2017 AFCON Qualifiers

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AFCON 2017 Qualifiers : Nigeria beat Tanzania 1-0

A 78-minute strike by Nigeria sensation, Kelechi Iheanacho helped the Super Eagles of Nigeria to slim win over Tanzania in the AFCON 2017 Qualifiers. 
The game took place at the Nest Of Champions in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Unfortunately even with the well-deserved victory, Nigeria will not be participating in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.
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Kenya disqualified from 2017 AFCON Qualifiers

For fielding overage players against Sudan, Kenya U20 team have disqualified from the 2017 AFCON Qualifiers by the committee of the competition.
The players ; Erick Ouma Otien, Nicholas Kipkirui, Boniface Muchiri, Eugene Moses Mukangula and Theodore Kibet Kilele were all born in 1996 whereas the competition was open to players born on or after 1 January 1997. 
In a letter addressed to the CEO of FKF, CAF General Secretary, Hicham El Amrani said, “The Organizing Committee after its findings concluded that the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) clearly violated article 40.11 of the competition regulations which states: ‘a team which allows a non-qualified or a suspended player to take part in a direct knock-out match shall lose the match and shall be eliminated from the competition, even in the absence of protests’.

“Consequently, the U-20 Kenyan National team is disqualified from the preliminaries of the AFCON U20 – Zambia 2017 and the U20 Sudan National team is qualified to the next round.”
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AFCON 2017: Gabon beats Ghana, Algeria to hosting rights.

The host country for the 2017 edition of the Orange African Cup Of Nations (AFCON 2017) is Gabon.
The announcement was made few minutes ago by Confederation of African Football (CAF)  President, Issa Hayatou.

The draw for the 2017 African Nations Cup qualifiers

Group A: Tunisia, Togo, Liberia, Djibouti
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Group B: Madagascar, DRC, Angola, CAR

Group C: Mali, Equatorial Guinea, Benin, South Sudan

Group D: Burkina Faso, Uganda, Botswana, Comoros

Group E: Zambia, Congo, Kenya, Guinea Bissau

Group F: Cape Verde, Morocco, Libya, Sao Tome

Group G: Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania, Chad

Group H: Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Mauritius

Group I: Cote d’Ivoire, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Gabon

Group J: Algeria, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Seychelles‎

Group K: Senegal, Niger, Nambia, Burundi

Group L: Guinea, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Swaziland

Group M: Cameroon, South Africa, Gambia, Mauritania
The group winners and two best second placed teams join hosts Gabon for finals
Qualifying starts on the weekend of June 12-14.

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