2017 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 24 June – 2 October 2016 |
Teams | 39 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 51 |
Goals scored | 169 (3.31 per match) |
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The qualification phase of the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations decided the participating teams of the final tournament. A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, hosted by Gabon.
The draws were conducted during the CAF Executive Committee meeting held on Friday, 5 February 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda.[1][2]
Participants
No participation | Teams | Number of teams |
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No participation | 14 | |
First round entrants | 22 | |
Second round entrants | 17 | |
Final tournament entrants |
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Note: Madagascar were originally to qualify automatically as hosts, but had their hosting rights withdrawn and were replaced by Gabon (which played in the qualifiers and were eliminated in the third round).[3]
Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).[4]
The seven winners of the third round qualified for the final tournament.
First round
The first legs are scheduled for 24–26 June 2016, and the second legs are scheduled for 1–3 July 2016.[2]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ghana | w/o | Liberia | — | — |
Benin | w/o | Sierra Leone | — | — |
Libya | 4–4 (a) | Algeria | 3–2 | 1–2 |
DR Congo | w/o | Chad | — | — |
Mauritania | 1–2 | Morocco | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Sudan | 16–0 | Djibouti | 8–0 | 8–0 |
Malawi | w/o | Kenya | — | — |
Tanzania | 9–0 | Seychelles | 3–0 | 6–0 |
Namibia | 2–2 (a) | Botswana | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Lesotho | w/o | Mauritius | — | — |
Comoros | w/o | Zimbabwe | — | — |
Ghana advanced after Liberia withdrew.
Benin | Cancelled | Sierra Leone |
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Report |
Sierra Leone | Cancelled | Benin |
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Report |
Benin advanced after Sierra Leone withdrew.
Libya | 3–2 | Algeria |
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Gima Dago 27' Tougaï 70' (pen.) Bin Amir 90+3' |
Report | Dehiri 12' Idir 55' |
4–4 on aggregate. Algeria won on away goals.
Chad advanced after DR Congo withdrew.[5]
Mauritania | 1–0 | Morocco |
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Cheikh 73' | Report |
Morocco | 2–0 | Mauritania |
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Abessi 8', 90+2' | Report |
Morocco won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sudan | 8–0 | Djibouti |
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Mazin Mohamed 11' (21) Gumaa 53', 60' Elshaikh 62' Abduelsamad 65' Moumen Mohamed 79' Abdalla 83' |
Report |
Djibouti | 0–8 | Sudan |
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Report | Elnour 16' Abdalla 46' Mustafa 57', 84' Musab Mohamed 68' Alzobair 71', 88' Elmgdad Mohamed 90' |
Sudan won 16–0 on aggregate.
Kenya advanced after Malawi withdrew.
Tanzania | 3–0 | Seychelles |
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Kibabage 16' Ali 22' Msengi 62' (pen.) |
Report |
Seychelles | 0–6 | Tanzania |
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Report | Ali 9' Rashid 43' Juma 48', 72' Makamba 63' (pen.) Mkomola 90+2' |
Tanzania won 9–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Namibia won on away goals.
Mauritius advanced after Lesotho withdrew.
Comoros advanced after Zimbabwe withdrew.
Second round
The first legs are scheduled for 5–7 August 2016, and the second legs are scheduled for 19–21 August 2016.[2]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ghana | 6–5 | Burkina Faso | 5–1 | 1–4 |
Benin | 2–4 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Nigeria | 2–3 | Niger | 1–0 | 1–3 |
Algeria | 0–1 | Gabon | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Chad | w/o | Mali | 0–9 | — |
Egypt | 2–5 | Ethiopia | 1–3 | 1–2 |
Tunisia | 4–6 | Senegal | 2–3 | 2–3 |
Guinea | 2–2 (3–2 p) | Morocco | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Zambia | 0–1 | Sudan | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Cameroon | 9–1 | Kenya | 7–0 | 2–1 |
South Africa | 1–3 | Tanzania | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Namibia | 1–5 | Congo | 1–2 | 0–3 |
Mauritius | 0–4 | Angola | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Comoros | 5–1 | Mozambique | 2–1 | 3–0 |
Ghana | 5–1 | Burkina Faso |
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Toku 22' Ayiah 40', 53' Antah 72' Onyina 80' |
Report | Zoungrana 11' |
Burkina Faso | 4–1 | Ghana |
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Diarrassouba 11' Traore 47' Zongo 72' Kientega 86' |
Report | 26' Ayiah |
Ghana won 6–5 on aggregate.
Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate.
Niger | 3–1 | Nigeria |
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Assoumane 29' Habibou 49' (pen.) Sanda 90' |
Report | Babalolo 44' |
Niger won 3–2 on aggregate.
Gabon won 1–0 on aggregate.
Chad | 0–9 | Mali |
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Report | Drame 14', 84' Camara 40', 63' Kane 54', 82' (pen.) Kane 58' Tidjani 75' (o.g.) Doumbia 90' |
Mali advanced after Chad withdrew from the second leg.
Egypt | 1–3 | Ethiopia |
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Abdelghani 17' | Report | 24' Teshita 41' Nasir 90+1' Mekonen |
Ethiopia won 5–2 on aggregate.
Tunisia | 2–3 | Senegal |
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Smei 36, 55' (pen.) | Report | 59, 63' Yade 90' Soumare |
Senegal | 3–2 | Tunisia |
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Drame 76' Sow 89' Niang 90' |
Report | 17' Ghuriani 88' Taous |
Senegal won 6–4 on aggregate.
Guinea | 1–1 | Morocco |
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Touré 50' | Report | Ait Ouarkhan 13' |
Morocco | 1–1 | Guinea |
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Abdelwahed 44' | Report | 69' Sylla |
Penalties | ||
Abdessamad Riad Saif-Eddine |
2–3 | Camara |
2–2 on aggregate. Guinea won 3–2 on penalties.
Sudan won 2–0 on aggregate.
Cameroon | 7–0 | Kenya |
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Sangola 19' Zobo 20' Bella 34, 67' Manga 40' Ngakole 42, 51' |
Report |
Cameroon won 9–1 on aggregate.
South Africa | 1–1 | Tanzania |
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Le Roux 63' (pen.) | Report | 70' (pen.) Msengi |
Tanzania won 3–1 on aggregate.
Congo won 5–1 on aggregate.
Mauritius | 0–1 | Angola |
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Report | 27' Gelson |
Angola won 4–0 on aggregate.
Comoros won 5–1 on aggregate.
Third round
The first legs were scheduled for 16–18 September 2016, and the second legs were scheduled for 30 September – 2 October 2016.Winners Qualify for the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.[2]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ghana | 3–1 | Ivory Coast | 3–1 | 0–0 |
Niger | 4–3 | Gabon | 1–0 | 3–3 |
Mali | 4–1 | Ethiopia | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Senegal | 1–2 | Guinea | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Sudan | 5–7 | Cameroon | 4–2 | 1–5 |
Tanzania | 3–3 (a) | Congo (disqualified) | 3–2 | 0–1 |
Angola | 7–0 | Comoros | 5–0 | 2–0 |
Ghana | 3–1 | Ivory Coast |
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Ayiah 29, 62' Toku 31' |
Report | 74' Sangare |
Ivory Coast | 0–0 | Ghana |
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Report |
Ghana won 3–1 on aggregate.
Gabon | 3–3 | Niger |
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Moubeti 33' 52' (pen.) 90' (pen.) | Report | 45' Ajina 81' 89' Marou |
Niger won 4–3 on aggregate.
Ethiopia | 1–2 | Mali |
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Abebayehu 72' | Report | 4' Keita 90' Toure |
Mali won 4–1 on aggregate.
Guinea won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sudan | 4–2 | Cameroon |
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Mohamed 10' 66' Gumaa 24' Abdalla 69' |
Report | 16' Manga 53' Nkoto |
Cameroon | 5–1 | Sudan |
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Zobo 13' 52' Bella 22' Sangola 27' 70' (pen.) |
Report | 85' Alzobair |
Cameroon won 7–5 on aggregate.
Tanzania | 3–2 | Congo |
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Mkomola 38' 42' Makamba 82' |
Report | 74' (pen.) Bercy 90' Bopoumela |
3–3 on aggregate. Congo won on away goals.
Later Congo were disqualified from the main tournament as a player failed to show up magnetic resonance imaging test, and therefore Tanzania are qualified instead.[3]
Angola won 7–0 on aggregate.
References
- ^ "Fixtures of U-17 & U-20 AFCON qualifiers released". Cafonline.com. 11 February 2016.
- ^ a b c d "U-17 Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
- ^ a b "Gabon new host of 2017 AFCON U-17". Confederation of African Football. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Regulations of the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAF.
- ^ "DR Congo withdraws from AFCON U-17 & U-20 qualifiers". CAF. 15 March 2016.