2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group M

Group M of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament is one of the 13 groups to decide the teams which qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consists of four teams: Cameroon, South Africa, Gambia, and Mauritania.^[1]

The teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.^[2]

The group winners qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, while the runners-up also qualify if they are one of the two runners-up with the best records.^[3]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8	Final tournament		—	1–0	2–2	2–4 Sep
2	Mauritania	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7	Possible qualification based on ranking		3–5 Jun	—	3–1	2–1
3	South Africa	4	0	3	1	3	5	−2	3			0–0	2–4 Sep	—	0–0
4	Gambia (Y)	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2	2			0–1	0–0	3–5 Jun	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2016. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(Y) Cannot win group, but may still qualify as one of two best second-placed teams.

Matches

South Africa  v  Gambia

13 June 2015 19:00 UTC+2[note 1]

South Africa	0–0	Gambia
	Report

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

Cameroon  v  Mauritania

14 June 2015 15:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	1–0	Mauritania
Aboubakar  89'	Report

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé Referee: Yakhouba Keita (Guinea)

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Mauritania  v  South Africa

5 September 2015 17:00 UTC±0

Mauritania	3–1	South Africa
Abeid  5' Bagili  77' Moulaye Ahmed  85'	Report	Gabuza  68'

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal)

Gambia  v  Cameroon

6 September 2015 16:30 UTC±0

Gambia	0–1	Cameroon
	Report	Aboubakar  65'

Independence Stadium, Bakau Referee: Mohamed Said Kordi (Tunisia)

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Mauritania  v  Gambia

25 March 2016 16:30 UTC±0

Mauritania	2–1	Gambia
Moulaye Ahmed  36', 90+5'	Report	Carayol  65'

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott Referee: Isaac Montgomery (Liberia)

Cameroon  v  South Africa

26 March 2016 15:30 UTC+1

Cameroon	2–2	South Africa
Siani  45+1' Nkoulou  66'	Report	Rantie  17' Kekana  50'

Limbe Omnisports Stadium, Limbe Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

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Gambia  v  Mauritania

29 March 2016 16:30 UTC±0

Gambia	0–0	Mauritania
	Report

Independence Stadium, Bakau Referee: Fidel Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)

South Africa  v  Cameroon

29 March 2016 19:00 UTC+2

South Africa	0–0	Cameroon
	Report

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

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Mauritania  v  Cameroon

3–5 June 2016

Mauritania	v	Cameroon
	Report

Gambia  v  South Africa

3–5 June 2016

Gambia	v	South Africa
	Report

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Cameroon  v  Gambia

2–4 September 2016

Cameroon	v	Gambia
	Report

South Africa  v  Mauritania

2–4 September 2016

South Africa	v	Mauritania
	Report

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Cheikh Moulaye Ahmed

2 goals

• Vincent Aboubakar

1 goal

• Nicolas Nkoulou
• Sebastien Siani
• Mustapha Carayol
• Aly Abeid
• Boubacar Bagili
• Thamsanqa Gabuza
• Hlompho Kekana
• Tokelo Rantie

Notes

1. The South Africa v Gambia match was delayed from the original kick-off time of 15:00 local time due to late arrival of officials.^[4]

References

1. "Results of AFCON 2017 qualifiers draw". CAF. 8 April 2015.
2. "Result of the drawing of lots" (PDF). CAF.
3. "FORMAT OF 2017 AFCON QUALIFIERS AND 2018 WORLD CUP". CAFonline.com. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
4. "South Africa vs Gambia game delayed". IOL Sport. 13 June 2015.

External links

• Orange Africa Cup Of Nations Qualifiers 2017, CAFonline.com