2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des nations des moins de 17 ans 2017
Tournament details
Host country  Madagascar
Dates 2–16 April 2017
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations is the 12th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below. The tournament will take place in Madagascar, the final tournament is scheduled to 2–16 April 2017.[1]

The semi-finalists of the tournament will qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.

Qualification

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

Player eligibility

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

Qualified teams

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 October 2016, 11:00 local time (UTC+2) at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.[2][3][4]

The teams were seeded based on the results of the last edition (final tournament and qualifiers).[5]

Seedings

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

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified 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:[6]

  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. Goal difference in all games;
  5. Goals scored in all games;
  6. Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EAT (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Madagascar (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2  Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: CAF
(H) Host.

2 April 2017 (2017-04-02)
v

2 April 2017 (2017-04-02)
v

5 April 2017 (2017-04-05)
v

5 April 2017 (2017-04-05)
v

8 April 2017 (2017-04-08)
v

8 April 2017 (2017-04-08)
v

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2  Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: CAF

3 April 2017 (2017-04-03)
v

3 April 2017 (2017-04-03)
v

6 April 2017 (2017-04-06)
v

6 April 2017 (2017-04-06)
v

9 April 2017 (2017-04-09)
v

9 April 2017 (2017-04-09)
v

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 April
 
 
Winner Group A
 
16 April
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
13 April
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Third Place
 
 
16 April
 
 
Loser Semi-final 1
 
 
Loser Semi-final 2

Semi-finals

12 April 2017 (2017-04-12)
Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B

13 April 2017 (2017-04-13)
Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A

Third place match

16 April 2017 (2017-04-16)
Loser Semi-final 1 v Loser Semi-final 2

Final

16 April 2017 (2017-04-16)
Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fixtures of U-17 & U-20 AFCON qualifiers released". Confederation of African Football. 5 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Media accreditation for draw of u-17 & u-20 AFCON final tournaments". CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Draw Procedure: TOTAL U-17 AFCON & TOTAL U-20 AFCON". CAF. 23 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Results of draw: Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations MADAGASCAR 2017". CAF. 24 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Procedures of the draw of the 12th Edition TOTAL U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, Madagascar 2017" (PDF). CAF.
  6. ↑ "Regulations of the U17 Africa Cup of Nations".

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