2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

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2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des nations des moins de 17 ans 2017
2017 CAF U–17 Africa Cup of Nations.png
Tournament details
Host country Gabon
Dates14–28 May 2017
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mali (2nd title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place Guinea
Fourth place Niger
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored41 (2.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)Guinea
(6 goals)
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The 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total U-17 Africa Cup Of Nations, Gabon 2017,[1] was the 12th edition of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations (17th edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below.

The top four teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.

Host selection[]

The tournament was originally set to take place in Madagascar between 2–16 April 2017.[2] However, the CAF Executive Committee decided on 12 January 2017 to withdraw the hosting rights from Madagascar following the reports of the CAF inspection teams.[3]

On 3 February 2017, Gabon were selected as the new hosts,[4] and the tournament will now be played from 14 to 28 May 2017 (originally from 21 May to 4 June 2017).[5][6]

Qualification[]

Main article: 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification

The qualifiers were played between June and October 2016. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Gabon.

Player eligibility[]

Players born 1 January 2000 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams[]

Gabon replaced Madagascar due to their selection as the new hosts. Moreover, Tanzania replaced Congo due to a Congolese player failing to turn up for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging test.[5] Mali were cleared to compete after their suspension was lifted by FIFA on 28 April 2017.[7]

Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1995.

Team Appearance Previous best appearance
 Angola 3rd Group stage (1997, 1999)
 Cameroon 6th Champions (2003)
  (hosts) 3rd Group stage (2007, 2013)
 Ghana 7th Champions (1995, 1999)
 Guinea 6th Third place (1995, 2015)
 Mali 8th Champions (2015)
 Niger 2nd Group stage (2015)
 Tanzania 1st Debut

Venues[]

The two venues were confirmed in March 2017.[6]

Libreville
Port-Gentil
Stade de l'Amitié Stade de Port-Gentil
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 20,000
0°31′27″N 9°23′52″E / 0.524167°N 9.397778°E / 0.524167; 9.397778 (Stade de l'Amitié) 0°43′00″S 8°47′00″E / 0.716667°S 8.783333°E / -0.716667; 8.783333 (Stade de Port Gentil)

Original venues of Madagascar before hosts were withdrawn.

Stadium City Capacity
Mahamasina Stadium Antananarivo 22,000
Vontovorona Sport Complex Vontovorona ?

Draw[]

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 October 2016, 11:00 local time (UTC+2) at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.[8][9][10]

The teams were seeded based on the results of the last edition (final tournament and qualifiers).[11]

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
  •   (replaced   after draw) (host, assigned to A1)
  •  Mali (2015 winner, assigned to B1)

Squads[]

Further information: 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations squads

Each squad can contain a maximum of 21 players.[12]

Match officials[]

A total of 14 referees and 15 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.[13][14]

Referees
  • Egypt Mohamed Maarouf Eid
  • Djibouti Souleiman Ahmed Djamal
  • Nigeria Ferdinand Udoh Aniete
  • Algeria Mustapha Ghorbal
  • Gabon Mihindou Mbina Gauthier
  • Ivory Coast Abou Coulibaly
  • Madagascar Hamada Nampiandraza
  • Burundi Pacifique Ndabihawenimana
  • Kenya Davies Ogenche Omweno
  • Somalia Hassan Mohamed Hagi
  • Senegal Maguette Ndiaye
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo
Reserve Referees
  • Tunisia Haithem Kossai
  • Ghana Daniel Nii Ayi Laryea
Assistant Referees
  • Egypt Mahmoud Abouelregal
  • Tunisia Aymen Ismail
  • Burkina Faso Seydou Tiama
  • Gabon Moussounda Montel
  • Lesotho Souru Phatsoane
  • Seychelles Gilbert Lista
  • Benin Gbèmassiandan Kouton
  • Mozambique Arsénio Marengula
  • Morocco Lahcen Azgaou
  • Niger Abdoul Aziz Moctar Saley
  • Guinea Mamady Tere
  • Tanzania Frank John Komba
  • Ethiopia Temesgin Samuel Atango
  • Comoros Soulaimane Amaldine
Reserve Assistant Referee

Group stage[]

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[12]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 3 2 1 0 9 0 +9 7 Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2  Guinea 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
3  Cameroon 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4
4   (H) 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
 1–5 Guinea
Goal 70' Report Touré Goal 7', 38', 69'
Bah Goal 30'
A. Camara Goal 45+1'
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)
Cameroon 0–4 Ghana
Report Ayiah Goal 25', 64'
Sulley Goal 32', 34'
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid (Egypt)
Guinea 1–1 Cameroon
Touré Goal 22' Report Zobo Goal 68'
Referee: Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)
Ghana 5–0 
Ayiah Goal 30', 57'
Toku Goal 34', 67'
Goal 76'		 Report
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
 0–1 Cameroon
Report Zobo Goal 20'
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Guinea 0–0 Ghana
Report
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2  Niger 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Tanzania 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  Angola 3 0 1 2 4 10 −6 1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Mali 0–0 Tanzania
Report
Referee: Ferdinand Udoh Aniete (Nigeria)
Angola 2–2 Niger
Goal 68'
Goal 84' (pen.)		 Report Goal 29' (pen.), 42'
Referee: Mihindou Mbina Gauthier (Gabon)
Tanzania 2–1 Angola
Goal 6'
Goal 70'		 Report Goal 18'
Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)
Niger 1–2 Mali
Goal 35' Report Dramé Goal 6'
M. Camara Goal 44'
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Mali 6–1 Angola
Goal 2'
Dramé Goal 14', 72'
N'Diaye Goal 39', 70'
Goal 81'		 Report Goal 83'
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
Tanzania 0–1 Niger
Report Marou Goal 42'
Referee: Daniel Nii Ayi Laryea (Ghana)

Knockout stage[]

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, kicks from the penalty mark are used to determine the winner (no extra time shall be played).[12]

Bracket[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 May – Port-Gentil
 
 
 Ghana (p)0 (6)
 
28 May – Libreville
 
 Niger0 (5)
 
 Ghana0
 
24 May – Libreville
 
 Mali1
 
 Mali (p)0 (2)
 
 
 Guinea0 (0)
 
Third place
 
 
28 May – Libreville
 
 
 Niger1
 
 
 Guinea3

Semi-finals[]

Ghana 0–0 Niger
Report
Penalties
Penalty scored
Acquah Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Ayiah Penalty missed
Penalty scored
Sulley Penalty scored
Toku Penalty scored		 6–5 Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty missed
Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty missed
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Mali 0–0 Guinea
Report
Penalties
Dramé Penalty scored
M. Camara Penalty missed
Penalty scored		 2–0 Penalty missed
Penalty missed
Penalty missed
Penalty missed Touré
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

Third place match[]

Niger 1–3 Guinea
Marou Goal 66' Report Touré Goal 55', 75'
Bah Goal 73'
Referee: Mihindou Mbina Gauthier (Gabon)

Final[]

Ghana 0–1 Mali
Report Goal 22'

Goalscorers[]

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
  • Mali Hadji Dramé
2 goals
1 goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup[]

The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[17][18][19]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Mali 21 May 2017 4 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2015)
 Ghana 17 May 2017 8 (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007)
 Guinea 20 May 2017 4 (1985, 1989, 1995, 2015)
 Niger 21 May 2017 0 (Debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References[]

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  3. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee". CAF. 13 January 2017.
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  6. ^ a b "Decisions of the CAF Executive Committee of 14 March 2017". CAFonline.com. 14 March 2017.
  7. ^ "FIFA lifts suspension of Mali Football Federation". CAF. 29 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Media accreditation for draw of u-17 & u-20 AFCON final tournaments". CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Draw Procedure: TOTAL U-17 AFCON & TOTAL U-20 AFCON". CAF. 23 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Results of draw: Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations MADAGASCAR 2017". CAF. 24 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Procedures of the draw of the 12th Edition TOTAL U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, Madagascar 2017" (PDF). CAF.
  12. ^ a b c "Regulations of the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  13. ^ "Match officials for Total U-17 AFCON Gabon 2017 announced". CAF. 20 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Selected Match Officials for the 12th Edition of the Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Gabon 2017" (PDF). CAF.
  15. ^ "Laryea among 29 refs for U17 Afcon". SuperSport. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  16. ^ http://refereesfifa.blogspot.fr/2017/05/2017-caf-u-17-championship-finale.html
  17. ^ "Ghana ease their way to India". FIFA.com. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on May 18, 2017.
  18. ^ "Guinea join Ghana on plane to India". FIFA.com. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017.
  19. ^ "Mali and Niger seal Africa's final tickets to India". FIFA.com. 21 May 2017. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017.

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