Football at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie

2017 Football Tournament at the Jeux de la Francophonie.Tournament details

Host country| Ivory Coast
City| Abidjan
Dates| 21–30 July 2017
Teams| 16 (from 16 associations)
Venue(s)| 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Morocco (2nd title)
Runners-up|  Ivory Coast
Third place|  Mali
Fourth place|  DR Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 28
Goals scored| 62 (2.21 per match)

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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.

## Participants[edit]

* Burkina Faso
* Congo
* Ivory Coast
* Cameroon
* DR Congo
* France
* Gabon (withdrew)
* Guinea
* Haiti
* Lebanon
* Morocco
* Mali
* Mauritius
* Niger
* Quebec
* Senegal

## Draw[edit]

The draw was carried out on 23 February 2017.[1]

Prior to the draw, teams were divided in pools.[2]

Pool 1  |

* Ivory Coast
* Morocco
* Congo
* France

| Pool 2  |

* Senegal
* Quebec
* Cameroon
* Burkina Faso

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Pool 3  |

* Lebanon
* Mali
* Mauritius
* DR Congo

| Pool 4  |

* Haiti
* Guinea
* Niger
* Gabon

## Squads[edit]

Players must be born on or after 1 January 1997.[3]

## Group stage[edit]

### Tiebreakers[edit]

The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:

1. Greatest number of points obtained in group matches
2. Greatest number of points obtained in direct confrontation
3. Goal difference in all group matches
4. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches

### Group A[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Ivory Coast (H) | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 3  | +2  | 6  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Guinea | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 5  | +1  | 6  |
3  |  Burkina Faso | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 4
4  |  Lebanon | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 1

Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

21 July 2017 (2017-07-21)

09:00

Match 1

Guinea | 3–2|  Ivory Coast

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Toure 26', 77'
Cisse 42' | Report | Loba 16'
Meleke 89'

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

21 July 2017 (2017-07-21)

09:00

Match 2

Burkina Faso | 1–1|  Lebanon

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Cissé 33' | Report | El Shoum 89'

Parc des sports de Treichville, Abidjan

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

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23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)

17:00

Match 9

Ivory Coast | 1–0|  Burkina Faso

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Loba 74' | Report |

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Kokou N'Tale (Togo)

23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)

17:00

Match 10

Lebanon | 1–2|  Guinea

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Mehanna 62' | Report | Bah 40'
A. Camara 87'

Parc des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan

Referee: Daouda Gomno (Niger)

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25 July 2017 (2017-07-25)

14:00

Match 17

Ivory Coast | 2–0|  Lebanon

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W. Ta Bi 32'
Loba 69' | Report |

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Yannick Kabanga Malala (DR Congo)

25 July 2017 (2017-07-25)

14:00

Match 18

Burkina Faso | 2–1|  Guinea

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Cissé 13', 85' | Report | F. Soumah 52'

Parc des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan

Referee: Gaoussou Kané (Mali)

### Group B[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Mali | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 0  | +3  | 5  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Cameroon | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | +2  | 5  |
3  |  Congo | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 3  | +1  | 4
4  |  Niger | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 7  | −6  | 1

Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 July 2017 (2017-07-21)

13:00

Match 3

Niger | 1–4|  Congo

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Haïnikoye 38' | Report | Massala Maleke 30'
Nguessi Ondama 34'
Nkaya 43'
Ondongo 47'

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Kouassi Frédéric Biro (Ivory Coast)

21 July 2017 (2017-07-21)

13:00

Match 4

Cameroon | 0–0|  Mali

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Parc des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan

Referee: Jean Ouatarra (Burkina Faso)

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23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)

14:00

Match 11

Congo | 0–2|  Cameroon

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| Report | Nguidjol 11'
Mountala 90+2'

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Roland Danon (Ivory Coast)

23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)

14:00

Match 12

Mali | 3–0|  Niger

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D. Traoré  44'
M. Traoré 47'
Kane 80' | Report |

Parc des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan

Referee: Yannick Kabanga Malala (DR Congo)

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25 July 2017 (2017-07-25)

17:00

Match 19

Congo | 0–0|  Mali

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Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Kokou N'Tale (Togo)

25 July 2017 (2017-07-25)

17:00

Match 20

Cameroon | 0–0|  Niger

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Parc des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan

Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

### Group C[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Morocco | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 11  | 0  | +11  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Senegal | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 8  | 1  | +7  | 7  |
3  |  Mauritius | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 13  | −9  | 3
4  |  Gabon | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 9  | −9  | 0  | Withdrew

Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

14:00

Match 5

Gabon | 0–3
(Forfeited) |  Morocco

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Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

14:00

Match 6

Senegal | 5–1|  Mauritius

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Niang 19', 65'
Ba  47'
Djitte 51'
Diop 73' | Report | Jolicoeur 54'

Parc des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan

Referee: Daouda Gomno (Niger)

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24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)

17:00

Match 13

Morocco | 0–0|  Senegal

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Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Juste Kokolo (Congo)

24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)

17:00

Match 14

Mauritius | 3–0
(Forfeited) |  Gabon

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Parc des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan

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26 July 2017 (2017-07-26)

14:00

Match 21

Morocco | 8–0|  Mauritius

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Kiyine 5', 56'
Nassik 41', 60', 83'
Boutouil 66'
Hannouri 88', 90+1' | Report |

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Roland Danon (Ivory Coast)

26 July 2017 (2017-07-26)

14:00

Match 22

Senegal | 3–0
(Forfeited) |  Gabon

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Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

### Group D[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  DR Congo | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 6  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Quebec | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 4  | −1  | 6  |
3  |  France | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 3  | +2  | 4
4  |  Haiti | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 4  | −2  | 1

Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

17:00

Match 7

Haiti | 1–1|  France

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Guillaume 82' | Report | Mroivili 80'

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Hadi Salameh (Lebanon)

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

17:00

Match 8

Quebec | 1–0|  DR Congo

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Wiethaeuper-Balbinotti 36' | Report |

Parc des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan

Referee: Gaoussou Kané (Mali)

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24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)

14:00

Match 15

France | 3–0|  Quebec

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Karraoui 31', 63'
Mehadji 33' | Report |

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)

14:00

Match 16

DR Congo | 1–0|  Haiti

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Nzembele 83' | Report |

Parc des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan

Referee: Ousmane Camara (Guinea)

* * *

26 July 2017 (2017-07-26)

17:00

Match 23

France | 1–2|  DR Congo

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Nkada 85' | Report | Zola 54'
Lusuki 87'

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Kouassi Frédéric Biro (Ivory Coast)

26 July 2017 (2017-07-26)

17:00

Match 24

Quebec | 2–1|  Haiti

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Bobe 58', 90+1' | Report | Jeudy 53'

Parc des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan

Referee: Juste Kokolo (Congo)

## Knockout stage[edit]

### Semi-finals[edit]

28 July 2017 (2017-07-28)

Match 25

Ivory Coast | 2–1|  Mali

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Diaby 18'
Loba 79' (p) | Report | Camara 45+6'

Stade Félix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Daouda Gomno (Niger)

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28 July 2017 (2017-07-28)

Match 26

Morocco | 1–0|  DR Congo

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Hannouri 84' | Report |

Stade Félix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Kokou N'Tale (Togo)

### Third-place playoff[edit]

30 July 2017 (2017-07-30)

Match 27

Mali | 2–1|  DR Congo

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Touré 9'
N'Diaye 90+1' | Report | Nel 37'

Stade Félix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Hadi Salameh (Lebanon)

### Final[edit]

30 July 2017 (2017-07-30)

Match 28

Ivory Coast | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  Morocco

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Kassi 64' | Report | Kiyine 8'
Penalties
Loba
Sanogo
Niangbo
Meleke
Ta Bi
Diaby
Kassi | 6–7 | El Mourabit
El Wardi
Gaddarine
Bari
Kiyine
Bach
Boutouil

Stade Félix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

## Medalists[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's under-20  |  Morocco
El Mehdi Benabid
Hamza El Kaouakibi
Achraf Dari
Abdelmounaim Boutouil
Badr Gaddarine
Anas Bach
Youssef Belammari
Fahd Difi
Bilal Bari
Mohamed El Mourabit
Zakaria Nassik
El Mehdi Agdai
Achraf Laadoul
Zakaria El Wardi
Zakaria Azoud
Hamza Hannouri
Sofian Kiyine
Hamza Dezza
Othman Fadiz  |  Ivory Coast
Moussa Baba Bamba
Junior Yeo
Koffi Habib Ande
Aboubacar Kouyaté
Willy Braciano Ta Bi
Ulrich Meleke
Ali Sanogo
Trazie Thomas Zai
Aké Arnaud Loba
Anderson Niangbo
Thierry Kassi
Koffi Dakoi
Hamed Junior Traorè
El Hadje Moustapha Danté
Razack Cissé
Kouya Mabea
Souleymane Diaby
Moustapha Camara  |  Mali
Alkalifa Coulibaly
Mamadou Sacko
Djémoussa Traoré
Fode Konaté
Mamadi Fofana
Mohamed Camara
Hadji Dramé
Abdoulaye Dabo
El Bilal Touré
Abdou Salam Ag Jiddou
Mamadou Traoré
Cheick Doucouré
Siaka Sidibé
Abdoulaye Diaby
Youssouf Koita
Mamadou Samake
Ibrahim Kane
Lassana N'Diaye
Dramane Traoré

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Qualifications en football masculin | Jeux de la francophonie". www.jeux.francophonie.org (in French). Retrieved 16 May 2017.
2. ^ "Tirage au sort en 4 poules de 4 équipes" (PDF). jeux.francophonie.org. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
3. ^ "RÉGLEMENTATION DES VIIIES JEUX DE LA FRANCOPHONIE" (pdf). jeux.francophonie.org. 11 July 2016. p. 53. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

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