Football at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie
The football tournament at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie took place from 21 to 30 July in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The organization of the football competition has been considered to be a fiasco by some participating countries. The tournament was supposed to follow the FIFA tiebreaker rules. However, the organizing committee decided to change the rules in the midst of the competition in favour of Ivory Coast, thus eliminating Guinea from the group stage. Due to these changes, D.R. Congo also qualified for the semifinals instead of Quebec. Also in the semifinals, Mali delegation protested the referee's call of a frivolous penalty that won the game for the hosts Ivory Coast.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Ivory Coast |
City | Abidjan |
Dates | 21–30 July 2017 |
Teams | 16 (from 16 associations) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 28 |
Participants
Draw
The draw was carried out on 23 February 2017.[1]
Prior to the draw, teams were divided in pools.[2]
Pool 1 | Pool 2 |
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Pool 3 | Pool 4 |
Squads
Players must be born on or after 1 January 1997.[3]
Group stage
Tiebreakers
The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:
- Greatest number of points obtained in group matches
- Greatest number of points obtained in direct confrontation
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Guinea | 3–2 | |
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Toure Cisse |
Report | Loba Meleke |
Burkina Faso | 1–1 | |
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Cissé |
Report | El Shoum |
Lebanon | 1–2 | |
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Atwi Mehanna |
Report | Bah A. Camara |
Ivory Coast | 2–0 | |
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W. Ta Bi Loba |
Report |
Burkina Faso | 2–1 | |
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Cissé |
Report | F. Soumah |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Niger | 1–4 | |
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Hainikoye Soumana |
Report | Massala Maleke Nguessi Ondama Nkaya |
Cameroon | 0–0 | |
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Report |
Mali | 3–0 | |
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D. Traoré M. Traoré Kane |
Report |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | Withdrew |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Senegal | 5–1 | |
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Niang Ba Djitte Diop |
Report | Jolicoeur |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Quebec | 1–0 | |
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Wiethaeuper-Balbinotti |
Report |
DR Congo | 1–0 | |
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Nzembele |
Report |
Knockout stage
References
- "Qualifications en football masculin | Jeux de la francophonie". www.jeux.francophonie.org (in French). Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- "Tirage au sort en 4 poules de 4 équipes" (PDF). jeux.francophonie.org. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- "RÉGLEMENTATION DES VIIIES JEUX DE LA FRANCOPHONIE" (pdf). jeux.francophonie.org. 11 July 2016. p. 53. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- (in French) Livre des resultats