2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group M

International football competition

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.

The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.

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

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	6	4	2	0	7	2	+5	14	Final tournament	—	1–0	2–2	2–0
2	Mauritania	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8		0–1	—	3–1	2–1
3	South Africa	6	1	4	1	8	6	+2	7		0–0	1–1	—	0–0
4	Gambia	6	0	2	4	1	9	−8	2		0–1	0–0	0–4	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

13 June 2015 (2015-06-13)19:00 UTC+2

South Africa	0–0	Gambia
	Report

Moses Mabhida Stadium, DurbanReferee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) 14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)15:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	1–0	Mauritania
Aboubakar 89'	Report

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, YaoundéReferee: Yakhouba Keita (Guinea)

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)17:00 UTC±0

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

Stade Olympique, NouakchottReferee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal) 6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)16:30 UTC±0

Gambia	0–1	Cameroon
	Report	Aboubakar 65'

Independence Stadium, BakauReferee: Mohamed Said Kordi (Tunisia)

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)16:30 UTC±0

Mauritania	2–1	Gambia
Moulaye Ahmed 36', 90+5'	Report	Carayol 59'

Stade Olympique, NouakchottReferee: Isaac Montgomery (Liberia) 26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)15:30 UTC+1

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

Limbe Stadium, LimbeReferee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)16:30 UTC±0

Gambia	0–0	Mauritania
	Report

Independence Stadium, BakauReferee: Fidel Gomes (Guinea-Bissau) 29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)19:00 UTC+2

South Africa	0–0	Cameroon
	Report

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

3 June 2016 (2016-06-03)17:00 UTC±0

Mauritania	0–1	Cameroon
	Report	Salli 29'

Stade Olympique, NouakchottReferee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) 4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)17:00 UTC±0

Gambia	0–4	South Africa
	Report	Gabuza 29', 38' Dolly 55', 79'

Independence Stadium, BakauReferee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)19:00 UTC+2

South Africa	1–1	Mauritania
Kekana 26'	Report	Guidileye 16'

Mbombela Stadium, NelspruitReferee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon) 3 September 2016 (2016-09-03)15:30 UTC+1

Cameroon	2–0	Gambia
Moukandjo 34' (pen.) Toko Ekambi 53'	Report

Limbe Stadium, LimbeReferee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Goalscorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

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.

References

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

External links

Orange Africa Cup Of Nations Qualifiers 2017, CAFonline.com

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