2013 African U-17 Championship

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2013 African U-17 Championship
بطولة أفريقيا تحت 17 سنة 2013
2013 African U-17 Championship.png
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco Morocco
Dates13 – 27 April
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored56 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Success Isaac
(7 goals)
Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho
(5 goals)
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The 2013 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Morocco from 13 to 27 April. The top four teams qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Qualification[]

Main article: 2013 African U-17 Championship qualification

The qualifiers began on 7 September 2012 with the preliminary matches taking place, while the final round matches were played on 2 December 2012. At the end of the qualification, seven teams joined the hosts, Morocco.

Qualified teams[]

Venues[]

Casablanca
2013 African U-17 Championship is located in Morocco
Casablanca
Marrakech
Marrakech
Stade Mohamed V
Capacity: 67,000
Raja de Casablanca vs Mouloudia dOujda, November 02 2008-04.jpg
Marrakech
Stade de Marrakech
Capacity: 45,240
Stade de marrakech.jpg

Draw[]

The draw for the tournament was held on 9 December 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.[1][2]

Match officials[]

Squads[]

Further information:

MRI controversy[]

All players in the competition went through a mandatory MRI test which investigates bony fusion of the left distal radius (wrist). Several players were considered to be over-age by CAF and they were not eligible for the competition. The tests took place on 12 April, one day before the competition began leaving no time for a replacement players to be found. Ivory Coast, Congo and Nigeria each had three players found to be ineligible.[3]

CAF released the names of the players who were found to be over-age:

[4]

Group stage[]

Each group winner and runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers
  1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams
  2. Best goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams
  3. Greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the concerned teams
  4. Goal difference in all group matches
  5. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated
  7. Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee

All times are (UTC±0)

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Morocco 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Tunisia 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7
  3 1 0 2 6 9 –3 3 Eliminated and missed out on the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
  3 0 0 3 2 9 –7 0
Morocco 4–1 
Sakhi Goal 8', 10'
Bnou Marzouk Goal 56'
Jaadi Goal 90'		 Goal 61' (pen.)
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)
Tunisia 3–1 
Goal 2', 6' (pen.)
Haj Hassen Goal 50'		 Goal 20'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
 2–4 Tunisia
Goal 73'
Goal 79' (o.g.)		 Goal 32'
Haj Hassen Goal 39'
Goal 45+2'
Goal 88' (o.g.)
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
 0–3 Morocco
Bnou Marzouk Goal 17', 80'
Sakhi Goal 49'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)
Morocco 1–1 Tunisia
El Bouazzati Goal 47' Haj Hassem Goal 50'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
 1–3 
Goal 38' Goal 2', 45+2'
Goal 78'
Referee: Achille Madila (DR Congo)

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Nigeria 3 2 0 1 13 2 +11 6 Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Ivory Coast 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 Ghana 3 0 2 1 2 7 –5 2 Eliminated and missed out on the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Congo 3 0 2 1 2 9 –7 2
Congo 1–1 Ivory Coast
Goal 8' Goal 27'
Referee: Med Said Kordi (Tunisia)
Nigeria 6–1 Ghana
Isaac Goal 10', 40', 63' (pen.), 68'
Bulbwa Goal 30'
Iheanacho Goal 90+5'		 Yeboah Goal 66'
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Ivory Coast 1–0 Nigeria
Niangbo Goal 90'
Referee: Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique)
Ghana 1–1 Congo
Yeboah Goal 38' Bidimbou Goal 3'
Referee: Wiish Hagi Yabarow (Somalia)
Congo 0–7 Nigeria
Iheanacho Goal 4', 44', 86'
Isaac Goal 27', 33'
Goal 49'
Goal 60'
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Ivory Coast 0–0 Ghana
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)

Knock-out stage[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 April – Casablanca
 
 
 Morocco1
 
27 April – Marrakech
 
 Ivory Coast2
 
 Ivory Coast1(5)
 
24 April – Marrakech
 
 Nigeria1(4)
 
 Nigeria4
 
 
 Tunisia2
 
Third place
 
 
26 April – Marrakech
 
 
 Morocco1(10)
 
 
 Tunisia1(11)

Semi-finals[]

Morocco 1–2 Ivory Coast
Sabbar Goal 67' (pen.) Goal 31'
Niangbo Goal 39'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)
Nigeria 4–2 Tunisia
Iheanacho Goal 2'
Goal 12', 58'
Isaac Goal 21'		 Goal 25'
Haj Hassen Goal 30'
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

Third place match[]

Morocco 1–1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Bnou Marzouk Goal 69' Goal 44'
Penalties
Sabbar Penalty scored
Saoud Penalty scored
Jaadi Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Bnou Marzouk Penalty scored
El-Bouazzati Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Achaoui Penalty scored
El Azzouzi Penalty scored
Penalty scored		 10–11 Penalty scored
Sahraoui Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Ayadi Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Final[]

Ivory Coast 1–1 Nigeria
Goal 26' Report Goal 8'
Penalties
Coulibaly Penalty scored
Diallo Penalty scored
Angban Penalty scored
Ibrahima Keita Penalty scored
Niangbo Penalty scored		 5–4 Penalty scored Issac
Penalty missed Nwakali
Penalty scored
Penalty scored Yahaya
Penalty scored Musa Mohammed
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Winners[]

2013 CAF Under-17 Championship
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast
First title

Goalscorers[]

7 goals
  • Nigeria Success Isaac
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References[]

  1. ^ "CAF U-17 and U-20 Championships Final Draws set for Cairo". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 19 November 2012.
  2. ^ "CAF U-17 Championship: Draw result". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 12 December 2012.
  3. ^ Al-Smith, Gary (13 April 2013). "Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Congo caught cheating". Supersport.com. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. ^ "U17 CAN: 9 players who failed tests MRI" (in French). CAFonline.com. 13 April 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.

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