Football at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie

The football tournament at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie took place from 21 to 30 July in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The organization of the football competition has been considered to be a fiasco by some participating countries. The tournament was supposed to follow the FIFA tiebreaker rules. However, the organizing committee decided to change the rules in the midst of the competition in favour of Ivory Coast, thus eliminating Guinea from the group stage. Due to these changes, D.R. Congo also qualified for the semifinals instead of Quebec. Also in the semifinals, Mali delegation protested the referee's call of a frivolous penalty that won the game for the hosts Ivory Coast.

Participants

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Draw
The draw was carried out on 23 February 2017.

Prior to the draw, teams were divided in pools.

Squads
Players must be born on or after 1 January 1997.

Tiebreakers
The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:
 * 1) Greatest number of points obtained in group matches
 * 2) Greatest number of points obtained in direct confrontation
 * 3) Goal difference in all group matches
 * 4) Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches