2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

The 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations will be the 14th edition of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations (19th 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. In September 2018, it was decided that the tournament would be hosted by Morocco.[2][3] This will be the first edition in Africa U-17 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight.[4] The top four teams of the tournament would have normally qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru as the CAF representatives. However, FIFA decided on 24 December 2020 to cancel the tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
كأس الأمم الأفريقية تحت 17 سنة 2021
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
DatesJuly 2021[1]
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)

Cameroon are the defending champions.

Qualification
Main article: 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification

The CAF decided in July 2017 that the format of the qualifying competition should be changed and split according to zones.[6] At the end of the qualification phase, eleven teams will join the hosts Morocco.

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 2004 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.

Team Zone Appearance Previous best performance
 Morocco (hosts)North Zone3rdFourth place (2013)
 AlgeriaNorth Zone2ndRunners-up (2009)
TBDWest A Zone
TBDWest A Zone
 NigeriaWest B Zone10thChampions (2001, 2007)
 Ivory CoastWest B Zone6thChampions (2013)
 TanzaniaCentral-East Zone3rdGroup stage (2017, 2019)
 UgandaCentral-East Zone2ndGroup stage (2019)
TBDCentral Zone
TBDCentral Zone
 South AfricaSouth Zone4thRunners-up (2015)
 ZambiaSouth Zone2ndGroup stage (2015)

Venues

To be confirmed.

Broadcasting

References
  1. "Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting – 30 June 2020". CAF. 30 June 2020.
  2. "La CAF confie au Maroc l'organisation de la CAN U17 en 2021" (in French). Medias24. 29 September 2018.
  3. "Decisions of CAF Executive Commitee [sic] - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.
  4. "CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final". CAFOnline.com. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  5. https://www.fifa.com/news/update-on-fifa-women-s-world-cuptm-and-men-s-youth-competitions
  6. "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee – 20 July 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
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