Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
The Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (previously known as the African U-17 Championship) is a bi-annual football competition organised by the sport's African governing body, CAF. The competition has been held since 1995. Between 1985 and 1993 only qualifying competitions for the FIFA U-17 World Cup were played.
Founded | 1995 |
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Region | Africa (CAF) |
Number of teams | 8 |
Current champions | Cameroon (2nd title) |
Most successful team(s) | Cameroon Ghana Nigeria Gambia Mali (2 titles each) |
2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations |
On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African U-17 Championship to the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations.[1]
In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions, including the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Champions, renamed Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.[2]
Results
African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup
Edition | Year | Host | Qualifier teams | |||
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Winner | Winner | Winner | ||||
1 | 1985 Details |
home & away | Congo |
Guinea |
Nigeria | |
2 | 1987 Details |
home & away | Ivory Coast |
Egypt |
Nigeria | |
3 | 1989 Details |
home & away | Nigeria |
Ghana |
Guinea |
African U-17 Qualifying for World Cup
Edition | Year | Host | Qualifier teams | |||
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Winner | Winner | Winner | ||||
4 | 1991 Details |
home & away | Ghana |
Congo |
Sudan | |
5 | 1993 Details |
home & away | Ghana |
Nigeria |
Tunisia |
African U-17 Championship
Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | |||||
6 | 1995 Details |
Mali | Ghana |
3–1 aet |
Nigeria |
Guinea |
2–1 aet |
Mali | ||
7 | 1997 Details |
Botswana | Egypt |
1–0 | Mali |
Ghana |
1–0 | Ethiopia | ||
8 | 1999 Details |
Guinea | Ghana |
3–1 | Burkina Faso |
Mali |
1–0 | Cameroon | ||
9 | 2001 Details |
Seychelles | Nigeria |
3–0 | Burkina Faso |
Mali |
– | Vacant[3] | ||
10 | 2003 Details |
Swaziland | Cameroon |
1–0 aet |
Sierra Leone |
Nigeria |
3–1 | Egypt | ||
11 | 2005 Details |
Gambia | Gambia |
1–0 | Ghana |
Ivory Coast |
1–0 | South Africa | ||
12 | 2007 Details |
Togo | Nigeria |
1–0 aet |
Togo |
Ghana |
1–0 | Tunisia | ||
13 | 2009 Details |
Algeria | Gambia |
3–1 | Algeria |
Burkina Faso |
2–0 | Malawi | ||
14 | 2011 Details |
Rwanda | Burkina Faso |
2–1 | Rwanda |
Congo |
2–1 | Ivory Coast | ||
15 | 2013 Details |
Morocco | Ivory Coast |
1–1 (5 – 4) on penalties |
Nigeria |
Tunisia |
1–1 (11 – 10) on penalties |
Morocco | ||
16 | 2015 Details |
Niger | Mali |
2–0 | South Africa |
Guinea |
3–1 | Nigeria |
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | |||||
17 | 2017 Details |
Gabon[4][n 1] | Mali |
1–0 | Ghana |
Guinea |
3–1 | Niger | ||
18 | 2019 Details |
Tanzania[5] | Cameroon |
0–0 (5 – 3) on penalties |
Guinea |
Angola |
2–1 | Nigeria | ||
19 | 2021 Details |
Morocco[6][7] | To be played | To be played |
Total Wins
Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
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Ghana | 2 (1995, 1999) | 2 (2005, 2017) | 2 (1997, 2007) | – |
Nigeria | 2 (2001, 2007) | 2 (1995, 2013) | 1 (2003) | 2 (2015, 2019) |
Mali | 2 (2015, 2017) | 1 (1997) | 2 (1999, 2001) | 1 (1995*) |
Cameroon | 2 (2003, 2019) | – | – | 1 (1999) |
Gambia | 2 (2005*, 2009) | – | – | – |
Burkina Faso | 1 (2011) | 2 (1999, 2001) | 1 (2009) | – |
Ivory Coast | 1 (2013) | – | 1 (2005) | 1 (2011) |
Egypt | 1 (1997) | – | – | 1 (2003) |
Guinea | – | 1 (2019) | 3 (1995, 2015, 2017) | – |
South Africa | – | 1 (2015) | – | 1 (2005) |
Sierra Leone | – | 1 (2003) | – | – |
Togo | – | 1 (2007*) | – | – |
Algeria | – | 1 (2009*) | – | – |
Rwanda | – | 1 (2011*) | – | – |
Tunisia | – | – | 1 (2013) | 1 (2007) |
Congo | – | – | 1 (2011) | – |
Angola | – | – | 1 (2019) | – |
Ethiopia | – | – | – | 1 (1997) |
Malawi | – | – | – | 1 (2009) |
Morocco | – | – | – | 1 (2013*) |
Niger | – | – | – | 1 (2017) |
- * = As hosts
Note: no fourth-place finish in 2001 due to Guinea's disqualification.
Participating nations
Team | 1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2021 |
Years |
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Algeria | • | • | • | × | • | × | • | 2nd | • | • | × | • | • | q | 2 |
Angola | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 3rd | • | 4 |
Botswana | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | GS | • | • | • | • | 3 |
Burkina Faso | × | • | 2nd | 2nd | • | GS | GS | 3rd | 1st | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
Cameroon | × | × | 4th | GS | 1st | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | GS | 1st | 7 | |
Congo | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | 3rd | GS | • | • | 2 | ||
Egypt | • | 1st | • | × | 4th | × | • | × | GS | × | • | • | × | × | 3 |
Eritrea | × | × | × | • | • | • | GS | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |
Eswatini | × | × | • | • | GS | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | 1 |
Ethiopia | × | 4th | • | GS | GS | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
Gabon | × | × | • | × | • | × | GS | • | • | GS | • | GS | × | 3 | |
Gambia | × | × | × | • | GS | 1st | • | 1st | GS | • | • | × | • | 4 | |
Ghana | 1st | 3rd | 1st | • | • | 2nd | 3rd | • | • | GS | 2nd | • | • | 7 | |
Guinea | 3rd | • | GS | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 7 | ||
Ivory Coast | • | GS | • | × | • | 3rd | • | • | 4th | 1st | GS | • | • | q | 6 |
Malawi | • | × | • | • | • | × | • | 4th | × | • | × | × | • | • | 1 |
Mali | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | 1st | 1st | • | 8 | |
Morocco | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | 4th | • | • | GS | q | 3 |
Mozambique | GS | × | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | 2 |
Niger | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | GS | 4th | • | • | 2 | |
Nigeria | 2nd | • | GS | 1st | 3rd | GS | 1st | • | • | 2nd | 4th | • | 4th | q | 10 |
Rwanda | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | × | • | • | 1 |
Senegal | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | GS | • | • | • | GS | 2 | |
Seychelles | × | × | × | GS | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | × | 1 |
Sierra Leone | • | • | × | • | 2nd | • | × | • | • | × | × | × | • | 1 | |
South Africa | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | GS | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | q | 4 |
Sudan | GS | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | × | 1 |
Tanzania | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | × | • | • | GS | GS | q | 3 | |
Togo | • | × | • | × | × | × | 2nd | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | 1 |
Tunisia | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | 3 |
Uganda | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | GS | q | 2 |
Zambia | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | q | 2 | |
Zimbabwe | • | GS | GS | • | • | GS | • | GS | × | × | × | × | • | • | 4 |
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- GS – Group stage
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Hosts
- × – Did not enter
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Withdrew before qualification
- — Withdrew after qualification
- — Disqualified after qualification
Men's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R2 – Round 2
- R1 – Round 1
- – Hosts
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | Total |
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Algeria | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Angola | R2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | R1 | 3rd | R2 | R1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Cameroon | R1 | R1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Congo | R1 | R1 | R2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Egypt | R1 | QF | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Gambia | R1 | R1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Ghana | R1 | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | R1 | 4th | QF | 9 | ||||||||||
Guinea | 4th | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 3rd | R1 | R2 | QF | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Malawi | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mali | QF | R1 | QF | 2nd | 4th | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Morocco | R2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Niger | R2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | 1st | 2nd | QF | 1st | QF | 2nd | R1 | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | R2 | 12 | |||||||
Rwanda | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Senegal | R2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sierra Leone | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
South Africa | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sudan | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Togo | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tunisia | R1 | R2 | R2 | 3 |
References
- "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.
- "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". Africa News. Africa News. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- Fourth place was declared vacant after Guinea were disqualified following the suspension of the Guinean FA by FIFA. (African U-17 Championship 2001)
- "Gabon new host for U17 Championship". SuperSport. 3 February 2017.
- "CAF Executive Committee decisions of 26 May 2015". CAF. 27 May 2015.
- "CAN 2019 : un dernier sursis pour le Cameroun ?" (in French). CamFoot. 29 September 2018.
- "Decisions of CAF Executive Commitee [sic] - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.
Notes
- Tournament originally set to be hosted by Madagascar, before being switched to Gabon.[4]