2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group G

Group G of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the thirteen groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament.

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 However, on 27 March 2016 it was announced that Chad had withdrawn from the competition on financial grounds.^[2][3] As per the competition's regulations, the matches involving Chad and played up to that point were annulled,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

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

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	10	Final tournament		—	1–0	3–0	Canc.
2	Nigeria	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	5			1–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	Tanzania	4	0	1	3	0	6	−6	1			0–2	0–0	—	Canc.
4	Chad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[a]		1–5	Canc.	0–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. On 27 March 2016, it was announced that Chad had withdrawn from the competition on financial grounds.^[6][7] At that point, Chad had played three matches, and all results were annulled and not taken into consideration according to the regulations. Moreover, the runners-up were not eligible to qualify as one of the two group runners-up with the best records.

Matches

Nigeria	Annulled (originally 2–0)	Chad
Salami 63' Ighalo 79' (pen.)	Report

13 June 2015 (2015-6-13)

16:00 UTC+1

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Referee: Assoumane Moussa Gnali (Niger)

Egypt	3–0	Tanzania
Rabia 60' Morsy 64' Salah 69'	Report

14 June 2015 (2015-6-14)

19:00 UTC+2

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

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Tanzania	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

5 September 2015 (2015-9-5)

16:30 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

Chad	Annulled (originally 1–5)	Egypt
Haroun 37'	Report	Morsy 2', 24', 61' Salah 39' Kahraba 55'

6 September 2015 (2015-9-6)

15:30 UTC+1

Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena

Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)

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Chad	Annulled (originally 0–1)	Tanzania
	Report	Samatta 32'

23 March 2016 (2016-3-23)

15:30 UTC+1

Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena

Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (Congo DR)

Nigeria	1–1	Egypt
Etebo 60'	Report	Salah 90'

25 March 2016 (2016-3-25)

17:00 UTC+1

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

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Tanzania	Cancelled	Chad
	Report

28 March 2016 (2016-3-28)

16:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)

Egypt	1–0	Nigeria
Sobhi 66'	Report

29 March 2016 (2016-3-29)

19:00 UTC+2

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

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Chad	Cancelled	Nigeria
	Report

3 June 2016 (2016-6-3)

Tanzania	0–2	Egypt
	Report	Salah 44', 58'

4 June 2016 (2016-6-4)

16:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

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Egypt	Cancelled	Chad
	Report

2 September 2016 (2016-9-2)

Nigeria	1–0	Tanzania
Iheanacho 78'	Report

3 September 2016 (2016-9-3)

17:00 UTC+1

Akwa Ibom Stadium, Uyo

Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

Goalscorers

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

3 goals

• Basem Morsy

1 goal

• Mohamed Salah
• Ramy Rabia
• Ramadan Sobhi
• Kelechi Iheanacho
• Oghenekaro Etebo