2001 African U-17 Championship

2001 African U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Seychelles
City	Victoria, Mahé
Dates	17 February - 3 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Burkina Faso
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	Vacant [1]
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	51 (3.4 per match)
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The 2001 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Seychelles. The top three teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Guinea, who were originally one of the finalists, were disqualified from the tournament on the morning of the final due to government interference in the Guinean federation, forcing the final to be postponed by one day. Guinea was replaced by Burkina Faso.

Qualification[]

Preliminary round[]

The first leg matches were played on either the 14th or 16 April 2000. The second leg matches were played on either the 28th or 30 April 2000. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	2 – 4		1 – 2	1 – 2
	2 – 6	Tanzania	1 – 2	1 – 4
Malawi	4 – 0	Mauritius	3 – 0	1 – 0
	5 – 0		4 – 0	1 – 0
Rwanda	1 – 2		0 – 1	1 – 1
	3 – 4		1 – 1	2 – 3
	5 – 2		1 – 1	4 – 1
Sierra Leone	0 – 1	Gambia	0 – 0	0 – 1
	0 – 8 d[2]		0 – 3	0 – 5
Kenya	2 – 0		2 – 0	[3]
Namibia	w/o		–	–
Senegal	w/o		–	–
Sudan	w/o	Congo	–	–
Togo	w/o	Algeria	–	–
Liberia	w/o	Ivory Coast	–	–

First round[]

The first leg matches were played on either 23 or 25 June 2000. The second leg matches were played on either 7 or 9 July 2000. The winners advanced to the second round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Namibia	2 – 7	Cameroon	2 – 1	0 – 6
Tanzania	0 – 2		0 – 0	0 – 2
Senegal	2 – 3	Nigeria	2 – 0	0 – 3
Malawi	3 – 2	Angola	1 – 0	2 – 2
	2 – 3	South Africa	2 – 1	0 – 2
	3 – 1	Kenya	2 – 0	1 – 1
	4 – 5	Ethiopia	0 – 5	4 – 0
	1 – 3	Zambia	0 – 1	1 – 2
Gambia	2 – 1	Ghana	1 – 0	1 – 1
	0 – 11	Burkina Faso	0 – 5	0 – 6
Morocco	3 – 9	Mali	1 – 5	2 – 4
Tunisia	0 – 3	Guinea	0 – 0	0 – 3
Sudan	w/o	Egypt	–	–
Liberia	w/o	Algeria	–	–

Second round[]

The first leg matches were played on either 11 or 12 November 2000. The second leg matches were played on either 24, 25 or 26 November. The winners advanced to the finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	3 – 4	Cameroon	2 – 2	1 – 2
Malawi	1 – 4	Nigeria	1 – 1	0 – 3
	2 – 1	South Africa	1 – 0	1 – 1
Zambia	1 – 1 (p 3 – 4)	Ethiopia	1 – 0	0 – 1
Burkina Faso	1 – 1 (p 4 – 2)	Gambia	1 – 0	0 – 1
Mali	6 – 0	Sudan	3 – 0	3 – 0
Algeria	w/o	Guinea	1 – 5	w/o

Qualified teams[]

•  Burkina Faso
•  Cameroon
•  Ethiopia
•  Guinea
•  Mali
•  
•  Nigeria
•  Seychelles (host nation)

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Burkina Faso 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7  Mali 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 6  Cameroon 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4 4  Seychelles 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0 17 Feb 2001 Seychelles  0 – 5  Cameroon Stade Linité, Victoria 17 Feb 2001 Mali  0 – 1  Burkina Faso Stade Linité, Victoria 20 Feb 2001 Cameroon  1 – 2  Mali Stade Linité, Victoria 20 Feb 2001 Burkina Faso  4 – 1  Seychelles Stade Linité, Victoria 23 Feb 2001 Cameroon  1 – 1  Burkina Faso Stade Linité, Victoria 23 Feb 2001 Seychelles  0 – 8  Mali Stade Linité, Victoria Group B[] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Nigeria 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7  Guinea 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5  Ethiopia 3 1 1 1 3 5 -2 4   3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0 18 Feb 2001 Nigeria  2 – 2  Guinea Stade Linité, Victoria 18 Feb 2001   1 – 2  Ethiopia Stade Linité, Victoria 21 Feb 2001 Guinea  4 – 0   Stade Linité, Victoria 21 Feb 2001 Ethiopia  1 – 4  Nigeria Stade Linité, Victoria 24 Feb 2001 Guinea  0 – 0  Ethiopia Stade Linité, Victoria 24 Feb 2001 Nigeria  3 – 0   Stade Linité, Victoria Knock-out stage[]   Semi-finals Final                 Feb 27 - Victoria      Burkina Faso 1   Mar 3 - Victoria    Guinea[1] 2    Nigeria 3   Feb 27 - Victoria    Burkina Faso 0    Nigeria 1 (4)      Mali 1 (3)   Third place            Mali -     Walkover[1] - Semi-finals[] 27 Feb 2001 Burkina Faso  1–2  Guinea Stade Linité, Victoria 27 Feb 2001 Nigeria  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Mali Penalties 4–3 Stade Linité, Victoria Third place match[] The match was scratched and  Mali were awarded third place, with fourth place being declared vacant, after Guinea were disqualified. The final was rearranged for March 3, with Burkina Faso, who originally lost the semifinal against Guinea, declared as finalists. Final[] 3 March 2001 (originally scheduled on 2 March 2001) Nigeria  3–0  Burkina Faso Stade Linité, Victoria Winners[] 2001 CAF Under-17 Championship Nigeria First title Countries to participate in 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship[] The 3 teams which qualified for 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.  Nigeria  Burkina Faso  Mali References[] ^ a b c Guinea was disqualified after being suspended by FIFA on March 2, the morning of the final, due to financial irregularities and government interference in the national federation's operations. The final was rearranged for March 3, with Burkina Faso, who originally lost the semifinal against Guinea, declared as finalists. The third-place match was scratched, and fourth place was declared vacant. ^ Chad was disqualified for fielding an over-aged player (Ousmane Mahamat). ^ One-match round. External links[] RSSSF.com Confederation of African Football