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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 champion ...
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 Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
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Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
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Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...
. The hosts of the final tournament, Gabon national football team, 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. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016. 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.


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Centralised friendlies

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Goalscorers

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Gervinho Gervais Yao Kouassi (born 27 May 1987), known as Gervinho, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club Aris and the Ivory Coast national team. Gervinho began his career at ASEC Abidjan and Toumodi ...
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Max Gradel Max-Alain Gradel (born 30 November 1987) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Turkish club Sivasspor and the Ivory Coast national team. Gradel received his first call-up to the Ivory Coast national team i ...
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Jonathan Kodjia Jonathan Adjo Kodjia (born 22 October 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Umm Salal in the Qatar Stars League. Born in France, he represents the Ivory Coast national team at International level. Kodjia started his car ...
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Kei Kamara Kei Ansu Kamara (; born 1 September 1984) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a striker for CF Montréal of Major League Soccer. He is one of only eleven players to have scored 100 goals in MLS history, achieving the l ...
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Ramadan Alagab Ramadan Agab Shareif Ferien ( ar, رمضان عجب; born 20 February 1986) is a Sudanese professional footballer who plays for Al-Merrikh SC as a striker. International career International goals :''Scores and results list Sudan's goal tally ...
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Muhannad El Tahir Muhaned Altaher( ar, مهند الطاهر) born December 3, 1984) is a Sudanese footballer. He currently plays as a AM for the Sudanese Premier League Sudan Premier League ( ar, الدوري السوداني الممتاز) is the top divis ...


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