libreville
 
 
  Burkina Faso2
 
1 February – Libreville
 
  Tunisia0
 
  Burkina Faso1 (3)
 
29 January – Port-Gentil
 
  Egypt (pen.)1 (4)
 
  Egypt1
 
5 February – Libreville
 
  Morocco0
 
  Egypt1
 
28 January – Franceville
 
  Cameroon2
 
  Senegal0 (4)
 
2 February – Franceville
 
  Cameroon (pen.)0 (5)
 
  Cameroon2
 
29 January – Oyem
 
  Ghana0 Third place play-off
 
  DR Congo1
 
4 February – Port-Gentil
 
  Ghana2
 
  Burkina Faso1
 
 
  Ghana0
 

Quarter-finals edit

Burkina Faso vs Tunisia edit

Burkina Faso  2–0  Tunisia
Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Burkina Faso[2]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tunisia[2]
GK 16 Kouakou Hervé Koffi
RB 2 Steeve Yago
CB 14 Issoufou Dayo
CB 4 Bakary Koné
LB 20 Yacouba Coulibaly   67'
CM 18 Charles Kaboré (c)   19'
CM 22 Blati Touré   83'   87'
AM 8 Abdou Razack Traoré
RF 19 Bertrand Traoré   90+2'
CF 7 Préjuce Nakoulma   86'
LF 21 Cyrille Bayala   77'
Substitutions:
FW 15 Aristide Bancé   77'
MF 6 Bakary Saré   87'
MF 10 Alain Traoré   90+2'
Manager:
  Paulo Duarte
 
GK 16 Aymen Mathlouthi (c)
RB 21 Hamdi Nagguez
CB 2 Syam Ben Youssef   38'
CB 20 Mohamed Ali Yacoubi   34'
LB 3 Aymen Abdennour   22'
CM 14 Mohamed Amine Ben Amor
CM 13 Ferjani Sassi   85'
RW 10 Wahbi Khazri   63'
AM 23 Naïm Sliti
LW 7 Youssef Msakni
CF 11 Taha Yassine Khenissi   85'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Hamza Lahmar   63'
FW 9 Ahmed Akaïchi   85'
FW 19 Saber Khalifa   85'
Manager:
  Henryk Kasperczak

Man of the Match:
Préjuce Nakoulma (Burkina Faso)[3]

Assistant referees:
Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
Aboubacar Doumbouya (Guinea)
Fourth official:
Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Fifth official:
Yahaya Mahamadou (Niger)

Senegal vs Cameroon edit

Senegal  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Cameroon
Report
Penalties
4–5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Senegal[4]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cameroon[4]
GK 1 Abdoulaye Diallo
RB 21 Lamine Gassama
CB 3 Kalidou Koulibaly
CB 2 Kara Mbodji
LB 4 Cheikh M'Bengue   86'
CM 5 Idrissa Gueye
CM 8 Cheikhou Kouyaté (c)   90+3'   109'
RW 20 Keita Baldé
AM 22 Henri Saivet
LW 10 Sadio Mané
CF 9 Mame Biram Diouf   13'   64'
Substitutions:
FW 7 Moussa Sow   64'
DF 19 Saliou Ciss   86'
MF 17 Badou Ndiaye   109'
Manager:
Aliou Cissé
 
GK 1 Fabrice Ondoa
RB 19 Collins Fai   59'
CB 4 Adolphe Teikeu
CB 5 Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
LB 6 Ambroise Oyongo   25'
CM 15 Sébastien Siani
CM 17 Arnaud Djoum   82'   102'
RW 13 Christian Bassogog
AM 8 Benjamin Moukandjo (c)
LW 20 Karl Toko Ekambi   46'
CF 18 Robert Ndip Tambe   102'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Jacques Zoua   46'
FW 10 Vincent Aboubakar   102'
MF 14 Georges Mandjeck   102'
Manager:
  Hugo Broos

Man of the Match:
Fabrice Ondoa (Cameroon)[5]

Assistant referees:
Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola)
Marwa Range (Kenya)
Fourth official:
Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
Fifth official:
Arsénio Chadreque Marengula (Mozambique)

DR Congo vs Ghana edit

DR Congo  1–2  Ghana
M'Poku   68' Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DR Congo[6]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ghana[6]
GK 1 Ley Matampi
RB 2 Issama Mpeko
CB 18 Merveille Bokadi
CB 5 Marcel Tisserand   61'
LB 13 Joyce Lomalisa   59'
CM 15 Rémi Mulumba   16'   85'
CM 22 Chancel Mbemba
AM 8 Paul-José M'Poku   83'
RF 21 Firmin Ndombe Mubele   83'
CF 9 Dieumerci Mbokani (c)
LF 6 Junior Kabananga
Substitutions:
FW 17 Cédric Bakambu   83'
FW 19 Jeremy Bokila   83'
FW 12 Jonathan Bolingi   85'
Manager:
Florent Ibengé
 
GK 1 Brimah Razak
RB 23 Harrison Afful
CB 18 Daniel Amartey   74'
CB 21 John Boye
LB 22 Frank Acheampong
CM 5 Thomas Partey
CM 9 Jordan Ayew
CM 11 Mubarak Wakaso   58'
RF 10 André Ayew (c)
CF 6 Afriyie Acquah
LF 7 Christian Atsu
Manager:
  Avram Grant

Man of the Match:
Jordan Ayew (Ghana)[7]

Assistant referees:
Albdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)
Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan)
Fourth official:
Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
Fifth official:
Ali Waleed Ahmed (Sudan)

Egypt vs Morocco edit

Egypt  1–0  Morocco
Kahraba   88' Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Egypt[8]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Morocco[8]
GK 1 Essam El-Hadary (c)
RB 3 Ahmed Elmohamady
CB 2 Ali Gabr
CB 6 Ahmed Hegazy
LB 15 Karim Hafez   63'
CM 8 Tarek Hamed   11'   90+3'
CM 7 Ahmed Fathy
RW 10 Mohamed Salah
AM 19 Abdallah Said
LW 21 Trézéguet
CF 18 Marwan Mohsen   43'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Ahmed Hassan   43'
MF 11 Kahraba   74'   63'
DF 20 Saad Samir   90+3'
Manager:
  Héctor Cúper
 
GK 12 Munir Mohand
RB 2 Hamza Mendyl
CB 4 Manuel da Costa
CB 5 Medhi Benatia (c)
LB 17 Nabil Dirar
DM 6 Romain Saïss   90+2'
CM 14 Mbark Boussoufa
CM 8 Karim El Ahmadi
RW 11 Fayçal Fajr
LW 7 Youssef En-Nesyri
CF 20 Aziz Bouhaddouz   78'
Substitutions:
MF 16 Omar El Kaddouri   78'
FW 23 Rachid Alioui   90+2'
Manager:
  Hervé Renard

Man of the Match:
Kahraba (Egypt)[9]

Assistant referees:
Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
Théophile Vinga (Gabon)
Fourth official:
Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Fifth official:
Marius Donatien Tan (Ivory Coast)

Semi-finals edit

Burkina Faso vs Egypt edit

Burkina Faso  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Egypt
Bancé   73' Report M. Salah   66'
Penalties
3–4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Burkina Faso[10]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Egypt[10]
GK 16 Kouakou Hervé Koffi
RB 2 Steeve Yago   98'
CB 14 Issoufou Dayo
CB 4 Bakary Koné
LB 20 Yacouba Coulibaly
CM 8 Abdou Razack Traoré   80'
CM 18 Charles Kaboré (c)
AM 22 Blati Touré
RW 19 Bertrand Traoré   86'
LW 7 Préjuce Nakoulma
CF 15 Aristide Bancé   102'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Banou Diawara   80'
MF 10 Alain Traoré   102'
Manager:
  Paulo Duarte
 
GK 1 Essam El-Hadary (c)
RB 3 Ahmed Elmohamady   106'
CB 6 Ahmed Hegazy
CB 2 Ali Gabr
LB 7 Ahmed Fathy   41'
CM 8 Tarek Hamed
CM 5 Ibrahim Salah
AM 19 Abdallah Said
RW 10 Mohamed Salah
LW 21 Trézéguet   85'
CF 11 Kahraba   54'   74'
Substitutions:
MF 22 Amr Warda   74'
MF 14 Ramadan Sobhi   85'
DF 4 Omar Gaber   106'
Manager:
  Héctor Cúper

Man of the Match:
Essam El-Hadary (Egypt)[11]

Assistant referees:
Djibril Camara (Senegal)
El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal)
Fourth official:
Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
Fifth official:
Arsénio Chadreque Marengula (Mozambique)

Cameroon vs Ghana edit

Cameroon  2–0  Ghana
Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cameroon[12]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ghana[12]
GK 1 Fabrice Ondoa
RB 19 Collins Fai
CB 5 Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
CB 4 Adolphe Teikeu
LB 6 Ambroise Oyongo
CM 17 Arnaud Djoum   77'
CM 15 Sébastien Siani
AM 9 Jacques Zoua
RW 13 Christian Bassogog
LW 8 Benjamin Moukandjo (c)   82'
CF 18 Robert Ndip Tambe   74'
Substitutions:
FW 10 Vincent Aboubakar   74'
MF 14 Georges Mandjeck   77'
Manager:
  Hugo Broos
 
GK 1 Brimah Razak
RB 23 Harrison Afful
CB 21 John Boye
CB 18 Daniel Amartey
LB 22 Frank Acheampong
CM 7 Christian Atsu
CM 6 Afriyie Acquah   76'
CM 11 Mubarak Wakaso
RF 5 Thomas Partey   86'
CF 9 Jordan Ayew
LF 10 André Ayew (c)
Substitutions:
FW 3 Asamoah Gyan   76'
MF 8 Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu   86'
Manager:
  Avram Grant

Man of the Match:
Christian Bassogog (Cameroon)[13]

Assistant referees:
Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
Ali Waleed Ahmed (Sudan)
Fourth official:
Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Fifth official:
Redouane Achik (Morocco)

Third place play-off edit

Burkina Faso  1–0  Ghana
Al. Traoré   89' Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Burkina Faso[14]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ghana[14]
GK 16 Kouakou Hervé Koffi
RB 2 Steeve Yago
CB 14 Issoufou Dayo
CB 4 Bakary Koné
LB 20 Yacouba Coulibaly   83'
CM 22 Blati Touré
CM 18 Charles Kaboré (c)   88'
AM 10 Alain Traoré
RF 19 Bertrand Traoré
CF 15 Aristide Bancé   73'
LF 7 Préjuce Nakoulma
Substitutions:
FW 21 Cyrille Bayala   73'
DF 5 Patrick Malo   83'
MF 12 Adama Guira   88'
Manager:
  Paulo Duarte
 
GK 12 Richard Ofori
RB 23 Harrison Afful
CB 18 Daniel Amartey
CB 4 Jonathan Mensah
LB 2 Andy Yiadom
DM 5 Thomas Partey
CM 8 Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (c)
CM 15 Ebenezer Ofori
RF 14 Bernard Tekpetey   71'
CF 9 Jordan Ayew   75'
LF 20 Samuel Tetteh   65'
Substitutions:
FW 3 Asamoah Gyan   65'
MF 10 André Ayew   71'
MF 7 Christian Atsu   75'
Manager:
  Avram Grant

Man of the Match:
Bertrand Traoré (Burkina Faso)[15]

Assistant referees:
Albdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)
Anouar Hmila (Tunisia)
Fourth official:
Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Fifth official:
Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan)

Final edit

Cameroon  2–1  Egypt
Report Elneny   22'
Attendance: 38,250
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cameroon[16]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Egypt[16]
GK 1 Fabrice Ondoa
RB 19 Collins Fai   90+1'
CB 5 Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
CB 4 Adolphe Teikeu   31'
LB 6 Ambroise Oyongo
CM 15 Sébastien Siani
CM 17 Arnaud Djoum
RW 13 Christian Bassogog   90+4'
AM 9 Jacques Zoua   90+4'
LW 8 Benjamin Moukandjo (c)
CF 18 Robert Ndip Tambe   46'
Substitutions:
DF 3 Nicolas Nkoulou   31'
FW 10 Vincent Aboubakar   89'   46'
MF 14 Georges Mandjeck   90+4'
Manager:
  Hugo Broos
 
GK 1 Essam El-Hadary (c)
RB 3 Ahmed Elmohamady
CB 6 Ahmed Hegazy
CB 2 Ali Gabr
LB 7 Ahmed Fathy
CM 8 Tarek Hamed
CM 17 Mohamed Elneny
RW 10 Mohamed Salah
AM 19 Abdallah Said
LW 21 Trézéguet   65'
CF 22 Amr Warda
Substitutions:
MF 14 Ramadan Sobhi   90+2'   65'
Manager:
  Héctor Cúper

Man of the Match:
Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon)[17]

References edit

  1. ^ "Fixtures of the Final Tournament" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b "Tactical start list: Burkina Faso - Tunisia" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. ^ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (January 28, 2017). "The Total Man of the Match is Préjuce Nakoulma! Great performance!" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 January 2017 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b "Tactical start list: Senegal - Cameroon" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  5. ^ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (January 28, 2017). "J. Ondoa has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 January 2017 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ a b "Tactical start list: Congo DR - Ghana" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  7. ^ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (January 29, 2017). "The Total Man of the Match is Jordan Ayew! Great performance!" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 January 2017 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ a b "Tactical start list: Egypt - Morocco" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  9. ^ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (January 29, 2017). "Mahmoud Kahraba has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 January 2017 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ a b "Tactical start list: Burkina Faso - Egypt" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  11. ^ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (February 1, 2017). "The Total Man of the Match is E. EL HADARY! Great performance!" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 February 2017 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ a b "Tactical start list: Cameroon - Ghana" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  13. ^ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (February 2, 2017). "C.BASSOGOG has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 February 2017 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ a b "Tactical start list: Burkina Faso - Ghana" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  15. ^ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (February 4, 2017). "B. TOURE has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 February 2017 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ a b "Tactical start list: Egypt – Cameroon" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 5 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  17. ^ Kindzeka, Moki Edwin (6 February 2017). "Cameroon Beats Egypt to Win Africa Cup of Nations Final". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

External links edit