2017 AFCON qualifiers: Cameroon to face Gambia,Mauritius and South Africa

09/04/2015The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon has been polled in Group M to face Gambia,Mauritius Island and South Africa in the qualifiers of the 2017 AFCON.

Of the three teams, bookmakers think the greatest threat to Cameroon is South Africa that organised the competition in 2013, won the cup in1996 and attained the runners up stage in 1998 and got to quater finals in 2015.

Gambia on her part has not been a regular participant, the team was banned for fraud in 2014.

The Mauritius Island has qualified once for the final round of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1974.

The tussle for the group ticket for the 2017 AFCON is expected to be between Cameroon and South Africa.

According to the schedule, Cameroon will play host to the Mauritius Island between 12 and 14 June 2015.

The national team later travels to Gambia in September for its second match and in March 2016 Cameroon will round off the qualifiers in Yaounde with the Bafana Bafana of South Africa.

As an innovation,the host country,Gabon will take part in the qualifiers but the results of their matches will not infer on the group classification.

Benly Anchunda

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