AFCON 2017 Qualifiers : Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast play out 0-0 draw
PORT HARCOURT, Sep. 6, 2015 (AMP) — Gabon 2017 (Qualifiers) : Sierra Leone tied 0-0 with Ivory Coast, in a qualifying game for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday afternoon at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt.
The result put the Ivorians second in Group I with one point. Sierra Leone is bottom with one point. In their next game, Ivory Coast will meet group leaders Sudan at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium on March 25, while Sierra Leone will face Sudan.
Fixtures and Results : Group I
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Overview
Sierra Leone at the AFCON
- 2 appearances (first in 1994)
- 17 participations in the qualifications (first in 1974)
Ivory Coast at the AFCON
- 2 titles (1992, 2015)
- 21 appearances (first in 1965)
- 26 participations in the qualifications (first in 1965)
- Statistics: Champions (1992, 2015) Runners-up (2006, 2012) Third Place (1965, 1968, 1986, 1994) Fourth Place (1970, 2008)
Sierra Leone
0:0
Ivory Coast
0:0 (0:0)
- 6 September 2015
- 16:00
- Port Harcourt
Group I
| Team | Pts |
|---|---|
 Sudan | 3 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 |
Matches
AFCON History
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