2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

Tournament details
Host country	Zambia
Dates	26 February – 12 March 2017
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Zambia (1st title)
Runners-up	Senegal
Third place	Guinea
Fourth place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	50 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luther Singh Edward Chilufya Patson Daka (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Patson Daka
Fair play award	South Africa
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The 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total U-20 Africa Cup Of Nations, Zambia 2017, ^[1] was the 14th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (21st edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. The tournament was set to take place in Zambia between 26 February – 12 March 2017. ^[2]

The top four teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Qualification

Main article: 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

The qualifiers were played between 1 April and 24 July 2016. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Zambia.

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 1997 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Defending champions Nigeria failed to qualify. Congo and Ghana also failed to qualify, thus the winners of five of the last six tournaments failed to qualify for this tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1991. ^[3]

Team	Appearance	Previous best appearance
Cameroon	9th	Champions (1995)
Egypt	11th	Champions (1991, 2003, 2013)
Guinea	3rd	Group stage (1995, 1999)
Mali	11th	Third place (2003)
Senegal	4th	Runners-up (2015)
South Africa	7th	Runners-up (1997)
Sudan	2nd	Group stage (1997)
Zambia (hosts)	7th	Fourth place (1991, 1999, 2007)

Venues

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Lusaka	Lusaka Ndola class=notpageimage| Location of venues in Zambia	Ndola
National Heroes Stadium		Levy Mwanawasa Stadium
Capacity: 60,000		Capacity: 50,000

Match officials

A total of 12 referees and 14 assistant referees were selected for the tournament. ^{[4] [5]}

Referees

• Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
• Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
• Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
• Antoine Effa (Cameroon)
• Victor Gomes (South Africa)
• Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)
• Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
• Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
• Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
• Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
• Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
• Chewe Wisdom (Zambia)

Assistant referees

• Mokrani Gourari (Algeria)
• Issa Yahya (Chad)
• Steven Danilek M. Moyo (Congo)
• Sosseh Sulayman (Gambia)
• Sidiki Sidibe (Guinea)
• Cheruiyot Gilbert (Kenya)
• Mark Ssonko (Uganda)
• Warr Adbelrahman (Mauritania)
• Nabina Blaise Sebutu (DR Congo)
• Toure Sengne Cheikh (Senegal)
• Eldrick Adelaide (Seychelles)
• Khumalo Steven (South Africa)
• Diakite Moriba (Mali)
• Kasengele Romeo (Zambia)

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 October 2016, 11:00 local time (UTC+2) at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

The teams were seeded based on the results of the last edition (final tournament and qualifiers). ^[9]

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Zambia (host, assigned to A1)   Senegal (2015 runner-up, assigned to B1)	Mali   South Africa	Cameroon   Egypt	Sudan   Guinea

Squads

Further information: 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations squads

Each squad can contain a maximum of 21 players. ^[10]

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 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: ^[10]

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. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply;
5. Goal difference in all games;
6. Goals scored in all games;
7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CAT (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia (H)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2	Guinea	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Egypt	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Mali	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26)

15:00

Zambia	1–0	Guinea
Daka 47'	Report

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26)

18:00

Egypt	0–0	Mali
	Report

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

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1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)

15:00

Guinea	1–1	Egypt
Touré 79'	Report	Mostafa Mohamed 37'

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)

18:00

Mali	1–6	Zambia
Danté 5'	Report	F. Sakala 7', 65' E. Banda 24' Mwepu 37' Chilufya 49', 53'

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

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4 March 2017 (2017-03-04)

15:00

Zambia	3–1	Egypt
Daka 48', 90' F. Sakala 72'	Report	Nedved 35'

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04)

15:00

Guinea	3–2	Mali
M. Sylla 49' (pen.), 59' M. Aly Camara 72'	Report	Koïta 2' M. Diakité 52' (pen.)

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Antoine Effa (Cameroon)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2	South Africa	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
3	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Sudan	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27)

15:00

Senegal	1–1	Sudan
Niane 88'	Report	Mutwakil 21' (pen.)

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27)

18:00

Cameroon	1–3	South Africa
Ayuk 14'	Report	Singh 16', 26' (pen.), 57'

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

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2 March 2017 (2017-03-02)

15:00

Sudan	1–4	Cameroon
W. Mohamed 79'	Report	Ketu 8' Ayuk 51' Gouet 73' Mbaizo 89'

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

2 March 2017 (2017-03-02)

18:00

South Africa	3–4	Senegal
Jordan 1' Malepe 24' Singh 81'	Report	Ndiaye 48' Diagne 53', 60' Diatta 70'

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

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5 March 2017 (2017-03-05)

15:00

Senegal	2–0	Cameroon
Niane 45' Diatta 47'	Report

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

5 March 2017 (2017-03-05)

15:00

Sudan	1–3	South Africa
Osman 24'	Report	Mahlambi 13' Margeman 60' Mbatha 66'

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time will be played. ^[10]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 March – Lusaka
	Zambia (a.e.t.)	1
					12 March – Lusaka
	South Africa	0
					Zambia	2
	9 March – Ndola
					Senegal	0
	Senegal	1
	Guinea	0
					Third place
					12 March – Lusaka
					South Africa	1
					Guinea	2

Semi-finals

8 March 2017 (2017-03-08)

18:00

Zambia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	South Africa
Chilufya 109'	Report

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

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9 March 2017 (2017-03-09)

18:00

Senegal	1–0	Guinea
Badji 12'	Report

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

Third place match

12 March 2017 (2017-03-12)

14:00

South Africa	1–2	Guinea
Jordan 5'	Report	Mohamme 6' (o.g.) Bangoura 85' (pen.)

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Final

12 March 2017 (2017-03-12)

17:30

Zambia	2–0	Senegal
Daka 16' Chilufya 34'	Report

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Awards

Winners

2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Winners
Zambia First title

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. ^[11]

Total Man of the Competition

• Patson Daka

Top scorer

• Luther Singh (4 goals, 2 assists)

Fair Play Award

•   South Africa

CAF Best XI

• Goalkeeper: Mangani Banda (Zambia)
• Defenders: Ousseynou Diagne (Senegal), Mamadou Mbaye (Senegal), Solomon Sakala (Zambia)
• Midfielders: Krepin Diatta (Senegal), Ibrahima Niane (Senegal), Sylla Morlaye (Guinea), Edward Chilufya (Zambia), Fashion Sakala (Zambia)
• Forwards: Luther Singh (South Africa), Patson Daka (Zambia)
• Substitutes: Lamine Sarr (Senegal), Prosper Chiluya (Zambia), Enock Mwepu (Zambia), Grant Margeman (South Africa), Liam Jordan (South Africa), Yamodou Toure (Guinea), Mohamed Aly Camara (Guinea)

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Luther Singh
• Edward Chilufya
• Patson Daka

3 goals

• Fashion Sakala

2 goals

• Eric Ayuk
• Morlaye Sylla
• Ousseynou Diagne
• Krépin Diatta
• Ibrahima Niane
• Liam Jordan

1 goal

• Samuel Gouet
• Kalvin Ketu
• Olivier Mbaizo
• Mostafa Abdalla
• Karim Nedved
• Mohamed Aly Camara
• Naby Bangoura
• Yamodou Touré
• Abdoul Karim Danté
• Moussa Diakité
• Sékou Koïta
• Aliou Badji
• Ibrahima Ndiaye
• Phakamani Mahlambi
• Tercious Malepe
• Grant Margeman
• Sibongakonke Mbatha
• Walaa Mohamed
• Hassan Mutwakil
• Khaled Osman
• Emmanuel Banda
• Enock Mwepu

Own goal

• Katlego Mohamme (against Guinea)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. ^[12]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament 1
Zambia	1 March 2017	2 (1999, 2007)
Senegal	5 March 2017	1 (2015)
Guinea	4 March 2017	1 (1979)
South Africa	5 March 2017	2 (1997, 2009)

¹Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

1. "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016.
2. "Fixtures of U-17 & U-20 AFCON qualifiers released". Cafonline.com. 11 February 2016.
3. "Total U-20 AFCON: History of the competition". CAF. 23 February 2017.
4. "Match officials for Total U-20 AFCON Zambia 2017 unveiled". CAF. 14 February 2017.
5. "SELECTED MATCH OFFICIALS FOR THE TOTAL U-20 AFCON ZAMBIA 2017". CAF.
6. "Media accreditation for draw of u-17 & u-20 AFCON final tournaments". CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
7. "Draw Procedure: TOTAL U-17 AFCON & TOTAL U-20 AFCON". CAF. 23 October 2016.
8. "Results of draw: Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ZAMBIA 2017". CAF. 24 October 2016.
9. "Procedures of the draw of the 20th Edition TOTAL U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Zambia 2017" (PDF). CAF.
10. "Regulations of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
11. "Awards and Statistics". cafonline.com. CAF. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
12. "Senegal and South Africa complete Korea Republic 2017 line-up". FIFA.com. 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on March 2, 2017.

External links

• Total U-20 Africa Cup Of Nations, Zambia 2017, CAFonline.com