Cameroon wins the 31st African Cup of Nations in Gabon. Cameroon have surprisingly won the 2017 African Cup of Nations with barely an unknown squad which was played in Gabon. The competition is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been held every two years. The origin of the African Nations Cup dates from June 1956, when the creation of the Confederation of African Football was proposed during the third FIFA congress in Lisbon . There were immediate plans for a continental tournament to be held and, in February 1957, the first African Cup of Nations was held in Khartoum, Sudan. 
The winner of the 2017 African Cup of Nations will qualify to represent Africa in the 2017 FIFA Confederations cup to be held in Russia and Cameroon will be representing Africa in the 2017 FIFA Confederations cup.
Statistics and Awards:
Matches: 32 games
Goals: 66 goals
Goals per Game: 2.06 goals
Most Goals Scored: Burkina Faso
Least Goals Scored: Mali
Top scorer: Junior Kabananga (Congo DR) – 3 goals
Top Assist Maker: Floyd Ayite (Togo) – 2 assists
Best Player of the Tournament: Christian Bassogog
Fair Play Award: Egypt
Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Fabrice Ondoa
Official Team of the tournament:
Goalkeeper:
Fabrice Ondoa (Cameroon)
Defenders:
Modou Kara Mbodji (Senegal)
Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt)
Michael Ngadeu (Cameron)
Midfielders:
Charles Kabore (Burkina Faso)
Daniel Amartey (Ghana)
Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso)
Christian Atsu (Ghana)
Mohammad Salah (Egypt)
Strikers:
Christian Bassogog (Cameroon)
Junior Kabananga (DR Congo)
Total Competition Breakdown.
Group A
- Burkina Faso 5 pts
- Cameroon 5 pts
- Gabon 3 pts
- Guinea-Biasau 1 pt
Matches
14 Jan: Gabon 1-1 Guinea-Biasau
14 Jan: Burkina Faso 1-1 Cameroon
18 Jan: Gabon 1-1 Burkina Faso
18 Jan: Cameroon 2-1 Guinea-Biasau
22 Jan: Cameroon 0-0 Gabon
22 Jan: Guinea-Biasau 0-2 Burkina Faso
Group B
- Senegal 7 pts
- Tunisia 6 pts
- Algeria 2 pts
- Zimbabwe 1 pt
Matches
15 Jan: Algeria 2-2 Zimbabwe
15 Jan: Tunisia 0-2 Senegal
19 Jan: Algeria 1-2 Tunisia
19 Jan: Senegal 2-0 Zimbabwe
23 Jan: Senegal 2-2 Algeria
23 Jan: Zimbabwe 2-4 Tunisia
Group C
- DR Congo 7 pts
- Morocco 6 pts
- Ivory Coast 2 pts
- Togo 1 pts
Matches
16 Jan: Ivory Coast 0-0 Togo
16 Jan: DR Congo 1-0 Morocco
20 Jan: Ivory Coast 2-2 DR Congo
20 Jan: Morocco 3-1 Togo
24 Jan: Morocco 1-0 Ivory Coast
24 Jan: Togo 1-3 DR Congo
Group D
- Egypt 7 pts
- Ghana 6 pts
- Mali 2 pts
- Uganda 1 pt
Matches
17 Jan: Ghana 1-0 Uganda
17 Jan: Mali 0-0 Egypt
21 Jan: Ghana 1-0 Mali
21 Jan: Egypt 1-0 Uganda
25 Jan: Egypt 1-0 Ghana
25 Jan: Uganda 1-1 Mali
Quarter-Finals
28 Jan: Burkina Faso 2-0 Tunisia
28 Jan: Senegal 0-0 Cameroon (Cameroon wins 5-4 on penalties)
29 Jan: DR Congo 1-2 Ghana
29 Jan: Egypt 1-0 Morocco
Semi-final
1 Feb: Burkina Faso 1-1 Egypt (Egypt wins 4-3 on penalties)
2 Feb: Cameroon 2-0 Ghana
3rd Place Playoff
4 Feb: Burkina Faso 1-0 Ghana
Burkina Faso won the Bronze medal in the 2017 African Cup of Nations.
Final
5 Feb: Egypt 1-2 Cameroon
Cameroon won the 2017 African Cup of Nations in Gabon and Egypt was awarded the silver medal. Cameroon was awarded $4 million as winners of the prestigious football competition in Africa. Below is the legendary Cameroonian squad that won the 2017 African Cup of Nations;
Goalkeepers
Jules Goda, Fabrics Ondoa, Georges Bokwe
Defenders
Fai Collins, Ernest Mabouka, Nicolas Nkoulou, Michael Ngadeu, Adolph Teikeu, Ambroise Oyongo, Mohammed Djetei, Jonathan Ngwen.
Midfielders
Sebastian Siani, Franck Boya, Georges Mandjeck, Arnaud Djoum, Christian Bassogog, Benjamin Moukandjo
Strikers
Vincent Aboubakar, Jacques Zoua, Clinton Njie, Edgar Salli, Toko Ekambi, Ndip Tambe
Coach: Hugo Broos
Cameroon is the most successful team football team in national teams football aside Egypt. Cameron have now won 5 African Cup of Nations trophy, in 1984, 1988, 2000, 2002 and 2017 second to Egypt with 7 AFCON trophies and Ghana third with 4 AFCON trophies. Cameron is also among two countries in Africa that have reached the quarter finals of a FIFA world cup. Cameron is also the only African team that have reached the Final of the FIFA confederations cup in 2013 losing to France on penalties, Cameroon have once again qualified for their third FIFA Confederations cup in Russia to be held in June 2017.
Since 1970 that Cameroon first qualified for the African Cup of Nations, they have played a total of 80 games in the African Cup of Nations winning 40, drawing 25 and losing 15 games with a winning rate of 50%. Cameron will host the next edition of the African Cup of Nations which will be in 2019. Cameron came to Gabon with a very youthful squad to prepare the players for the 2019 host and win AFCON campaign. Coach of Cameroon, Hugo Broos, admitted that they came to the 2017 African Cup of Nations with a preparatory team and they were surprised that they won the trophy. With the end of the 2017 African Cup of Nations, we wave a good bye to Gabon and are looking forward for Cameroon 2019.
