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Gabon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Algeria named top seeds
- Updated: September 27, 2016
Host Gabon, holders Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Algeria have emerged top seeds for the draw of the final tournament of the Total Africa Cup of Nations Gabon 2017.
The quartet will make up Pot 1 for the draw to be held on Wednesday, 19 October 2016 in Libreville at 19H00 local time (16H00 GMT).
The seedings approved by the Organising Committee of the Africa Cup of Nations at its meeting on Monday, 26 September 2016 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, was determined taking into account the performance of the qualified teams during the following competitions:
* AFCON final tournaments (2012, 2013, 2015)
*AFCON qualifiers (2013, 2015, 2017)
*FIFA World Cup (2014)
*FIFA World Cup qualifiers (2014)
The formula adopted for each of the AFCON final tournament was eight (8) points for the winner, six (6) for runner-up, four (4) for semi-finalists, three (3) for quarter-finalists, two (2) for third in the group and one (1) for fourth in the group.
It was also decided to give more …
