1999 African U-17 Championship

1999 African U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Guinea
City	Conakry
Dates	16–30 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (2nd title)
Runners-up	Burkina Faso
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	37 (2.31 per match)
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The 1999 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Guinea. The top three teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Qualification[]

Preliminary round[]

The first leg matches were played on either 18 or 19 July 1998. The second leg matches were played on either 1 or 2 August 1998. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Namibia	1 – 4		1 – 1	0 – 3
Liberia	4 – 4 (a)	Togo	3 – 0	1 – 4
	w/o	Tanzania	–	–
Malawi	w/o	Uganda	–	–
	w/o		–	–

First round[]

The first leg matches were played on either the 20, 21, 22 or 23 November 1998. The second leg matches were played on either 4, 5 or 6 December 1998, except for the Libya vs Tunisia match, which was played on 18 December. The winners advanced to the Second Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	0 – 6	Burkina Faso	0 – 4	0 – 2
Ghana	5 – 2	Benin	4 – 1	1 – 1
Tunisia	3 – 1		2 – 1	1 – 0
Senegal	2 – 4	Mali	2 – 1	0 – 3
	5 – 2		2 – 2	3 – 0
South Africa	7 – 3		5 – 1	2 – 2
Nigeria	6 – 1	Liberia	3 – 0	3 – 1
Angola	1 – 0		1 – 0	0 – 0
Zambia	3 – 2	Malawi	3 – 0	0 – 2
Cameroon	6 – 2		2 – 1	4 – 1
	w/o	Ethiopia	0 – 1	w/o
Egypt	w/o	Sudan	–	–
Morocco	w/o		–	–
Ivory Coast	w/o	Congo	–	–

Second round[]

The matches were played on different dates from 6 February to 21 March. The winners advanced to the Finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Egypt	0 – 0 (p 2 – 3)	Burkina Faso	0 – 0	0 – 0
Ghana	8 – 0	Tunisia	5 – 0	3 – 0
Morocco	1 – 3	Mali	0 – 2	1 – 1
	4 – 3	South Africa	1 – 2	3 – 1
Ethiopia	2 – 4	Nigeria	2 – 2	0 – 2
Angola	4 – 2	Zambia	4 – 2	0 – 0
Ivory Coast	0 – 3	Cameroon	0 – 1	0 – 2

Qualified teams[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Burkina Faso	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Guinea	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

16 May 1999

Guinea	1 – 1	Cameroon

1999 African U-17 Championship

Qualification[]

Preliminary round[]

First round[]

Second round[]

Qualified teams[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Group B[]

Knock-out stage[]

Semi-finals[]

Third place match[]

Final[]

Winners[]

Countries to participate in 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship[]

External links[]