AFCON 2017 : Cameroon beats Guinea-Bissau 2-1
COTONOU, Jan. 18, 2017 (AMP) — Gabon 2017 : Cameroon defeated Guinea-Bissau by a score of 2-1 (halftime: 0-1), in a AFCON group stage game on Wednesday night at the Stade de l'Amitié in Cotonou.
Guinea-Bissau had started off well by taking the lead in the 13th minute with a goal by Portuguese forward Piqueti. Trailing 1-0 at half time, the Cameroonians nonetheless manage to reverse the direction of the game by scoring twice in the second period (Siani '61 and Ngadeu-Ngadjui '78).
The result put the Cameroonians top of Group A with 4 points. Guinea-Bissau is bottom with one point. In their last game, Cameroon will meet Gabon at the Stade de l'Amitié on January 22, while Guinea-Bissau will face Burkina Faso.
Fixtures and Results : Group A
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Overview
Cameroon at the AFCON
- 4 titles (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002)
- 18 appearances (first in 1970)
- 26 participations in the qualifications (first in 1968)
- Statistics: Champions (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002) Runners-up (1986, 2008) Third Place (1972) Fourth Place (1992)
Guinea-Bissau at the AFCON
- First appearance
- 5 participations in the qualifications (first in 1994)
- 18 January 2017
- 20:00
- Cotonou
Group A
| Team | Pts |
|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 |
 Burkina Faso | 2 |
 Gabon | 2 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 |
Matches
AFCON History
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