Monday 2 January 2017

Africa Cup of Nations 2017

The African cup of Nations (Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football 2017) kicks off on the 14th january.

Group Stages - 14th January to 25th January
Quarter Finals - 28th January to 29th January
Semi Finals - 1st February to 2nd February
Final - 5th February

Being held in Gabon which is on the West coast of Africa.



For those of us interested in the Premier league players who will be missing games here is a list of those called up so far (not confirmed).

Algeria - Riyad Mahrez (Leicester), Islam Slimani (Leicester), Adlene Guedioura (Watford)
Congo DR - Dieumerci Mbokani (Hull)
Egypt - Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull), Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke)
Gabon - Didier N'Dong (Sunderland)
Ghana - Daniel Amartey (Leicester), Andre Ayew (West Ham)
Ivory Coast - Eric Bailly (Man Utd), Lamine Kone (Sunderland), Max Gradel (Bournemouth), Wilfried Bony (Stoke), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)
Mali - Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace)
Morocco - Nordin Amrabat (Watford), Sofiane Boufal (Southampton)
Senegal - Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke), Sadio Mane (Liverpool), Idrissa Gueye (Everton), Cheikhou Kouyate (West Ham)
Tunisia - Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland)
Burkina Faso - None
Cameroon - None
Guinea-Bissau - None
Togo - None
Uganda - None
Zimbabwe - None

Possible Bans for not playing?
Benik Afobe, Joel Matip, Brendan Galloway, Allan Nyom, Diafra Sakho 

Games potentially missed -
Premier League -  Week 20 to Week 24
FA Cup - Rounds 3 and 4 + Replays
League Cup - Semi Finals (Both Legs)

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