1999 African U-17 Championship

The 1999 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Guinea. The top three teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

1999 African U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGuinea
CityConakry
Dates16–30 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (2nd title)
Runners-up Burkina Faso
Third place Mali
Fourth place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored37 (2.31 per match)

Qualification

Preliminary round

The first leg matches were played on either 18 or 19 July 1998. The second leg matches were played on either 1 or 2 August 1998. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Namibia  1 – 4  Swaziland 1 – 1 0 – 3
Liberia  4 – 4 (a)  Togo 3 – 0 1 – 4
Lesotho  w/o  Tanzania
Malawi  w/o  Uganda
Gabon  w/o  Burundi

First round

The first leg matches were played on either the 20, 21, 22 or 23 November 1998. The second leg matches were played on either 4, 5 or 6 December 1998, except for the Libya vs Tunisia match, which was played on 18 December. The winners advanced to the Second Round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria  0 – 6  Burkina Faso 0 – 4 0 – 2
Ghana  5 – 2  Benin 4 – 1 1 – 1
Tunisia  3 – 1  Libya 2 – 1 1 – 0
Senegal  2 – 4  Mali 2 – 1 0 – 3
Zimbabwe  5 – 2  Lesotho 2 – 2 3 – 0
South Africa  7 – 3  Swaziland 5 – 1 2 – 2
Nigeria  6 – 1  Liberia 3 – 0 3 – 1
Angola  1 – 0  Botswana 1 – 0 0 – 0
Zambia  3 – 2  Malawi 3 – 0 0 – 2
Cameroon  6 – 2  Gabon 2 – 1 4 – 1
Mozambique  w/o  Ethiopia 0 – 1 w/o
Egypt  w/o  Sudan
Morocco  w/o  Mauritania
Ivory Coast  w/o  Congo

Second round

The matches were played on different dates from 6 February to 21 March. The winners advanced to the Finals.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egypt  0 – 0 (p 2 – 3)  Burkina Faso 0 – 0 0 – 0
Ghana  8 – 0  Tunisia 5 – 0 3 – 0
Morocco  1 – 3  Mali 0 – 2 1 – 1
Zimbabwe  4 – 3  South Africa 1 – 2 3 – 1
Ethiopia  2 – 4  Nigeria 2 – 2 0 – 2
Angola  4 – 2  Zambia 4 – 2 0 – 0
Ivory Coast  0 – 3  Cameroon 0 – 1 0 – 2

Qualified teams

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 312043+15
 Burkina Faso 312032+15
 Guinea 311163+34
 Zimbabwe 301216−51



Zimbabwe 0 – 0 Burkina Faso


Guinea 4 – 0 Zimbabwe

Cameroon 2 – 1 Zimbabwe

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mali 312054+15
 Ghana 311142+24
 Nigeria 31115504
 Angola 310225−33


Ghana 3 – 0 Angola

Mali 3 – 3 Nigeria

Ghana 0 – 0 Mali


Angola 1 – 2 Mali

Nigeria 2 – 1 Ghana

Knock-out stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 May - Conakry
 
 
 Cameroon0
 
30 May - Conakry
 
 Ghana1
 
 Ghana3
 
27 May - Conakry
 
 Burkina Faso1
 
 Mali0
 
 
 Burkina Faso1
 
Third place
 
 
30 May - Conakry
 
 
 Cameroon0
 
 
 Mali1

Semi-finals

Cameroon 0–1 Ghana
B. Bortey  38'

Mali 0–1 Burkina Faso
Barro  35'

Third place match

Final

Ghana 3–1 Burkina Faso
K. Mensah  12'
N. Lamptey  33'
B. Bortey  43'
Barro  63'

Winners

1999 CAF Under-17 Championship

Ghana
Second title

Countries to participate in 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The 3 teams which qualified for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

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