2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group G

Group G 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 teams in the group played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.[1] The group originally consisted of four teams: Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania, and Chad. However, on 27 March 2016 it was announced that Chad had withdrawn from the competition on financial grounds.[2][3] As per the competition's regulations, the matches involving Chad and played up to that point were annulled, and the scheduled forthcoming matches involving Chad were cancelled.[4]

Egypt, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. After Chad's withdrawal, the runners-up could no longer qualify as one of the two group runners-up with the best records, as any groups reduced to just three teams had only the group winner qualifying for the finals and were not considered when determining the best second-placed teams.[2][5]

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Egypt431071+610Final tournament1–03–0Canc.
2  Nigeria412122051–11–02–0
3  Tanzania401306−610–20–0Canc.
4  Chad00000000Withdrew[a]1–5Canc.0–1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

Matches

Nigeria  Annulled
(originally 2–0)
 Chad
Report
Referee: Assoumane Moussa Gnali (Niger)
Egypt  3–0  Tanzania
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Tanzania  0–0  Nigeria
Report
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
Chad  Annulled
(originally 1–5)
 Egypt
Report

Chad  Annulled
(originally 0–1)
 Tanzania
Report
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (Congo DR)
Nigeria  1–1  Egypt
Report

Tanzania  Cancelled  Chad
Report
Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)
Egypt  1–0  Nigeria
Report

Chad  Cancelled  Nigeria
Report
Tanzania  0–2  Egypt
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Egypt  Cancelled  Chad
Report
Nigeria  1–0  Tanzania
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Goalscorers

As all results of Chad were annulled (points, scored and conceded goals),[2] goalscorers in matches involving Chad are not counted.

3 goals
1 goal

References