Africa Cup of Nations: Schedule, scores, and results from CAN 2017

The Africa Cup of Nations returns on Saturday, Jan. 14, with Africa’s top 16 sides facing off to crown the champions of the continent. Gabon is the host and has a strong squad but has never progressed beyond the quarterfinals of the competition. Defending champions Ivory Coast have qualified and have a chance to repeat, but most of their golden generation has retired, opening the door to the rest of Africa to mount a challenge to their throne.

Les Elephants are the favorite at the bookies to win the tournament, and their biggest challenge seems likely to come from Group C. Second and third favorites Senegal and Algeria are in that group together, while Group D boasts two of the other favorites together, Egypt and Ghana.

Algeria star Riyad Mahrez is a big favorite for player of the tournament after his heroics for Leicester City last season, but the hosts’ star striker Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang is expected to pour in the goals too. Nineteen-year-old trickster Ramadan Sobhi from Egypt and 21-year-old speedster Bertrand Traoré from Burkina Faso are the tournament’s top youngsters who you might recognize from the Premier League.

And if you’re looking for a slightly under-the-radar player to watch, keep an eye on Adama Traoré, a young Malian attacking midfielder who’s having a great season for Monaco. He’s hardly an unknown to European scouts, but this is his first chance to shine on an international stage.

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations:

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Gabon was entered into the tournament automatically by virtue of being the hosts. The Ivory Coast, which surprisingly struggled to put away Sierra Leone and Sudan, was the only one of the qualifying African giants that had any trouble. The best side to miss out by far is Nigeria, who was unluckily drawn into a qualifying group with Egypt.

Sixteen teams are organized into four groups of four teams that will all play each other once. The top two teams from each group advance. Head-to-head tiebreakers are applied before group-wide ones. In the event of a draw in the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals, two 15-minute extra time periods are played in their entirety, with no golden goal. If the match is still tied after extra time, the match goes to penalties. Africa Cup of Nations has a third-place game, but it does not have extra time.

Egypt 1-2 Cameroon

Burkina Faso 1-0 Ghana

Burkina Faso 1-1 (3-4 PKs) Egypt
Cameroon 2-0 Ghana

Burkina Faso 2-0 Tunisia
Senegal 0-0 (4-5 PKs) Cameroon
DR-Congo 1-2 Ghana
Egypt 1-0 Morocco

Group A

Burkina Faso — 5 points, advances in first place
Cameroon — 5 points, advances in second place
Gabon — 3 points
Guinea-Bissau — 1 point

Group B

Senegal — 7 points, advances in first place
Tunisia — 6 points, advances in second place
Algeria — 2 points
Zimbabwe — 1 point

Group C

DR-Congo — 7 points, advances in first place
Morocco — 6 points, advances in second place
Ivory Coast — 2 points
Togo — 1 point

Group D

Egypt — 7 points, advances in first place
Ghana — 6 points, advances in second place
Mali — 2 points
Uganda — 1 point

Saturday, Jan. 14

Gabon 1-1 Guinea-Bissau
Burkina Faso 1-1 Cameroon

Sunday, Jan. 15

Algeria 2-2 Zimbabwe
Tunisia 0-2 Senegal

Monday, Jan. 16

Ivory Coast 0-0 Togo
DR-Congo 1-0 Morocco

Tuesday, Jan. 17

Ghana 1-0 Uganda
Mali 0-0 Egypt

Wednesday, Jan. 18

Gabon 1-1 Burkina Faso
Cameroon 2-1 Guinea-Bissau

Thursday, Jan. 19

Algeria 1-2 Tunisia
Senegal 2-0 Zimbabwe

Friday, Jan. 20

Ivory Coast 2-2 DR-Congo
Morocco 3-1 Togo

Saturday, Jan. 21

Ghana 1-0 Mali
Egypt 1-0 Uganda

Sunday, Jan. 22

Cameroon 0-0 Gabon
Guinea-Bissau 0-2 Burkina Faso

Monday, Jan. 23

Senegal 2-2 Algeria
Zimbabwe 2-4 Tunisia

Tuesday, Jan. 24

Morocco 1-0 Ivory Coast.
Togo 1-3 DR-Congo

Wednesday, Jan. 25

Egypt 1-0 Ghana
Uganda 1-1 Mali

Saturday, Jan. 28

Burkina Faso 2-0 Tunisia
Senegal 0-0 (4-5 PKs) Cameroon

Sunday, Jan. 29

DR-Congo 1-2 Ghana
Egypt 1-0 Morocco

Wednesday, Feb. 1

Burkina Faso 1-1 (3-4 PKs) Egypt

Thursday, Feb. 2

Cameroon 2-0 Ghana

Saturday, Feb. 4

Burkina Faso 1-0 Ghana

Sunday, Feb. 5

Egypt 1-2 Cameroon

Junior Kabananga (DR-Congo) — 3 goals
Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) — 2 goals
Islam Slimani (Algeria) — 2 goals
Aristide Bance (Burkina Faso) — 2 goals
Prejuce Nakoulma (Burkina Faso) — 2 goals
Michael Ngadeu-Ndadjui (Cameroon) — 2 goals
Paul-Jose M’Poku (DR-Congo) — 2 goals
Mohamed Salah (Egypt) — 2 goals
Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang (Gabon) — 2 goals
Andre Ayew (Ghana) — 2 goals
Sadio Mane (Senegal) — 2 goals
Naim Sliti (Tunisia) — 2 goals
Sofiane Hanni (Algeria) — 1 goal
Alain Traore (Burkina Faso) — 1 goal
Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso) — 1 goal
Issoufou Dayo (Burkina Faso) — 1 goal
Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) — 1 goal
Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) — 1 goal
Sebastien Siani (Cameroon) — 1 goal
Nicolas Nkoulou (Cameroon) — 1 goal
Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) — 1 goal
Ndombe Mubele (DR-Congo) — 1 goal
Neeskens Kebano (DR-Congo) — 1 goal
Abdalla El Said (Egypt) — 1 goal
Mohamed Elneny (Egypt) — 1 goal
Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim (Egypt) — 1 goal
Asamoah Gyan (Ghana) — 1 goal
Jordan Ayew (Ghana) — 1 goal
Piqueti (Guinea-Bissau) — 1 goal
Juary Soares (Guinea-Bissau) — 1 goal
Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast) — 1 goal
Yves Bissouma (Mali) — 1 goal
Rachid Alioui (Morocco) — 1 goal
Aziz Bouhaddouz (Morocco) — 1 goal
Romain Saiss (Morocco) — 1 goal
Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) — 1 goal
Serey Die (Ivory Coast) — 1 goal
Papakouli Diop (Senegal) — 1 goal
Kara Mbodji (Senegal) — 1 goal
Henri Saivet (Senegal) — 1 goal
Moussa Sow (Senegal) — 1 goal
Mathieu Dossevi (Togo) — 1 goal
Kodjo Laba (Togo) — 1 goal
Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia) — 1 goal
Youssef Mskani (Tunisia) — 1 goal
Farouq Miya (Uganda) — 1 goal
Kudakwashe Mahachi (Zimbabwe) — 1 goal
Nyasha Mushekewi (Zimbabwe) — 1 goal
Knowledge Musona (Zimbabwe) — 1 goal
Tendai Ndoro (Zimbabwe) — 1 goal