The knockout stage of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations took place from 28 January to the final on 5 February 2017 in Gabon.
In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the third place play-off, where no extra time was played and the match went directly to penalties if level.
All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).[1]
Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the four groups advanced to the knockout stage.
Assistant referees: Albdelhak Etchiali (Algeria) Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan) Fourth official: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) Fifth official: Ali Waleed Ahmed (Sudan)
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^Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (28 January 2017). "The Total Man of the Match is Préjuce Nakoulma! Great performance!" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 January 2017 – via Twitter.
^ ab"Tactical start list: Senegal - Cameroon" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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^ ab"Tactical start list: Congo DR - Ghana" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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^Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (29 January 2017). "Mahmoud Kahraba has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 January 2017 – via Twitter.
^ ab"Tactical start list: Burkina Faso - Egypt" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
^Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (1 February 2017). "The Total Man of the Match is E. EL HADARY! Great performance!" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 February 2017 – via Twitter.
^ ab"Tactical start list: Cameroon - Ghana" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
^Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (2 February 2017). "C.BASSOGOG has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 February 2017 – via Twitter.
^ ab"Tactical start list: Burkina Faso - Ghana" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (4 February 2017). "B. TOURE has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 February 2017 – via Twitter.
^ ab"Tactical start list: Egypt – Cameroon" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 5 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
^Kindzeka, Moki Edwin (6 February 2017). "Cameroon Beats Egypt to Win Africa Cup of Nations Final". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.