2003 African U-17 Championship

2003 African U-17 Championship

African U-17 Championship 2003
Tournament details
Host country	Swaziland
City	Mbabane
Dates	25 May – 8 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (1st title)
Runners-up	Sierra Leone
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	44 (2.75 per match)
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The 2003 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Swaziland. The top three teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Qualification[]

Preliminary round[]

The first leg matches were played on either 29 or 30 June 2002. The second leg matches were played on 14 July 2000. The winners advanced to the first round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	7–1	Mauritius	5–1	2–0
Angola	11–2		5–0	6–2
	3–0	Namibia	0–0	3–0
	0–3	Tanzania	0–1	0–2
	1–3	Kenya	0–0	1–3
Liberia	w/o	Sierra Leone	–	–
Algeria	w/o		–	–
	w/o	Togo	–	–
Senegal	w/o		–	–
	w/o	Niger	–	–
Ivory Coast	w/o		–	–
Uganda	w/o		–	–

First round[]

The first leg matches were played on either 21 or 22 December 2002. The second leg matches were played on either 11 or 12 January 2003, except for the Burkina Faso vs Sierra Leone match, which was played on 16 February. The winners advanced to the second round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sierra Leone	1–1 (a)	Burkina Faso	0–0	1–1
Algeria	1–2	Tunisia	0–0	1–2
	1–2	Cameroon	1–0	0–2
Senegal	4–0	Morocco	1–0	3–0
	2–3	Malawi	2–1	0–2
	0–1	Egypt	0–1	0–0
Ivory Coast	0–3	Guinea	0–2	0–1
Angola	3–3 (a)		2–3	1–0
Gambia	1–1 (p 4–2)	Mali	0–1	1–0
	2–5	South Africa	1–1	1–4
Tanzania	2–6	Ethiopia	1–1	1–5
Kenya	3–2	Ghana	2–0	1–2
Zambia	4–1		4–1	[1]
Sudan	w/o	Nigeria	–	–

Second round[]

The matches were played on different dates from 2 February to 15 March. The winners advanced to the finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sierra Leone	2–1	Tunisia	1–0	1–1
Cameroon	1–0	Senegal	1–0	0–0
Malawi	0–3	Egypt	0–1	0–2
Guinea	4–2		3–0	1–2
Gambia	2–1	Zambia	1–1	1–0
Nigeria	4–2	South Africa	3–1	1–1
Ethiopia	w/o	Kenya	2–0	w/o[2]

Qualified teams[]

•  Cameroon
•  Egypt
•  Ethiopia
•  Gambia
•  Guinea
•  Nigeria
•  Sierra Leone
•   (host nation)

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  Egypt 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified their under-18s to the 2005 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup  Sierra Leone 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5  Guinea 3 1 1 1 9 4 +5 4 Eliminated and missed out on the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship   3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0 25 May 2003   0–1  Egypt Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane 25 May 2003 Sierra Leone  3–3  Guinea Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane 28 May 2003 Egypt  1–0  Guinea Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane 28 May 2003 Sierra Leone  2–0   Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane 31 May 2003 Egypt  0–0  Sierra Leone Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane 31 May 2003 Guinea  6–0   Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Group B[] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  Nigeria 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified their under-18s to the 2005 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup  Cameroon 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4  Gambia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Eliminated and missed out on the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship  Ethiopia 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0 26 May 2003 Nigeria  1–0  Cameroon Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane 26 May 2003 Gambia  1–0  Ethiopia Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane 29 May 2003 Nigeria  1–0  Gambia Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane 29 May 2003 Cameroon  5–3  Ethiopia Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane 1 June 2003 Ethiopia  0–4  Nigeria Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane 1 June 2003 Cameroon  2–2  Gambia Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Knock-out stage[]   Semi-finals Final                 5 June - Mbabane      Egypt 1   8 June - Mbabane    Cameroon 2    Cameroon (a.e.t.) 1   5 June - Mbabane    Sierra Leone 0    Nigeria 0      Sierra Leone 1   Third place     7 June - Mbabane      Egypt 1      Nigeria 3 Semi-finals[] 5 June 2003 Egypt  1–2  Cameroon Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane 5 June 2003 Nigeria  0–1  Sierra Leone Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane For winning their semi-finals, Cameroon and Sierra Leone qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Egypt and Nigeria meeting in the third place match for the third and final place in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship. Third place match[] 7 June 2003 Egypt  1–3  Nigeria Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane For winning the third place match, Nigeria qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Egypt missing out. Final[] 8 June 2003 Cameroon  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Sierra Leone Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane References[] ^ One-match round. ^ The Kenya U-17 team was disbanded by their Sports Minister, claiming that 40% of the players that eliminated Ghana in the first round had been over-age. Ghana was not reinstated, and Kenya was banned for two years from all CAF's under-age competitions. External links[] CAF Official Website RSSSF.com: African U-17 Championship 2003