Nigeria have failed to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after falling to a 1-0 defeat in Egypt in their Group G match on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
With just one game remaining and only the group winners to qualify, Nigeria cannot make up their five-point deficit to table-toppers Egypt.<\/p>\n
Ramadan Sobhy’s 65th-minute winner puts Egypt on the verge of qualification.<\/p>\n
Egypt face Tanzania in June and will book their place in Gabon with any result better than a 3-0 defeat.<\/p>\n
Nigeria won the Nations Cup in 2013 but have now suffered back-to-back eliminations in qualifying.<\/p>\n
They threw everything forward to find an equaliser on Tuesday and came close when West Ham winger Victor Moses crashed a shot against the post in the 84th minute.<\/p>\n
The match in Alexandria became a virtually all-or-nothing tie for Nigeria after Chad withdrew from the group on Sunday, citing financial difficulties, and all results from their matches were erased.<\/p>\n
That left only three teams in Group G and in accordance with the rules of the Confederation of African Football only the winner would qualify for the finals.<\/p>\n
Egypt have seven points with one match to play, against bottom club Tanzania, who have only one point but two games remaining.<\/p>\n
To have any chance of qualification Tanzania would need to beat Egypt by a better scoreline than the 3-0 defeat they suffered in Egypt last June because head-to-head records would come into effect if the sides finished level on points.<\/p>\n
Tanzania would still have to beat Nigeria in their final match in September.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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