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] The top two placed teams from each of the four groups advanced to the knockout stage.
Man of the Match: Préjuce Nakoulma (Burkina Faso)[3] Assistant referees: Zakhele Siwela (South Africa) Aboubacar Doumbouya (Guinea) Fourth official: Joshua Bondo (Botswana) Fifth official: Yahaya Mahamadou (Niger) Man of the Match: Fabrice Ondoa (Cameroon)[5] Assistant referees: Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola) Marwa Range (Kenya) Fourth official: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) Fifth official: Arsénio Chadreque Marengula (Mozambique) Man of the Match: Jordan Ayew (Ghana)[7] Assistant referees: Albdelhak Etchiali (Algeria) Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan) Fourth official: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) Fifth official: Ali Waleed Ahmed (Sudan) Man of the Match: Kahraba (Egypt)[9] Assistant referees: Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi) Théophile Vinga (Gabon) Fourth official: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia) Fifth official: Marius Donatien Tan (Ivory Coast) Man of the Match: Essam El-Hadary (Egypt)[11] Assistant referees: Djibril Camara (Senegal) El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal) Fourth official: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) Fifth official: Arsénio Chadreque Marengula (Mozambique) Man of the Match: Christian Bassogog (Cameroon)[13] Assistant referees: Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi) Ali Waleed Ahmed (Sudan) Fourth official: Joshua Bondo (Botswana) Fifth official: Redouane Achik (Morocco) Man of the Match: Bertrand Traoré (Burkina Faso)[15] Assistant referees: Albdelhak Etchiali (Algeria) Anouar Hmila (Tunisia) Fourth official: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia) Fifth official: Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan) Man of the Match: Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon)[17]