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Bafana Bafana coach happy with AFCON 2017 qualifiers draw

4/9/2015

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8 April 2015 – Bafana Bafana have been drawn against Cameroon, Gambia and Mauritania in Group M of the 2017 Orange Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

The tournament will be held in Gabon after a decision was taken by the CAF Congress currently sitting in Cairo that saw the Central African country beat Ghana and Algeria to the vote to host the 31st Edition of CAF’s premier event.

Bafana Bafana were among 52 countries that went into the hat in which only the group winner will progress to the AFCON finals which include two best-placed runners up and the host nation.

The first round of qualifying fixtures will take place from 8-16 June.

 


Bafana Bafana coach Shakes Mashaba said he was happy with the draw but added that it would not be a walk in the park.

 

“Some may see this as a relatively easy group – on paper it is but on the field it is a different story altogether.

 

“I have said before that there are no easy matches in international football anymore; football has changed and every country will give it a go,” said Mashaba reacting to the draw.

 

“While we may know much about Cameroon, not much is said about Gambia and Mauritania, and those could be our banana peels. We have to do what we did during the 2015 qualifiers; be brave, show no respect but above all, prepare thoroughly and take nothing for granted,” he added.

 

“I am very happy with the draw and closer to the time we will reveal our plans as to how we will tackle the qualifiers. We did well in the 2015 qualifiers but that is all in the past and the important thing is maintain the standard we set by qualifying outright.”

 

South Africa is currently ranked in 55th position on the FIFA World Rankings, Cameroon is 49th (10th on the continent), Mauritius is 190th (51th on the continent) and Gambia is 168th (46th on the continent).

 

Bafana Bafana will open their 2017 AFCON qualifying account against Gambia at home on the weekend of 12, 13, 14 June this year.

 

In the last qualifier, South Africa will host Mauritania on the weekend of 2, 3, 4 September 2016.

 

South Africa’s 2017 AFCON Fixtures:

 

South Africa       vs            Gambia                                12, 13, 14 June 2015

 

Mauritania          vs            South Africa       4, 5, 6 September 2015

 

Cameroon           vs            South Africa       23,24, 25, 26 March 2016

 

South Africa       vs            Cameroon           26, 27, 28, 29 March 2016

 

Gambia                                vs            South Africa       3, 4, 5 June 2016

 

South Africa       vs            Mauritania          2, 3, 4 September 2016

               

HERE IS THE FULL DRAW:

 

 

Group A

Tunisia, Togo, Liberia, Djibouti

 

Group B

Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Central Africa Republic, Madagascar

 

Group C

Mali, Equatorial Guinea, Benin, South Sudan

 

Group D

Burkina Faso, Uganda, Botswana, Comoros

 

Group E

Zambia, Congo, Kenya, Guinea Bissau

 

Group F

Cape Verde, Morocco, Libya, Sao Tome

 

Group G

Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania, Chad

 

Group H

Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Mauritius

 

Group I

Cote d'Ivoire, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Gabon

 

Group J

Algeria, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Seychelles

 

Group K

Senegal, Niger, Namibia, Burundi

 

Group L

Guinea, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Swaziland

 

Group M

Cameroon, South Africa, Gambia, Mauritania

By: Editor
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