2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group L

Group L of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the 13 groups to decide the teams which qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Guinea, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland.[1]

The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.[2]

Zimbabwe, the group winner, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[3]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zimbabwe 6 3 2 1 11 4 +7 11 Final tournament — 4–0 1–1 3–0
2  Swaziland 6 2 2 2 6 9 −3 8 1–1 — 1–0 2–2
3  Guinea 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 1–0 1–2 — 0–0
4  Malawi 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5 1–2 1–0 1–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches
Guinea 1–2 Swaziland
 Report
Referee: Manuel Timas (Cape Verde)
Malawi 1–2 Zimbabwe
 Report
Referee: Christopher Nde (Cameroon)
Swaziland 2–2 Malawi
 Report
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)
Zimbabwe 1–1 Guinea
 Report
Referee: Lekgotla Johannes (Botswana)
Swaziland 1–1 Zimbabwe
 Report
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Guinea 0–0 Malawi
Report
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Zimbabwe 4–0 Swaziland
 Report
Referee: Ali Adelaïd (Comoros)
Malawi 1–2 Guinea
 Report
Referee: Parmendra Nunkoo (Mauritius)
Swaziland 1–0 Guinea
 Report
Zimbabwe 3–0 Malawi
 Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Malawi 1–0 Swaziland
 Report
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (Congo DR)
Guinea 1–0 Zimbabwe
 Report
Referee: Mohamed Ragab Omar (Libya)

Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes
  1. Guinea played their home match against Swaziland outside of their country due to Ebola outbreak.

References
  1. "Results of AFCON 2017 qualifiers draw". CAF. 8 April 2015.
  2. "Result of the drawing of lots" (PDF). CAF.
  3. "FORMAT OF 2017 AFCON QUALIFIERS AND 2018 WORLD CUP". CAFonline.com. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
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