2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

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The 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations will be the 15th edition of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations (20th 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. Cameroon would have been the defending champions. In May 2021, it was decided that the tournament would be hosted by Algeria.^[1][2] This would have been the second edition of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations to have expanded to twelve teams instead of eight. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru as the CAF representatives.

Qualification[]

The CAF decided in July 2017 that the format of the qualifying competition should be changed and split according to zones.^[3] At the end of the qualification phase, eleven teams will join the hosts Algeria .

Player eligibility[]

Players born 1 January 2006 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams[]

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.

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

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