2017 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations

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2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
2017 CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Dates26 February – 12 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Third placeFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Fourth placeFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored50 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of South Africa.svg Luther Singh
Flag of Zambia.svg Edward Chilufya
Flag of Zambia.svg Patson Daka
(4 goals each)
Best player(s) Flag of Zambia.svg Patson Daka
Fair play awardFlag of South Africa.svg  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]

Contents

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

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]

TeamAppearancePrevious best appearance
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 9thChampions (1995)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 11thChampions (1991, 2003, 2013)
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 3rdGroup stage (1995, 1999)
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 11thThird place (2003)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 4thRunners-up (2015)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7thRunners-up (1997)
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 2ndGroup stage (1997)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia (hosts)7thFourth place (1991, 1999, 2007)

Venues

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Lusaka
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Location of venues in Zambia
 Ndola
National Heroes Stadium Levy Mwanawasa Stadium
Capacity: 60,000Capacity: 50,000
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Match officials

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

Referees
Assistant referees

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 1Level 2Level 3Level 4

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia (H)3300102+89 Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 31114404
3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 302124−22
4Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 301239−61
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg1–0Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Daka Soccerball shade.svg47' Report
National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg0–0Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Report
National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg1–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Touré Soccerball shade.svg79' Report Mostafa Mohamed Soccerball shade.svg37'
National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg1–6Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Danté Soccerball shade.svg5' Report F. Sakala Soccerball shade.svg7', 65'
E. Banda Soccerball shade.svg24'
Mwepu Soccerball shade.svg37'
Chilufya Soccerball shade.svg49', 53'
National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg3–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Daka Soccerball shade.svg48', 90'
F. Sakala Soccerball shade.svg72'		 Report Nedved Soccerball shade.svg35'
National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg3–2Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
M. Sylla Soccerball shade.svg49' (pen.), 59'
M. Aly Camara Soccerball shade.svg72'		 Report Koïta Soccerball shade.svg2'
M. Diakité Soccerball shade.svg52' (pen.)
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Antoine Effa (Cameroon)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 321074+37 Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 320196+36
3Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 310256−13
4Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 301238−51
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg1–1Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
Niane Soccerball shade.svg88' Report Mutwakil Soccerball shade.svg21' (pen.)
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg1–3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Ayuk Soccerball shade.svg14' Report Singh Soccerball shade.svg16', 26' (pen.), 57'
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svg1–4Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Walaa Eldin Soccerball shade.svg79' Report Ketu Soccerball shade.svg8'
Ayuk Soccerball shade.svg51'
Gouet Soccerball shade.svg73'
Mbaizo Soccerball shade.svg89'
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg3–4Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Jordan Soccerball shade.svg1'
Malepe Soccerball shade.svg24'
Singh Soccerball shade.svg81'		 Report Ndiaye Soccerball shade.svg48'
Diagne Soccerball shade.svg53', 60'
Diatta Soccerball shade.svg70'
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg2–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Niane Soccerball shade.svg45'
Diatta Soccerball shade.svg47'		 Report
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svg1–3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Al-Nasan Soccerball shade.svg24' Report Mahlambi Soccerball shade.svg13'
Margeman Soccerball shade.svg60'
Mbatha Soccerball shade.svg66'
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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 March – Lusaka
 
 
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia (a.e.t.)1
 
12 March – Lusaka
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0
 
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2
 
9 March – Ndola
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 0
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1
 
 
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 0
 
Third place
 
 
12 March – Lusaka
 
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1
 
 
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 2

Semi-finals

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg1–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Chilufya Soccerball shade.svg109' Report
National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg1–0Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Badji Soccerball shade.svg12' Report
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

Third place match

South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–2Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Jordan Soccerball shade.svg5' Report Mohamme Soccerball shade.svg6' (o.g.)
Bangoura Soccerball shade.svg85' (pen.)
National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Final

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg2–0Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Daka Soccerball shade.svg16'
Chilufya Soccerball shade.svg34'		 Report
National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Awards

Winners

 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations winners 
Flag of Zambia.svg
Zambia
First title

Individual awards

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

Total Man of the Competition
Top scorer
Fair Play Award

CAF Best XI

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

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

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament 1
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1 March 20172 (1999, 2007)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 5 March 20171 (2015)
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 4 March 20171 (1979)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 5 March 20172 (1997, 2009)
1Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

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