2017 Aegon Manchester Trophy
The 2017 Aegon Manchester Trophy is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It is the first edition of the women's tournament and part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It takes place in Manchester, United Kingdom, from 12–18 June 2017.


2017 Aegon Manchester Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Aegon Manchester Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw by a protected ranking:


2017 Aegon Manchester Trophy – Doubles
Magdalena Fręch and An-Sophie Mestach won the title, defeating Chang Kai-chen and Marina Erakovic in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–5).


2017 Aegon Manchester Trophy – Singles
It was the first edition of this women's tennis event.


2017 Aegon Manchester Trophy – Singles
Zarina Diyas won the title, defeating Aleksandra Krunić in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2017 Aegon Southsea Trophy
The 2017 Aegon Southsea Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the first edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Southsea, United Kingdom, on 26 June–2 July 2017.


2017 Aegon Southsea Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 Aegon Southsea Trophy – Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Yang Zhaoxuan won the title, defeating Viktorija Golubic and Lyudmyla Kichenok in the final 6–7(7–9), 6–3, [10–8].


2017 Aegon Southsea Trophy – Singles
Tatjana Maria won the title, defeating Irina-Camelia Begu in the final, 6–2, 6–2.


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy
The 2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It is the fourteenth edition of the tournament for the men and the fifteenth edition of the tournament for the women. It is part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total prize money of €127,000 for men and $100,000 for women. It took place in Surbiton, United Kingdom, on 5–11 June 2017.


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy – Men's Doubles
Purav Raja and Divij Sharan were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy – Men's Doubles
Marcus Daniell and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi won the title after defeating Treat Huey and Denis Kudla 6–3, 7–6(7–0) in the final.


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy – Men's Singles
Lu Yen-hsun was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy – Men's Singles
Yūichi Sugita won the title after defeating Jordan Thompson 7–6(9–7), 7–6(10–8) in the final.


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy – Women's Doubles
Sanaz Marand and Melanie Oudin were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy – Women's Doubles
Monique Adamczak and Storm Sanders won the title, defeating Chang Kai-chen and Marina Erakovic in the final, 7–5, 6–4.


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy – Women's Singles
Marina Melnikova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2017 Aegon Surbiton Trophy – Women's Singles
Magdaléna Rybáriková won the title defeating Heather Watson in the final, 6–4, 7–5.


2017 Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships
The 10th Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships take place in Ancona, Italy from September 22 to 24, 2017. The competition take place at PalaRossini in Ancona.


2017 Aerogaviota Antonov An-26 crash
On 29 April 2017, an Antonov An-26 of Aerogaviota crashed northeast of the city of San Cristobal in the Loma de la Pimienta Mountain Range in the area near Las Terrazas, Cuba, killing  all 8 people on board. The aircraft departed Baracoa Airport and at the time of the accident there were no adverse weather conditions prevailing.


2017 Aerogaviota Antonov An-26 crash, Accident
The aircraft was on a military flight from Playa Baracoa Airport, Havana. It crashed into the Loma de la Pimienta mountain, near Candelaria, Artemisa Province. Initially reported as a civil flight with 39 people on board, Cuban officials later confirmed that the flight was a military flight that had crashed, killing all eight people on board.


2017 Aerogaviota Antonov An-26 crash, Investigation
The Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces set up a commission to investigate the accident.


2017 Aesthetic Group Gymnastics World Cup series
The 2017 IFAGG World Cup series in Aesthetic Group Gymnastics is a series of competitions officially organized and promoted by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals
The following is a list of plans which were considered to replace the Affordable Care Act (commonly referred to as the ACA or Obamacare) during the Donald Trump administration. The plans were considered as a result of the Republican Party's gains in the 2016 US elections. "Repeal and replace" has been a Republican slogan since March 2010 when the ACA was signed into law and has been adopted by President Donald Trump.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Background
President Donald Trump and many Republicans have vowed to repeal and replace Obamacare; President Trump signed an executive order on January 20, 2017, his first day in office, that according to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer would "ease the burden of Obamacare as we transition from repeal and replace". Spicer would not elaborate further when asked for more details.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Background
On January 12, 2017, the Senate voted 51 to 48 to pass an FY2017 budget resolution, S.Con.Res . 3, that contained language allowing the repeal of the Affordable Care Act through the budget reconciliation process, which disallows a filibuster in the Senate. In spite of efforts during the vote-a-rama (a proceeding in which each amendment was considered and voted upon for about 10 minutes each until all 160 were completed) that continued into the early hours of the morning, Democrats could not prevent "the GOP from following through on its repeal plans."


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans
Several media outlets have reported widespread opposition in Congress and the American public against repealing the Affordable Care Act without replacing it. Barack Obama has stated that “The Republicans will own the problems with the health care system if they choose to repeal something that is providing health insurance to a lot of people”.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, Early proposals
According to obamacarefacts.com, a website supportive of the Affordable Care Act, the proposed CARE Act reverts many of the benefits of the Affordable Care Act.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, Early proposals
Senator Rand Paul has said he plans to introduce a replacement plan during the week of January 9, 2017. One key provision in his coming plan is to offer cheaper, less robust insurance plans for people.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, Early proposals
Senators Susan Collins (Maine) and Bill Cassidy (La.) introduced their plan, the Patient Freedom Act of 2017, on January 23, 2017, which would offer states the option to retain the Affordable Care Act, if they chose, or receive a block grant to be used on an alternative plan they prefer.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, House legislation, American Health Care Act
A comprehensive plan to replace the Affordable Care Act was announced by the House Republican leadership on March 6, 2017. It retains many features of the Affordable Care Act, but replaces ACT's system of subsidies with tax credits and federally-funded Medicaid coverage with a system of block grants to states based on the nature and number of recipients served. Conservative critics such as Rand Paul characterized the plan as "Obamacare Light" and continued to advocate total repeal, while other Republicans such as Cory Gardner from states which had accepted Medicaid expansion expressed worry about whether the new plan would adequately fund services for Medicaid patients.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, House legislation, American Health Care Act
The United States House Committee on Ways and Means approved one portion of the bill on March 9, 2017 after an all-night session. The second portion of the bill was also approved March 9 by the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce on a party-line vote. On March 13 the Congressional Budget Office released its evaluation of the proposal. It projected a rise in uninsured by 24 million by 2028, but savings of $337 billion over ten years.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, House legislation, American Health Care Act
In 2018, most of the reduction would be caused by the elimination of the penalties for the individual mandate, both directly and indirectly. Later reductions would be due to reductions in Medicaid enrollment, elimination of the individual mandate penalty, subsidy reduction, and higher costs for some persons. By 2016 the CBO estimates that the average amount paid for medical insurance would decrease by about 10%. That results from increased prices for older patients and reduced credits which is predicted to increase the proportion of younger people in the pool and reduce the proportion of older people.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, House legislation, American Health Care Act
The bill was approved by the House Budget Committee 19 to 17 on March 16, 2017. Three members of the Freedom Caucus, Dave Brat (Va.), Mark Sanford (S.C.) and Gary Palmer (Ala.) voted against it. It went next to the House Rules Committee, then to the full House. The bill, once it passed the House, would go to the Senate under budget reconciliation rules. Thus, only material which affects the budget can be included and only a simple majority vote will be required in the Senate.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, House legislation, American Health Care Act
Despite his vow not to get involved into day-to-day politics former President Obama became a part of the discussion on March 23, 2017 (the seventh anniversary of ACA and one day prior to the vote on the American Health Care Act) by hailing among other things 20 million more people insured, preexisting conditions covered, young people staying on their parents' plans until 26, lowered costs for women's health care and free preventive care as progress due to the Affordable Care Act. On March 24, 2017, the Bill was withdrawn by Speaker Paul Ryan (with the endorsement of President Donald Trump) after failing to gain enough support in the House of Representatives.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, House legislation, American Health Care Act
On May 4, 2017, the United States House of Representatives voted in favor of repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and passing the American Health Care Act with a narrow vote of 217 to 213, sending the bill to the Senate for deliberation. The Senate has indicated they will write their own version of the bill, instead of voting on the House version.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, House legislation, Other legislation
On March 7, 2017 Pete Sessions sponsored an alternate proposal to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act entitled the "World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017". The bill's current format removes the ACA's individual mandate, which taxed individuals without health insurance. Moreover, it maintains some aspects of the ACA including ensuring insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions, allowing children to stay on their parents' health care until they are 26 years old, and banning the use of lifetime spending limits by insurance companies.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, Senate legislation
In response to the passage of the AHCA in the House, Republican leadership in the Senate stated that they would draft their own version of the legislation instead of bringing the House's version to a vote. Thirteen senators began meeting behind closed doors to draft the legislation. The group was criticized for not including women senators. In a meeting of the Senate Finance committee, Senator Claire McCaskill asked chairman Senator Orrin Hatch why no congressional hearings had been held on the proposed legislation. Video of the exchange went viral.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, Senate legislation
In addition to forgoing normal hearings and legislative markup, Senate Republicans instituted new rules to limit the ability of reporters to ask senators about the legislation. When asked if Senate Republicans planned to release the text of the bill to the public, a Senate aide told Axios, "We aren't stupid." According to Don Ritchie, Historian Emeritus of the Senate, such a secretive process has not been seen in the Senate in over a hundred years.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, Senate legislation
On June 16, 2017, a bi-partisan group of seven current governors sent a letter to Senate Majority and Minority Leaders Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer criticizing the House's legislation and requesting a bi-partisan effort in the Senate to reform healthcare. The signatories include Governors John Kasich (Ohio), Steve Bullock (Montana), Brian Sandoval (Nevada), John Bel Edwards (Louisiana), John Hickenlooper (Colorado), Charlie Baker (Massachusetts), and Tom Wolf (Pennsylvania).


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, Senate legislation
On July 18, 2017, the healthcare bill in the Senate collapsed following the defections of Senators Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas, making them the third and fourth Republicans to defect. President Donald Trump expressed his disappointment and indicated he would "let Obamacare fail".


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, Senate legislation
On July 25, a procedural vote was passed by the Senate to begin debate on the healthcare bill, 51–50 with Vice President Mike Pence breaking the tie. The same day, the bill was soundly defeated 43–57, with nine Republicans defecting and no Democrats or Independents voting for the bill. As the effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act was stalled, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell scheduled a vote on a partial-repeal amendment. This too was defeated, 45–55, with 7 Republicans defecting. Subsequently, a "skinny repeal" of the healthcare bill was voted on in the early hours of July 28. The decisive vote against their own party's bill was cast by Senators John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski; their vote along with the Democrats defeated the bill 49–51.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, Senate legislation
On September 13, 2017, an amendment to the American Health Care Act, commonly known as Graham-Cassidy, was submitted. The bill is sponsored by Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, with Bill Cassidy of Louisiana as a co-sponsor. A spokesman for the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that a vote is planned for, before September 30 which is the deadline to pass bills under budget reconciliation. Rand Paul and John McCain have indicated that they will vote against the bill.


2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals, Plans, Senate legislation
On September 26, 2017, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate would not vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill.


2017 Afghan Premier League
The 2017 Afghan Premier League was the sixth season of Afghan Premier League, the Afghan league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2012. Shaheen Asmayee were the champions of the season.


2017 Afghan Premier League, Teams
The following eight teams, which represent the country's eight main regions, will participate in the 2017 Afghan Premier League.


2017 Afghanistan avalanches
The 2017 Afghanistan avalanches  were a series of avalanches that struck villages on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border between February 4 and 6, 2017. More than 100 people reportedly died in the disaster, including more than 50 people in Nuristan Province and at least 19 people in the neighbouring Badakhshan area of Pakistan's Chitral region. Dozens of homes and fhams were destroyed, and hundreds of animals died due to the avalanches. In Pakistan, the affected areas included regions of Balochistan, Mastung, Kalat and Kharan.


2017 Afghanistan avalanches
Heavy snowfalls also led to blockage of roadways in the mountainous regions. On February 5, 2017, a public holiday was declared by the Afghanistan government, due to the heavy snowfall across the country. Afghanistan's president, Ashraf Ghani, expressed his condolences to the families that had lost members during the avalanches. Subsequent operations by the Afghan National Army provided emergency aid to the people of the Barg-e-Matal District in Nuristan.


2017 Afghanistan avalanches, About
Extreme winter weather containing heavy snowfall in the region resulted in avalanches. A team of rescue operators was brought in by Afghanistan officials to help the victims. The United Nations humanitarian coordinator pledged to support the rescue operations, along with the Afghanistan government.


2017 Afghanistan avalanches, Aftermath
A report on the Nuristan avalanche was released by the Office for  the Coordination  of Humanitarian  Affairs (OCHA), providing details on the avalanches and the loss of life in the incident. As reported by the Red Crescent, most of the houses that collapsed were poorly constructed from clay and mud bricks. Red Crescent volunteers distributed sleeping bags, blankets, tents and tarps to help the victims of the avalanches. Reportedly, the Afghan Red Crescent Society said that around 2,617 families (15,702 individuals) had been affected by the avalanches.


2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish
On 5 May 2017, an armed skirmish occurred after Afghan forces attacked a Pakistani census team in Chaman, in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan. At least 15 people died on both sides in the immediate border clash. It is one of a series of similar border-related incidents between the two countries.


2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish, Background
In February 2017, Pakistan closed the border crossings at Torkham and Chaman due to security reasons following the Sehwan suicide bombing. Hours after the blast, the Pakistan Army reportedly launched "strikes" on militant bases in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. In March, 32 days after it was closed, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered the reopening of the Afghanistan–Pakistan border as a "goodwill gesture". Subsequently, the Pakistani government decided to fence selected parts of the country's border with Afghanistan. On 5 April, an Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman said Kabul might resort to military action if diplomacy failed to resolve the border fencing issue.


2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish, Background
The Afghanistan–Pakistan border, known as the Durand Line, runs through the Pashtun ethnic homeland, dividing the region between the two countries. Historically, the Afghan government has disputed the border and resisted attempts at border control or fencing, straining ties between both nations. The Afghan foreign ministry claimed it had also "warned" Pakistan not to conduct its census in the villages near the border area.


2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish, Incident
On 5 May, a Pakistani census team who were collecting population data were attacked by Afghan forces. Pakistani officials said that the fighting began after Afghan security forces fired on the census workers and the troops escorting them. The team was present in the Killi Luqman and Killi Jahangir villages, located near the border on the Pakistani side. According to Pakistan, the Afghan Border Police had been notified of the ongoing census activities in advance, but the Afghan forces began creating hurdles for them since 30 April.


2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish, Incident
Samim Khaplwak, an Afghan spokesman for the governor of Kandahar, claimed that the Pakistani census team had strayed into Afghanistan. An Afghan foreign ministry spokesman claimed the villages were located in Spin Boldak District on their side of the Durand Line disputed by Afghanistan, identifying them as Loqman and Haji Nazar. He said the Afghan forces fired upon the Pakistani personnel.


2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish, Incident
In return, Pakistani forces attacked the Afghan forces. On Pakistan's side, nine people, including three women and five children, were reported killed while 40 others were wounded. Afghanistan's four border guards were killed while 37 people which included 14 security forces, were injured. Two Afghan civilians were reported killed in the Pakistani shelling. The Pakistan Army said it destroyed at least five Afghan checkpoints in retaliation, killing over 50 Afghan security personnel and injuring another 100. It also said that two Pakistani soldiers were also killed and another nine were wounded.


2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish, Incident
Furthermore, the military said Afghanistan asked for a ceasefire which Pakistan accepted. An Afghan government spokesman said they "totally rejected" the casualty figures by Pakistan as "very false". Afghanistan's envoy to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal said that only two Afghan soldiers were killed and seven injured. He asserted: "The Chaman clash left casualties, deaths and injured on Pakistan side too but we, instead of celebrating, called it unfortunate and regrettable."


2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish, Reaction
A spokesman for Kandahar police told Reuters that the Pakistani team were using the census as cover for "malicious activities and to provoke villagers against the government".


2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish, Reaction
The Inspector-General of Pakistan's Frontier Corps, Major-General Nadeem Ahmed, said that Afghan forces had intruded into Pakistani territory and taken positions by occupying houses there. He said the Afghans had targeted civilian populations and used villagers as human shields, but they retreated from their positions after Pakistani forces launched an assault. He also added that Pakistan's international border was "non-negotiable and no compromise will be made on it", and that the Afghan aggression was a result of their government's collusion with India.


2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish, Reaction
The commander of Pakistan Army's Southern Command, Lieutenant-General Aamer Riaz, called the Afghan offensive "foolish" and said Pakistan would respond to such attacks with "full might". In an interview with Radio Pakistan, he commented: "Such attacks won’t benefit Afghanistan in any way and its government should be ashamed of these imprudent actions." He said the Chaman border would remain closed until "Afghanistan changes its behaviour."


2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish, Reaction
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif stated if Pakistan's borders were "violated and further destruction occurs, then those responsible will have to pay the price. We will avenge those who cause us destruction." He said Afghanistan had realised it was "at fault", and that Pakistan expected to resolve the matter but it did not receive a "positive response". He also called on the Afghan government to end terrorism.


2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish, Aftermath
The Wesh–Chaman border crossing was closed as a result of the skirmish. The border closure resulted in the suspension of the repatriation of Afghan refugees. On 8 May, the census activities halted in urban areas of Chaman resumed. On 12 May, the border crossing was partially reopened for the women, children and sick people. The area is inhabited by Achakzai tribespeople on both sides of the border. Following the skirmish, civilians on both sides were evacuated to safer locations. In Quetta, a group of protesters staged a demonstration outside the Afghan consulate condemning the Afghan forces.


2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish, Aftermath
Following a series of flag meetings, both sides started negotiations. It was agreed that a joint geological (sic) or geodetic survey would be carried out to demarcate the border area, and that Google Maps would be considered for this purpose. According to Dawn, the Pakistani side "made it clear" to the Afghans that the two villages affected by the incident belonged to Pakistan's side of the border. On 11 May, the completed survey reports were sent to the governments of both countries. On 27 May, Pakistan said it opened the border on "humanitarian grounds" after a request from Afghan authorities, following the start of Ramadan. This marked the end of a closure lasting 22 days.


2017 Africa Cup Sevens
The 2017 Africa Cup Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held in Kampala, Uganda on 6–7 October 2017. It will be the 5th championship in a series that began in 2013.


2017 Africa Cup Sevens
The 2017 tournament serves as a qualifier for the following:


2017 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2017 or CAN 2017), known as the Total 2017 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was scheduled to be hosted by Libya, until CAF rescinded its hosting rights in August 2014 due to ongoing war in the country. The tournament was instead hosted by Gabon. This event was also part of the Africa Cup of Nations 60th Anniversary.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations
Cameroon won their fifth title after defeating seven-time champions Egypt 2–1 in the final. Burkina Faso finished third after beating Ghana 1–0 in the third place play-off.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations
As champions, Cameroon qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Tournament hosts Gabon and defending champions Ivory Coast were both eliminated in the group stage.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Host selection, First bidding
CAF received 3 bids before 30 September 2010, the deadline, to host either the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations or 2017 from DR Congo, Morocco and South Africa. All three bids were originally put on a shortlist. CAF then began an inspection procedure, on November and December 2010, intending to visit each bidding country to view stadiums, infrastructure, and football interest. They inspected the DR Congo first. Shortly after the inspection, DR Congo informed CAF that they would be withdrawing their bids for both the 2015 and 2017 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments. Morocco was the next country to be inspected, with CAF visiting the country in early November 2010. South Africa was inspected in December 2010.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Host selection, First bidding
On 29 January, during the 2011 CAF Super Cup, the CAF executive committee decided that Morocco would host 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, while the 2017 edition would be held in South Africa. However, due to the Libyan Civil War, Libya and South Africa traded years with South Africa hosting in 2013 and Libya hosting in 2017.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Host selection, Second bidding
After Libya was withdrawn as the venue on 22 August 2014, the CAF announced that they would be receiving applications for the new hosts until 30 September 2014.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Host selection, Second bidding
Algeria, Egypt, Gabon, and Ghana, were determined by the CAF to be compliant with the host criteria. Later, Egypt withdrew.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Host selection, Second bidding
Other countries which expressed an interest but did not bid included Ethiopia, Mali, and Tanzania. Kenya discussed a joint bid with neighbors Rwanda and Uganda, but eventually bid alone.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Host selection, Second bidding
On 8 April 2015, CAF President Issa Hayatou announced Gabon as the replacement hosts following votes by the CAF Executive Committee.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Qualification
The draw for the qualification stage took place on 8 April 2015, immediately after the announcement of the host nation. The host nation team were also drawn into a group and would play games against those in that group; however, those matches would only be considered as friendlies and not counted for the standings.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Qualification
51 nations entered the qualifying stage with Eritrea and Somalia declining to enter and Chad withdrawing.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Qualification
Due to the cancellation of Morocco being hosts of the 2015 edition, the national team of Morocco were originally banned by CAF from entering the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cups of Nations. However, the ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, allowing Morocco to enter the tournament.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Match officials
The following referees were chosen for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Format
Only the hosts received an automatic qualification spot; the other 15 teams qualified through a qualification tournament. At the finals, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams each. The teams in each group played a single round robin. After the group stage, the top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The quarter-final winners advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-final losers played in a third place match, while the semi-final winners played in the final.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Draw
The draw took place on 19 October 2016, 18:30 UTC+1, in Libreville, Gabon.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Draw
The seedings approved by the Organising Committee of the Africa Cup of Nations at its meeting on Monday, 26 September 2016 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, was determined taking into account the performance of the qualified teams during the following competitions:


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Draw
Gabon (22 pts; hosts, assigned to A1) Ivory Coast (63.5 pts; title holders, assigned to C1) Ghana (56.5 pts) Algeria (43.5 pts)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Draw
Tunisia (34.5 pts) Mali (33.5 pts) Burkina Faso (33.5 pts) DR Congo (29.5 pts)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Draw
Cameroon (29 pts) Senegal (24 pts) Morocco (18.5 pts) Egypt (15.5 pts)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Draw
Togo (15.5 pts) Uganda (12 pts) Zimbabwe (10 pts) Guinea-Bissau (8.5 pts)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Group stage, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 74):


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Knockout stage
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 play-off for third place, where no extra time was played (Regulations Article 75).


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 66 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.06 goals per match.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Statistics, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Final standings
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Sponsorship
In July 2016, Total secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support ten of its principal competitions, including the Africa Cup of Nations (renamed the Total Africa Cup of Nations).


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Match ball
Mitre took over as the official match ball supplier following the expiration of the contract between Adidas and CAF. CAF Mitre Delta Hyperseam was the name of the official match ball.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Mascot
The official mascot of the tournament was "Samba", a black panther.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Controversy, Website attack
On 21 January, Russian hacking group New World Hackers claimed to have taken the official CAF website down in response to CAF's decision to choose Gabon as host nation. "We did this in protest against Gabon", the person claiming to be one of the hackers wrote in an email. "They are running the Africa Cup in a country where the dictator Ali Bongo is killing innocent people!"


2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Media, Broadcasting
- Available in the following countries: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final
The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final was an association football match to determine the winner of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The match was held at the Stade de l'Amitié in Libreville, Gabon, on 5 February 2017 and was contested by Cameroon and Egypt. The sixteen teams who had qualified for the tournament were divided into four groups of four, with the top two from each group progressing to the knock-out phase. Cameroon finished as runners-up in Group A before defeating Senegal and Ghana in the quarter-final and semi-final, while Egypt reached for the final by first winning Group D and then beating Morocco and Burkina Faso.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final
Egypt started the final strongly and took a 1–0 lead through Mohamed Elneny after 22 minutes. Cameroon had more possession than Egypt in the first half, but their attack lacked potency, and Egypt led at half time. The Egyptians made few attempts to attack in the second half, and Cameroon equalised after 59 minutes through Nicolas Nkoulou, who had come on as a substitute. Egypt were unable to adjust, and Cameroon continued to have the better chances, eventually scoring again two minutes before the end, through Vincent Aboubakar, to record a 2–1 win. The victory marked their fifth Africa Cup of Nations title. As winners, they represented CAF at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia, but they did not progress beyond the group phase.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Background
The Africa Cup of Nations, organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), is the primary international association football competition for African national teams. The 2017 tournament was the 31st edition since its inauguration in 1957. The hosts were Gabon, who were awarded the rights by CAF after original hosts Libya had to withdraw due to the civil war in that country. The tournament consisted of sixteen teams who had qualified for the event, divided into four round-robin groups consisting of four teams. The two top teams from each group advanced to a knock-out phase.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Background
Egypt were appearing in their 23rd tournament, and their 9th final. They had previously won seven (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010) and lost the 1962 final against Ethiopia at the Hailé Sélassié Stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Cameroon were appearing in their 18th tournament, and their 7th final. They had previously won four (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002) and lost two (1986, 2008). Egypt and Cameroon had met in two Africa Cup of Nations finals before, in 1986 and 2008. Egypt won both of those finals.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Background
At the start of the tournament, Egypt were ranked 3rd among African nations in the FIFA World Rankings (35th in the world), while Cameroon were 12th (62nd in the world).


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Route to the final, Cameroon
Cameroon began their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Group A, alongside Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau and the hosts Gabon. Their opening game took place on 14 January 2017, against Burkina Faso. Cameroon took the lead after 35 minutes through a free kick by Benjamin Moukandjo, and then wasted two chances to extend their lead. Burkina Faso equalised in the 75th minute through a close-range goal from Issoufou Dayo, and the match finished as a 1–1 draw.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Route to the final, Cameroon
In their second game Cameroon faced Guinea-Bissau, who were playing in their first Africa Cup of Nations and had only ever won four competitive matches in their history. Guinea-Bissau took the lead after 13 minutes through Piqueti, who shot into the top of the goal following a fast-paced run with the ball along most of the length of the pitch. Cameroon equalised after half time, with Sébastien Siani scoring from outside the penalty area, and a Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui goal on 78 minutes gave them the win. Their final group game was against tournament hosts Gabon. The game finished 0–0, although Gabon almost won the game in injury time when Denis Bouanga's shot hit the post and goalkeeper Fabrice Ondoa had to save Didier Ndong's follow-up. The result ensured that Cameroon qualified for the quarter-finals in second place, behind Burkina Faso, while Gabon were eliminated.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Route to the final, Cameroon
Cameroon's quarter-final was at the Stade de Franceville against Senegal on 28 January. Senegal had several chances during the game, with Mame Diouf shooting over the crossbar just before the 30-minute mark and Ondoa saving consecutive shots by Sadio Mané and Keita Baldé Diao in the second half. Cameroon had to wait until 65 minutes into the game for what writers for BBC Sport described as their "first serious attempt on target". Robert Ndip Tambe hit a volley at Senegal goalkeeper Abdoulaye Diallo, who then saved a follow-up shot by Moukandjo.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Route to the final, Cameroon
The Cameroon goalkeeper made late saves to shots from Mané again and Moussa Sow, who had come on as a substitute, leaving the match 0–0 at the end of normal time. Senegal had further chances in extra time but they could not convert them, and the game went to a penalty shoot-out. The first eight penalties were all scored, making it 4–4, but Mané then missed his kick. Vincent Aboubakar scored for Cameroon, to give them a place in the semi-final. This was again held in Franceville, on 2 February against Ghana.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Route to the final, Cameroon
The match remained goalless until 72 minutes, with BBC Sport reporter Saj Chowdhury saying that Ghana had "underwhelmed against a side who were clear second favourites going into the match". Cameroon then broke the deadlock, Ngadeu-Ngadjui scoring after poor defending by Ghana. Christian Bassogog added a second goal in the final minute to seal a 2–0 win and a place in the final.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Route to the final, Egypt
Egypt's campaign commenced in the group stage, competing in Group D along with Ghana, Mali and Uganda. In their first match, played on 17 January 2017, they faced Mali. The game finished 0–0 with few scoring chances for either side. The best chance of the game was a header by Egypt's Marwan Mohsen, which was saved by Mali goalkeeper Oumar Sissoko. Mohamed Elneny also had two chances to score for Egypt, which he wasted, while Ousmane Coulibaly had a chance to seal a win for Mali late on, but his close-range header went over the crossbar.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Route to the final, Egypt
Egypt's second game was against Uganda in Port-Gentil on 21 January. On what reporters for Eurosport described as a "pitch of terrible quality", Egypt dominated the early part of the match as Trézéguet and Tarek Hamed both missed opportunities to take the lead. Uganda improved as the game progressed, and believed that they had scored after 55 minutes through Joseph Ochaya, but the goal was disallowed due to an offside decision.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Route to the final, Egypt
Egypt reasserted their dominance towards the end of the match, and were rewarded when Abdallah El Said, who had come on as a substitute, scored with a powerful shot from a cross by Mohamed Salah. Their final group game was against Ghana, and a Salah free kick after 10 minutes was sufficient to win the game 1–0. Egypt qualified as group winners, with Ghana in second place.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Route to the final, Egypt
Egypt faced Morocco in the quarter-final, on 29 January in Port-Gentil. Both teams had chances during the game, with Moroccan goalkeeper Munir Mohamedi twice saving from Salah and Aziz Bouhaddouz, Romain Saïss and Mbark Boussoufa missing opportunities for Morocco. With the match seemingly heading for extra time, substitute Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim scored after 87 minutes to seal a 1–0 win for Egypt. Their semi-final was against Burkina Faso, on 1 February in Libreville.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Route to the final, Egypt
Burkina Faso started the game stronger than Egypt, but it was Egypt who opened the scoring as Salah scored into the top corner of the goal after 66 minutes. Their lead lasted only 8 minutes, as Aristide Bancé scored an equaliser with a right-footed volley. The game finished 1–1 after 90 minutes, and went to penalties after no further goals were scored in extra time. Egypt missed their first penalty, with Burkina Faso goalkeeper Hervé Koffi saving El Said's strike.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Route to the final, Egypt
Burkina Faso scored their first three penalties, but Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El Hadary saved the fourth from his opposite number Koffi, to leave the score at 3–3. Amr Warda scored Egypt's fifth penalty, leaving Bertrand Traoré having to score to keep Burkina Faso in the tie. El-Hadary saved again, earning Egypt a 4–3 win and a place in the final.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Match, First half
The match began at 8 pm local time (7 pm UTC) on 5 February 2017 at Libreville's Stade de l'Amitié, in front of 38,250 supporters. The weather at Libreville airport, 7.5 kilometres (5 mi) from the stadium, was partly cloudy at the time of kick off with a temperature of 28 °C (82 °F) and 84% humidity. Egypt wore red, white and black kits, while Cameroon were in green, red and yellow. The referee was Janny Sikazwe of Zambia.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Match, First half
Egypt started the match with most of the possession, and almost opened the scoring on 2 minutes when El Said's shot from inside the penalty area was saved by Ondoa. Cameroon's first shot came on 7 minutes, from Siani, but it was easily saved by El Hadary. Cameroon began to have more of the possession after the quarter-hour, and Bassogog had a half-chance outside the penalty area which he shot high and wide.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Match, First half
Egypt took the lead on 22 minutes. Elneny received the ball from Salah, who had cut in from the right, and shot right-footed high to the roof of the net past Ondoa on his left side. Adolphe Teikeu was replaced by Nicolas Nkoulou after 31 minutes, after sustaining a groin injury. Shortly afterwards, Cameroon almost scored when El Hadary failed to claim a cross, but the Egyptian defence was able to clear.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Match, First half
Having failed to create many attacking opportunities for most of the half, Cameroon exerted some pressure in the final ten minutes before half time, but they remained unable to score. The half-time score was 1–0 to Egypt. Cameroon had more possession than Egypt in the first half, but the Egyptians had created more scoring opportunities.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Match, Second half
Cameroon brought on Aboubakar in attack for Tambe at half time, despite Aboubakar not being fully fit. They continued to enjoy most of the possession, with Egypt seeking to defend their 1–0 lead and making little effort to attack. Cameroon were level after 59 minutes when substitute Nkoulou rose highest to score with a header to the right corner of the net after a cross from the left by Moukandjo. Having started the second half defensively, Egypt struggled to react after the goal went in against them.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Match, Second half
They made a substitution in the 66th minute, Ramadan Sobhi coming on for Trézéguet. Cameroon continued to have the best chances, including a header by Nkoulou from a corner in the 69th minute, which went over the top of the goal. One minute later they won another corner, when Moukandjo's shot was deflected behind. Ngadeu could not get the ball past El Hadary, however.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Match, Second half
Egypt began to play more with more attacking intent in the final 15 minutes of the game than they had in the rest of the half, as Cameroon began to settle back. However, with 2 minutes left, it was Cameroon who scored the winner. Aboubakar controlled a long ball forward with his chest on the edge of the box, and flicked the ball over Ali Gabr before gathering the ball and shooting right footed low to the right of the goalkeeper from 12 yards (11 m) out.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Match, Second half
Egypt argued that Aboubakar's foot had been too high when lobbing it over Gabr, but the goal was given. There was some fighting among the players 2 minutes into injury time, as Collins Fai was penalised for a foul and Ondoa attempted to waste time. Egypt's free kick was hit over the bar by Elheny. Bassogog was injured in the final minute of injury time, with Cameroon having no remaining substitutes, but they held on to win the game 2–1.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Aftermath
In summarising the "thrilling, edgy" final, BBC Sport's pundits noted that Egypt started comfortably, but allowed their opponents to "come at them" in the second half. Cameroon limited Egypt to mostly playing long balls, and their increasing pressure meant that the Egyptian players succumbed to fatigue in the closing stages of the match. CNN's match report concluded that Aboubakar being brought on at half time revitalised Cameroon's attack and was a turning point in the game. Moukandjo, Cameroon's captain, was named as the man of the match, while his team-mates Bassogog and Ondoa were voted the tournament's best player and best goalkeeper respectively.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Aftermath
Cameroon's Belgian manager Hugo Broos praised the unity of his team, saying "I am happy for the players. This is not a group of football players, they are a group of friends." His Egyptian counterpart Héctor Cúper, who had lost twice before in major finals as coach of Valencia, expressed sorrow not for himself but "because there was so much hope especially among the people in Egypt and I am sorry for the players who put in so much effort".


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final, Aftermath
Cameroon's victory marked their fifth Africa Cup of Nations title. As winners, they went on to represent CAF at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. They were eliminated in the group phase, finishing bottom of Group B, having lost two games and drawn one.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group A
Group A of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations was played from 14 to 22 January 2017 in Gabon. The group consisted of hosts Gabon, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Guinea-Bissau.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group A
Burkina Faso and Cameroon advanced to the round of 16 as the top two teams.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group A, Matches, Burkina Faso vs Cameroon
Assistant referees:Jerson Dos Santos (Angola)Marwa Range (Kenya)Fourth official:Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group A, Matches, Gabon vs Burkina Faso
Assistant referees:Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)Tahssen Abo El Sadat Bedyer (Egypt)Fourth official:Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group A, Matches, Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau
Assistant referees:Anouar Hmila (Tunisia)Yahaya Mahamadou (Niger)Fourth official:Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group A, Matches, Cameroon vs Gabon
Assistant referees:Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)Aboubacar Doumbouya (Guinea)Fourth official:Bernard Camille (Seychelles)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group A, Matches, Guinea-Bissau vs Burkina Faso
Assistant referees:Abel Baba (Nigeria)Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan)Fourth official:Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group B
Group B of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations was played from 15 to 23 January 2017 in Gabon. The group consisted of Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, and Zimbabwe.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group B
Senegal and Tunisia advanced to the round of 16 as the top two teams.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group B, Matches, Algeria vs Zimbabwe
Assistant referees:Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)Aboubacar Doumbouya (Guinea)Fourth official:Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group B, Matches, Algeria vs Tunisia
Assistant referees:Abel Baba (Nigeria)Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan)Fourth official:Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group B, Matches, Senegal vs Zimbabwe
Assistant referees:Redouane Achik (Morocco)Ali Waleed Ahmed (Sudan)Fourth official:Gehad Grisha (Egypt)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group B, Matches, Senegal vs Algeria
Assistant referees:Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola)Arsénio Chadreque Marengula (Mozambique)Fourth official:Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group B, Matches, Zimbabwe vs Tunisia
Assistant referees:Marius Donatien Tan (Ivory Coast)Olivier Safari Kabene (DR Congo)Fourth official:Mahamadou Keita (Mali)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group C
Group C of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations was played from 16 to 24 January 2017 in Gabon. The group consisted of defending champions Ivory Coast, Morocco, DR Congo, and Togo.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group C
DR Congo and Morocco advanced to the round of 16 as the top two teams.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group C, Matches, Ivory Coast vs Togo
Assistant referees:Théophile Vinga (Gabon)Tahssen Abo El Sadat Bedyer (Egypt)Fourth official:Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group C, Matches, Ivory Coast vs DR Congo
Assistant referees:Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola)Marwa Range (Kenya)Fourth official:Daniel Bennett (South Africa)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group C, Matches, Morocco vs Ivory Coast
Assistant referees:Ali Waleed Ahmed (Sudan)Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue (Cameroon)Fourth official:Gehad Grisha (Egypt)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group C, Matches, Togo vs DR Congo
Assistant referees:Djibril Camara (Senegal)El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal)Fourth official:Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group D
Group D of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations was played from 17 to 25 January 2017 in Gabon. The group consisted of Ghana, Mali, Egypt, and Uganda.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group D
Egypt and Ghana advanced to the round of 16 as the top two teams.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group D, Matches, Ghana vs Uganda
Assistant referees:Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)Olivier Safari (DR Congo)Fourth official:Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group D, Matches, Mali vs Egypt
Assistant referees:Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)Marius Tan (Ivory Coast)Fourth official:Bernard Camille (Seychelles)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group D, Matches, Ghana vs Mali
Assistant referees:Albdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)Arsénio Chadreque Marengula (Mozambique)Fourth official:Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group D, Matches, Egypt vs Uganda
Assistant referees:Djibril Camara (Senegal)El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal)Fourth official:Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)


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.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage
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.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage, Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the four groups advanced to the knockout stage.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Burkina Faso vs Tunisia
Assistant referees:Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)Aboubacar Doumbouya (Guinea)Fourth official:Joshua Bondo (Botswana)Fifth official:Yahaya Mahamadou (Niger)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Senegal vs Cameroon
Assistant referees:Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola)Marwa Range (Kenya)Fourth official:Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)Fifth official:Arsénio Chadreque Marengula (Mozambique)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage, Quarter-finals, DR Congo vs Ghana
Assistant referees:Albdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan)Fourth official:Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)Fifth official:Ali Waleed Ahmed (Sudan)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Egypt vs Morocco
Assistant referees:Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)Théophile Vinga (Gabon)Fourth official:Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)Fifth official:Marius Donatien Tan (Ivory Coast)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage, Semi-finals, Burkina Faso vs Egypt
Assistant referees:Djibril Camara (Senegal)El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal)Fourth official:Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)Fifth official:Arsénio Chadreque Marengula (Mozambique)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage, Semi-finals, Cameroon vs Ghana
Assistant referees:Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)Ali Waleed Ahmed (Sudan)Fourth official:Joshua Bondo (Botswana)Fifth official:Redouane Achik (Morocco)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage, Third place play-off
Assistant referees:Albdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)Anouar Hmila (Tunisia)Fourth official:Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)Fifth official:Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage, Final
Assistant referees:Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola)Marwa Range (Kenya)Fourth official:Daniel Bennett (South Africa)Fifth official:Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, the 31st edition of the international men's football championship of Africa. A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Gabon who qualified automatically as hosts.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Draw
A total of 52 teams entered the tournament, including the hosts (Gabon) which qualified automatically for the final tournament. The draw for the qualification stage took place on 8 April 2015, immediately after the announcement of the host nation, originally scheduled at 12:30 UTC+2 at the Marriott ‘Zamalek’ Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, but delayed to 15:00. The host nation team (Gabon) was also drawn into a group and played games against those in that group; however, these matches were only be considered as friendlies and not counted for the standings.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Draw
Due to the cancellation of Morocco being hosts of the 2015 edition, the national team of Morocco were originally banned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to enter the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cups of Nations. However, the ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, allowing Morocco to enter the tournament.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Draw, Seeding
For seeding, the teams were ranked using CAF's own system which were calculated based on the team's performance in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament, the three most recent editions the Africa Cup of Nations, and their qualifying campaigns.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Format
There were thirteen groups, twelve with four teams and one with three teams (plus the host nation which played friendlies with the three teams). The group winners and two best overall runners-up qualified for the tournament. When determining the best runners-up, the group of the host nation (where only matches between three teams were counted for the standings) was not considered, as well as any group where only three teams were left due to withdrawal of one team.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Schedule
The qualifiers started with the first matches played in the FIFA international dates of 8–16 June 2015.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Groups, Ranking of second-placed teams
Only groups with four teams were considered for this ranking. Therefore, Group I was not considered, as well as Group G, where only three teams were left due to the withdrawal of one team.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group A
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.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group A
The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group A
Tunisia, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, while group runners-up Togo also qualified due to being one of the two group runners-up with the best records.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B
Group B 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: DR Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, and Madagascar.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B
The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B
DR Congo, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group C
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.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group C
The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group C
Mali, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group D
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.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group D
The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group D
Burkina Faso, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, while group runners-up Uganda also qualified due to being one of the two group runners-up with the best records.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group E
Group E 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: Zambia, Congo, Kenya, and Guinea-Bissau.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group E
The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group E
Guinea-Bissau, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group F
Group F 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: Cape Verde, Morocco, Libya, and São Tomé and Príncipe.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group F
The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group F
Morocco, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.


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.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group G
The teams in the group played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016. 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. 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.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group G
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.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group G, Goalscorers
As all results of Chad were annulled (points, scored and conceded goals), goalscorers in matches involving Chad are not counted.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group H
Group H 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: Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Mauritius.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group H
The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group H
Ghana, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group I
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.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group I
The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group I
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.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J
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.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J
The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J
Algeria, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group K
Group K 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: Senegal, Niger, Namibia, and Burundi.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group K
The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group K
Senegal, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group L
Group L 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: Guinea, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group L
The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group L
Zimbabwe, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group M
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.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group M
The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group M
Cameroon, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads
The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations was an international football tournament hosted by Gabon from 14 January to 5 February 2017.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group A, Gabon
The final squad was announced on 27 December 2016, with Axel Méyé, Johann Lengoualama and Donald Nzé being called as standby players.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group A, Burkina Faso
A 24-man provisional squad was announced on 15 December 2016. Souleymane Koanda was added to the provisional squad on 21 December. The final squad was announced on 6 January 2017, with Ernest Congo and Issoumaila Lingane being left out of the team.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group A, Cameroon
A 35-man provisional squad was announced on 12 December 2016. On 20 December, it was announced that Guy N'dy Assembé, André Onana, Joël Matip, Allan Nyom, Maxime Poundjé, Ibrahim Amadou and André-Frank Zambo Anguissa decided to not take part in the competition. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting also decided to withdraw from the tournament on 3 January 2017. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Anatole Abang, Henri Bedimo, Aurélien Chedjou and Franck Kom being left out of the team.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group A, Guinea-Bissau
A 35-man provisional squad was announced on 18 December 2016. Eliseu Cassamá and Yazalde rejected the call. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Abudu, Guti Almada, Mama Samba Baldé, Edelino Ié, Edouard Mendy, Formose Mendy, Mesca, Pelé, Bruno Preira, Jean-Paul Mendy, Cícero Semedo and Zé Turbo being left out of the team. Though not part of the preliminary squad, Rui Dabó was added to the squad.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group B, Algeria
A 32-man provisional squad was announced on 22 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 31 December 2016, with Ayoub Azzi, Ishak Belfodil, Ismaël Bennacer, Yassine Benzia, Sofiane Feghouli, Houari Ferhani, Carl Medjani, Adam Ounas and Idriss Saadi being left out of the team. On January 11, 2017, Ismaël Bennacer was called up to replace Saphir Taïder, who suffered an injury in training.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group B, Tunisia
A 41-man provisional squad was announced on 20 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Ghazi Abderrazzak, Khaled Ayari, Änis Ben-Hatira, Issam Ben Khémis, Farouk Ben Mustapha, Saad Bguir, Nejmeddin Daghfous, Oussama Haddadi, Hamdi Harbaoui, Bilel Ifa, Issam Jebali, Ali Machani, Iheb Mbarki, Yassine Meriah, Idriss Mhirsi, Iheb Msakni, Abdelkader Oueslati and Yoann Touzghar being left out of the team.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group B, Zimbabwe
A 31-man provisional squad was announced on 19 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Nelson Chadya, Liberty Chakoroma, Talent Chawapiwa, Ronald Chitiyo, Tafadzwa Kutinyu, Blessing Moyo, Marshal Mudehwe and Tendai Ndlovu being left out of the team.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group C, Ivory Coast
A 24-man provisional squad was announced on 28 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Ousmane Viera being left out of the team.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group C, DR Congo
A 31-man provisional squad was announced on 23 December 2016. Benik Afobe rejected the call. The final squad was announced on 6 January 2017, with Jonathan Bijimine, Junior Kabananga, Wilson Kamavuaka, Christian Luyindama, Elia Meschak, Vital N'Simba and Ricky Tulengi being left out of the team. Although he was initially announced as part of the final squad, Hervé Kage was later dropped from the team and replaced by Junior Kabananga.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group C, Morocco
A 26-man provisional squad was announced on 22 December 2016. Aziz Bouhaddouz was added to the squad on 2 January 2017 after the injuries of Younès Belhanda and Oussama Tannane. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Ismail Haddad and Mohamed Nahiri being left out of the team. On 5 January, it was announced that Omar El Kaddouri would join the team in fear of an injury of Nordin Amrabat (which was later confirmed) while Faycal Rherras was called to replace Sofiane Boufal on 13 January.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group C, Togo
A 25-man provisional squad was announced on 21 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Joseph Douhadji and Victor Nukafu being left out of the team.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group D, Ghana
A 26-man provisional squad was announced on 2 January 2017. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Fatau Dauda replacing an injured Adam Kwarasey, while Raphael Dwamena, Joseph Larweh Attamah and Abdul Majeed Waris were being left out of the team.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group D, Mali
A 26-man provisional squad was announced on 30 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Souleymane Diarra, Falaye Sacko and Adama Traoré being left out of the team.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group D, Egypt
A 27-man provisional squad was announced on 29 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Mohamed Awad, Ahmed Gomaa, Mohamed Ibrahim and Hamada Tolba being left out of the team.


2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group D, Uganda
A 26-man provisional squad was announced on 30 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Edrisa Lubega, Muzamir Mutyaba & Benjamin Ochan being left out of the team.


2017 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards
The 2017 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) was held on March 5, 2017 at the Eko Hotels and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.


2017 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards
Nominees were revealed on December 14, 2016. In the event, Several top stars and top movies were nominated part of which was the movie ’76 got a record-breaking 14 nominations.


2017 Africa T20 Cup
The 2017 Africa T20 Cup was the third edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa from 25 August to 25 September 2017, as a curtain-raiser to the 2017–18 South African domestic season. Organised by Cricket South Africa, it featured thirteen South African provincial teams, as well as national representative sides of Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe.


2017 Africa T20 Cup
The sixteen participating teams were split into four pools of four, with the teams from each pool playing all of their matches at one ground across a single weekend. Defending champions Eastern Province were drawn in Pool B.


2017 Africa T20 Cup
Namibia won all three games in Group A, progressing to the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time. Gauteng also progressed to the semi-finals for the first time, after winning Group B. They topped the table with a bonus-point win in their final group match, knocking out defending champions Eastern Province in the process. In Group C, Free State progressed, after beating Northern Cape by 62 runs in the final match of the group. KwaZulu-Natal Inland progressed from Group D after beating Border by six wickets in their final group fixture.


2017 Africa T20 Cup
In the first semi-final, KwaZulu-Natal Inland beat Gauteng by 8 wickets to progress to the final. They were joined in the final with Free State, who beat Namibia by 10 wickets. Andries Gous scored a century, the second-ever in the Africa T20 Cup.


2017 Africa T20 Cup
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the tournament, beating Free State by 6 wickets in the final.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
The 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total U-17 Africa Cup Of Nations, Gabon 2017, was the 12th edition of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations (17th edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
The top four teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Host selection
The tournament was originally set to take place in Madagascar between 2–16 April 2017. However, the CAF Executive Committee decided on 12 January 2017 to withdraw the hosting rights from Madagascar following the reports of the CAF inspection teams.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Host selection
On 3 February 2017, Gabon were selected as the new hosts, and the tournament will now be played from 14 to 28 May 2017 (originally from 21 May to 4 June 2017).


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Qualification
The qualifiers were played between June and October 2016. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Gabon.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Qualification, Player eligibility
Players born 1 January 2000 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Qualification, Qualified teams
Gabon replaced Madagascar due to their selection as the new hosts. Moreover, Tanzania replaced Congo due to a Congolese player failing to turn up for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging test. Mali were cleared to compete after their suspension was lifted by FIFA on 28 April 2017.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1995.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Draw
The draw for the tournament took place on 24 October 2016, 11:00 local time (UTC+2) at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Draw
The teams were seeded based on the results of the last edition (final tournament and qualifiers).


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Match officials
A total of 14 referees and 15 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Group stage
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Group stage
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, kicks from the penalty mark are used to determine the winner (no extra time shall be played).


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification
The qualification phase of the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations decided the participating teams of the final tournament. A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, hosted by Gabon.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification
The draws were conducted during the CAF Executive Committee meeting held on Friday, 5 February 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification, Participants
Note: Madagascar were originally to qualify automatically as hosts, but had their hosting rights withdrawn and were replaced by Gabon (which played in the qualifiers and were eliminated in the third round).


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification, Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification, Format
The seven winners of the third round qualified for the final tournament.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification, First round
The first legs are scheduled for 24–26 June 2016, and the second legs are scheduled for 1–3 July 2016.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification, Second round
The first legs are scheduled for 5–7 August 2016, and the second legs are scheduled for 19–21 August 2016.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification, Third round
The first legs were scheduled for 16–18 September 2016, and the second legs were scheduled for 30 September – 2 October 2016.Winners Qualify for the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification, Third round
Later Congo were disqualified from the main tournament as a player failed to show up magnetic resonance imaging test, and therefore Tanzania are qualified instead.


2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations squads
The 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations was an international age-restricted football tournament which was held in Gabon from 14–28 May. The 8 representative teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 21 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players born or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to be registered in these squads, only players registered in the squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
The 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total U-20 Africa Cup Of Nations, Zambia 2017, was the 14th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (21st edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. The tournament was set to take place in Zambia between 26 February – 12 March 2017.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
The top four teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Qualification
The qualifiers were played between 1 April and 24 July 2016. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Zambia.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Qualification, Player eligibility
Players born 1 January 1997 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Qualification, Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Defending champions Nigeria failed to qualify. Congo and Ghana also failed to qualify, thus the winners of five of the last six tournaments failed to qualify for this tournament.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1991.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Match officials
A total of 12 referees and 14 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Draw
The draw for the tournament took place on 24 October 2016, 11:00 local time (UTC+2) at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Draw
The teams were seeded based on the results of the last edition (final tournament and qualifiers).


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Group stage
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Group stage
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time will be played.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Awards, Individual awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification
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.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification
The draws were conducted during the CAF Executive Committee meeting held on Friday, 5 February 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification, Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification, Format
The seven winners of the third round qualified for the final tournament.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification, First round
The first legs were played on 1, 2 and 3 April, and the second legs were played on 22, 23 and 24 April 2016.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification, First round
Uganda won 3–2 on aggregate. However, Rwanda advanced after Uganda were disqualified.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification, Second round
The first legs were played on 20, 21 and 22 May, and the second legs were played on 10, 11, 12 and 13 June 2016.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification, Third round
The first legs were played on 8, 9 and 10 July, and the second legs were played on 22, 23 and 24 July 2016.


2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations squads
The squads for the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations were announced on 24 February 2017.


2017 African Badminton Championships
The 2017 African Badminton Championships or All Africa Championships were held in Benoni, South Africa between 16-23 April, organised by the Badminton Confederation of Africa. At the team event, Egypt won the gold medal after beat South Africa with the score 3-1. Nigeria and Zambia settle for the bronze medal after reach the semi final round.


2017 African Fencing Championships
The 2017 African Fencing Championships were held in Cairo, Egypt from 8 to 12 June.


2017 African Handball Champions League
The 2017 African Handball Champions League was the 39th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from October 20–29, 2017 at the salles Hammamet and Nabeul in Hammamet, Tunisia, contested by 14 teams and won by Zamalek of Egypt.


2017 African Handball Champions League, Draw
APR Rwanda AS Caïman FAP Yaoundé Espérance de Tunis JS Kinshasa


2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
The 2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 23rd edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from April 13–22, 2017 and took place at the Salle Omnisport Al Inbiâat, in Agadir, Morocco, contested by 10 teams and won by Al Ahly SC of Egypt.


2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup, Draw
AS Hammamet FAP Yaoundé Phoenix Gabon Red Star Widad Smara


2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup, Draw
Al Ahly SC JS Kinshasa Kano Pillars Patronage Raja d'Agadir


2017 African Handball Super Cup
The 2017 African Handball Super Cup (23rd edition), also known as Babacar Fall Super Cup, in honour of the first chairman of the African Handball Confederation, was a handball competition organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body.


2017 African Handball Super Cup
The matches, held on 12 April 2017 in Agadir, Morocco, were contested by Al Ahly SC, the 2016 African Handball Champions League winner and Zamalek, the 2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup winner, on the man's side and Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto, the 2016 African Women's Handball Champions League winner and CARA Brazzaville in absence of TKC of Cameroon. Al Ahly SC, on the man's side and Primeiro de Agosto, on the woman's side, were the winners.


2017 African Handball Super Cup
Al Ahly SC and Primeiro de Agosto qualified for the 2017 IHF Super Globe.


2017 African Judo Championships
The 2017 African Judo Championships was the 38th edition of the African Judo Championships, organised by the African Judo Union. It took place in Antananarivo, Madagascar from 12–15 April 2017.


2017 African Judo Championships, Participating nations
There were a total of 181 participants from 22 nations.


2017 African Rally Championship
The 2017 African Rally Championship was the 37th season of the African Rally Championship (ARC), the FIA regional zone rally championship for the African continent. The season began on February 10 in the Côte d'Ivoire, and ended on October 22 in Zambia, after seven events.


2017 African Rally Championship
The championship was won for the first time by Skoda Fabia driver Manvir Singh Baryan. Baryan won four of the seven rallies in the championship, winning in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia after the first three rallies of the season were won by drivers not contesting the championship. Baryan won the title by 35 points over Mitsubishi Lancer driver Leeroy Gomes. Gomes' best performance was a second place points finish at the York Rally in South Africa which was dominated by non-point scoring local drivers. Baryan's victory was the first time a Skoda driver has won the ARC and the first new manufacturer to claim the drivers title since Subaru driver Satwant Singh won in 1996.


2017 African U20 Championships in Athletics
The 2017 African Junior Athletics Championships was the thirteenth edition of the biennial, continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger. It was held at the Stade Lalla Setti in Tlemcen, Algeria, between 29 June and 2 July.


2017 African Weightlifting Championships
The 2017 African Weightlifting Championships was held in Vacoas, Mauritius between July 10 and July 20, 2017.


2017 African Women's Handball Champions League
The 2017 African Women's Handball Champions League was the 39th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from October 21–29, 2017 at the salle Bein Khiar, in Hammamet, Tunisia, contested by 8 teams and won by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto of Angola.


2017 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup
The 2017 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 33rd edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from April 13–22, 2017 in one venue: the Salle Omnisport Al Inbiâat, in Agadir, Morocco, contested by 7 teams and won by 1º de Agosto of Angola thus successfully defending its title.


2017 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup, Teams
CARA Brazzaville FAP Yaoundé HC Vainqueur Kada Queens Primeiro de Agosto Tana HBC US Nouasseur


2017 African Women's Junior Handball Championship
The 2017 African Women's Junior Handball Championship was the 24th edition of the championship organised by the Ivory Coast Handball Federation under the auspices of the African Handball Confederation. It was held in Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan (Ivory Coast) from 4 to 10 September 2017. It was played in under-19 years category. It was the fifth time that Ivory Coast staged the competition. It also acts as qualification tournament for the IHF Women's Junior World Handball Championship. Top three teams i.e. Angola, Egypt and the hosts Ivory Coast qualified for the 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship to be held in Hungary.


2017 African Women's Youth Handball Championship
The 2017 African Women's Youth Handball Championship was the 13th edition of the championship organised by the Ivory Coast Handball Federation under the auspices of the African Handball Confederation. It was held in Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan (Ivory Coast) from 11 to 17 September 2017. It was played in under-17 years category. It was the third time that Ivory Coast staged the competition. It also acts as qualification tournament for the IHF Women's Youth World Handball Championship. Top three teams i.e. Egypt, Tunisia and Angola qualifies for the 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship to be held in Poland.


2017 African Wrestling Championships
The 2017 African Wrestling Championships was held in Marrakesh, Morocco from 28 to 30 April 2017.


2017 Air Force Falcons football team
The 2017 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by eleventh-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division. They finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Mountain Division.


2017 Aircel Chennai Open
The 2017 Aircel Chennai Open was a 2017 ATP World Tour tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the only ATP tournament taking place in India and took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, India, from 2 January through 8 January 2017. It was the last edition of the Chennai Open before it moved to Pune, Maharashtra and was renamed the Maharashtra Open.


2017 Aircel Chennai Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Aircel Chennai Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Aircel Chennai Open – Doubles
Oliver Marach and Fabrice Martin were the defending champions, but Marach chose not to participate this year and Martin chose to compete in Doha instead.


2017 Aircel Chennai Open – Doubles
Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan won the title, defeating Purav Raja and Divij Sharan in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2017 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles
Stan Wawrinka was the three-time defending champion, but chose to compete in Brisbane instead.


2017 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles
Roberto Bautista Agut won the title, defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2017 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2017 Akron Zips football team
The 2017 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Terry Bowden and played their home games at InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field in Akron, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. The Zips finished the season 7–7, 6–2 in MAC play to win the East Division. They lost to Toledo in the MAC Championship. They received an invitation to play in the Boca Raton Bowl where they lost to Florida Atlantic.


2017 Akron Zips football team, Previous season
The Zips finished the 2016 season 5–7, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division.


2017 Akron Zips football team, Preseason
In a preseason poll Aof league media, Akron was picked to finish fourth in the East Division.


2017 Akron Zips men's soccer team
The 2017 Akron Zips men's soccer team represented The University of Akron during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Zips, played in the Mid-American Conference.


2017 Akron Zips men's soccer team
The Zips ended their 12-year reign as the MAC regular season champions, as an upstart campaign by Western Michigan saw the Broncos beat the Zips on tiebreaker. In the Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Akron defeated Western Michigan, 3-1, in the championship match to win their sixth straight MAC Tournament championship. The championship ensured the program's 14th-straight berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, Akron advanced to their fifth-ever College Cup after posting victories over Seattle U, Wisconsin, and Louisville.


2017 Akron Zips men's soccer team
The Zips were guided by fifth-year head coach, Jared Embick.


2017 Akron Zips men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Akron Zips men's soccer team, MLS Draft
The following members of 2017 Akron Zips men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.


2017 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
The 2017 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twentieth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 11–17 December 2017.


2017 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Doubles
Mandy Minella and Nina Stojanović were the defending champions, however both players chose not to participate.


2017 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Doubles
Mihaela Buzărnescu and Alena Fomina won the title, defeating Lesley Kerkhove and Lidziya Marozava in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2017 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Singles
Hsieh Su-wei was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Stefanie Vögele.


2017 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Singles
Belinda Bencic won the title after Ajla Tomljanović retired in the final at 6–4, 0–0.


2017 Alabama 500
The 2017 Alabama 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 15, 2017, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 188 laps on the 2.66 mile (4.2 km) superspeedway, it was the 31st race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, the fifth race of the Playoffs, and second race of the Round of 12. Brad Keselowski won the first stage and the race, while Ryan Newman finished second and Trevor Bayne finished third. Ryan Blaney won the second stage.


2017 Alabama 500, Report, Background
Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a tri-oval and was constructed in the 1960s by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line that's located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which also is a 2.5-mile-long (4 km) tri-oval.


2017 Alabama 500, Practice, First practice
Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 48.398 seconds and a speed of 197.859 mph (318.423 km/h). During practice, Jimmie Johnson spun in turn 4 after cutting down a left-rear tire from debris.


2017 Alabama 500, Practice, Final practice
Kasey Kahne was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 50.078 seconds and a speed of 191.222 mph (307.742 km/h).


2017 Alabama 500, Qualifying
Dale Earnhardt Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 50.256 and a speed of 190.544 mph (306.651 km/h).


2017 Alabama 500, Race, Stage 1, Start
Dale Earnhardt Jr. led the field to the green flag at 2:19 p.m., Joey Logano took the lead on lap 1 and led 19 laps, The first caution of the race flew on lap 27 for a multi-car wreck in the frontstretch, as several drivers tried to drop onto pit road for stops. Jamie McMurray, a playoff driver, was in the heart of the accident as he tried to pit from the track’s second lane. McMurray spun and sailed up the track, where he was hit hard by Jeffrey Earnhardt, Others involved in the wreck were Mark Thompson, Kyle Busch, Chris Buescher and Erik Jones. Busch, whose car received minor damage, blamed the crash on Jamie McMurray, who admitted he made a mistake.