AFCON 2017 Qualifiers : Cameroon beats Mauritania 1-0
YAOUNDé, Jun. 14, 2015 (AMP) — Gabon 2017 (Qualifiers) : Cameroon defeated Mauritania by a score of 1-0 (halftime: 0-0), in a qualifying game for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday afternoon at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaoundé.
Mauritania made the Cameroonians doubt themselves for forty-five minutes. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Cameroonian forward Vincent Aboubakar with one minute left in regular time.
The result put the Cameroonians top of Group M with 3 points. In their next game, Cameroon will meet second-placed Gambia at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium on September 6, while Mauritania will face South Africa.
Fixtures and Results : Group M
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Overview
Cameroon at the AFCON
- 4 titles (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002)
- 17 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)
Mauritania at the AFCON
- Never qualified
- 11 participations in the qualifications (first in 1980)
- 14 June 2015
- 15:00
- Yaoundé
Group M
| Team | Pts |
|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 |
 Gambia | 1 |
 South Africa | 1 |
| Mauritania | 0 |
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