2007 African U-17 Championship

2007 African U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Togo
City	Lomé
Dates	March 10 - 25
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up	Togo
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	49 (3.06 per match)
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The 2007 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Togo. For the first time, the top four teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup (because of his expansion from 16 teams to 24) instead of three, as it has been on previous tournaments.

Qualification[]

Qualified teams[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  Togo 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6 Advanced to the semifinals and qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup  Tunisia 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5  South Africa 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 Eliminated and missed out on the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup   3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1 10 March 2007 Togo  2–0  South Africa 10 March 2007   0–0  Tunisia 13 March 2007 South Africa  3–1   13 March 2007 Tunisia  3–0  Togo 16 March 2007 South Africa  2–2  Tunisia 16 March 2007 Togo  2–1

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  Nigeria 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 Advanced to the semifinals and qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup  Ghana 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6  Burkina Faso 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3 Eliminated and missed out on the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup   3 0 0 3 0 17 -17 0 11 March 2007 Ghana  3–1  Burkina Faso 11 March 2007 Nigeria  8–0   14 March 2007 Burkina Faso  1–2  Nigeria 14 March 2007   0–6  Ghana 17 March 2007 Burkina Faso  3–0   17 March 2007 Nigeria  2–0  Ghana

Knock-out stage[]

Semifinals[]

20 March 2007

Togo	2–1	Ghana

20 March 2007

Nigeria	2–0	Tunisia

Third place match[]

24 March 2007

Ghana	1–0	Tunisia

Final[]

25 March 2007

Togo	0–1	Nigeria

Winners[]

2007 CAF Under-17 Championship
Nigeria Second title

External links[]

• RSSSF.com: African U-17 Championship 2007
• CAF.com