2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification

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2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesAlgeria (North Zone)
Senegal (West A Zone)
Togo (West B Zone)
Rwanda (Central-East Zone)
South Africa (South Zone)
Dates22 November 2020 – 13 February 2021
Teams33 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored141 (3.36 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Senegal.svg Ibou Sané
Flag of Uganda.svg Oscar Mawa (6 goals each)
2019
2023

The 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-17 football competition which decided the teams that would have participated in the 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Contents

Players born 1 January 2004 or later were eligible to participate in the competition. A total of twelve teams qualified and would have played in the final tournament, including Morocco who qualified automatically as hosts. [1]

Teams

This will be the first edition in Africa U-17 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight. Each of the six zones received two spots in the final tournament. [2]

ZoneSpotsTeams entering qualificationDid not enter
North Zone
(UNAF)
1 spot
+ hosts
West A Zone
(WAFU-UFOA A)
2 spots
West B Zone
(WAFU-UFOA B)
2 spots
Central Zone
(UNIFFAC)
2 spots
Central-East Zone
(CECAFA)
2 spots
South Zone
(COSAFA)
2 spots
Notes

Schedule

The qualifying competition is split into regional competitions, with the teams entering the qualifying tournament of their zone. [7] The final arrangements of the zonal qualifiers were decided later due to the delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] The schedule of each qualifying zone is as follows.

ZoneGroup stageKnockout stage
South Zone22–26 November 202029 November 2020
Originally set to be played between 22 July–1 August 2020 in Malawi
Central-East Zone13–18 December 202020–22 December 2020
Originally set to be played at the beginning of July
West B Zone8–12 January 202115–18 January 2021
Originally set to be played between 15–30 June 2020 in Benin
North Zone18–24 January 2021
Originally set to be played between 15–24 July 2020
Central Zone14–19 July 2020 (postponed, originally in Cameroon)21–23 July 2020 (postponed, originally in Cameroon)
West A Zone8–15 August 2020 (postponed, originally in Sierra Leone)19–22 August 2020 (postponed, originally in Sierra Leone)

North Zone

The UNAF U-17 Tournament, which also served as the qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations was initially planned to be hosted by Algeria between 15–24 July 2020. However, it could not be held in the scheduled time span because of the COVID-19 pandemic and was later scheduled and held between 18–24 January 2021. [9] The matches were played at Algiers (Stade du 5 Juillet).

The draw for the fixtures was held on 30 December 2020. [10] The three teams were placed in one group, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament. Morocco didn't participate in the qualifiers as they had already qualified as the hosts of the final tournament.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (H)211043+14 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 211032+14
3Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 20023520
Source: UNAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(H) Host
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg3–2Flag of Libya.svg  Libya
Report
Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El-Din (Egypt)

Libya  Flag of Libya.svg1–2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Report
Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mustapha Kechaf (Morocco)

Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg1–1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
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Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers
Attendance: 0
Referee: Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)

West A Zone

The 2021 WAFU Zone A Tournament which serves as the qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations was initially planned to be hosted from 11–20 December 2020 in Sierra Leone, but was postponed. [11] The tournament was later shifted and held in Senegal between 5–13 February 2021. [12]

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal (H)110040+43 Semi-finals
2Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 10010440
3Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia (D)00000000Disqualified [lower-alpha 1]
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(D) Disqualified; (H) Host
Notes:
  1. Gambia were disqualified from the qualifiers after some players failed to pass the MRI test. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings. [3]


Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svgVoided
(4–2)
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia
Report
Referee: Moses Forkpah (Liberia)

Gambia  Flag of The Gambia.svgVoided
(2–0)
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Report
Referee: Swahib Bangura (Sierra Leone)

Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svg0–4Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
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Referee: Sory Ibrahima Keita (Mali)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 110050+53 Semi-finals
2Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 10010550
3Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone (D)00000000Disqualified [lower-alpha 1]
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. Sierra Leone were disqualified from the qualifiers after some players failed to pass the MRI test. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings. [3]


Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svgVoided
(0–1)
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau
Report
Referee: Moussa Diou (Mauritania)

Mali  Flag of Mali.svgVoided
(5–0)
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
Report
Referee: Fatou Ngum (Gambia)

Guinea-Bissau  Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg0–5Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Report
Referee: Abdoulaye Manet (Guinea)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, a penalty shoot-out without extra time was used to determine the winners.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 February– Stade Lat-Dior
 
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 4
 
13 February – Stade Lat-Dior
 
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 0
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2
 
11 February –Stade Lat-Dior
 
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 0
 
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 5
 
 
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 1
 

Semifinals

Mali  Flag of Mali.svg5–1Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Report
Referee: Moses Forkpah (Liberia)
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg4–0Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau
Report
Referee: Abdoulaye Lambert Manet (Guinea)

Final

Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg2–0Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Report
Referee: Moussa Diou (Mauritania)

West B Zone

The 2021 WAFU Zone B Tournament which serves as a qualifier tournament for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations was initially planned to be hosted by Benin from 15–30 June 2020, but was later shifted and held in Togo between 5–18 January 2021. The matches were played at Lomé (Stade de Kégué and Stade Municipal). [13] [14]

All times are local, GMT (UTC±0).

Group stage

The seven teams were drawn into two groups of three and four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 211051+44 Semi-finals
2Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 211030+34
3Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 20021870
4Flag of Togo.svg  Togo (H, D)00000000Disqualified [lower-alpha 1]
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(D) Disqualified; (H) Host
Notes:
  1. Togo were disqualified from the qualifiers after two of their players failed to pass the MRI test. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings. [4]
Togo  Flag of Togo.svgVoided
(2–1)
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
Report
Referee: Quadri Adebimpe (Nigeria)
Benin  Flag of Benin.svg1–5Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Report
Referee: Patrick Tanguy Vlei (Ivory Coast)

Benin  Flag of Benin.svgVoided
(1–3)
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
Report
Referee: Charles Bulu (Ghana)
Niger  Flag of Niger.svg0–0Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Report
Referee: Patrick Tanguy Vlei (Ivory Coast)

Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svgCancelledFlag of Togo.svg  Togo
Niger  Flag of Niger.svg3–0Flag of Benin.svg  Benin
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Referee: Charles Bulu (Ghana)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 220041+36 Semi-finals
2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 20111211
3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 20112421
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg0–1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Report
Referee: Issa Mouhamed (Benin)

Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg1–1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Report
Referee: Komlavi Aklassou (Togo)

Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg3–1Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Report
Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, a penalty shoot-out without extra time was used to determine the winners.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 January – Stade de Kégué
 
 
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 0
 
18 January – Stade de Kégué
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2
 
15 January – Stade de Kégué
 
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 3
 
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1
 
 
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 0
 
Third place
 
 
18 January – Stade de Kégué
 
 
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 1(10)
 
 
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 1 (9)

Semifinals

Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg0–1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Report
Referee: Patrick Tanguy Vlei (Ivory Coast)
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg1–0Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
Report
Referee: Charles Bulu (Ghana)

Third Place match

Final

Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–3Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Report
Referee: Charles Bulu (Ghana)

Central Zone

The 2021 UNIFFAC U17 Tournament which would have served as a qualifier tournament for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations was initially planned to be held in Cameroon on 2020, and then in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea in February 2021.

In February 2021, this tournament was finally cancelled by CAF due to the absence of a host country and the absence of an MRI machine in most of the countries of this zone. For the 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, CAF decided to qualify Cameroon and Congo, the two finalists of the last edition of the zonal qualifiers of UNIFFAC in 2018. [15]

Central-East Zone

The CECAFA qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations were initially planned to be hosted at the beginning of July 2020 but were then later shifted to 13–22 December 2020. Nine teams were drawn into three groups of three teams during the draw made in October. [16] However, two teams, namely Eritrea and Sudan withdrew before the start of the tournament and the seven remaining teams were then redrawn into new groups. [17] The matches were played at Gisenyi (Umuganda Stadium). [18]

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

Group stage

The seven teams were drawn into two groups of three and four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 220080+86 Semi-finals
2Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 20112531
3Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 20112751
4Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan (D)00000000Disqualified [lower-alpha 1]
Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. South Sudan were disqualified from the qualifiers after four of their players failed to pass the MRI test. [5]
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg2–2Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Report
Referee: Djaffari Nduwimana (Burundi)

Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg5–0Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Report
Referee: Mohamed Diraneh (Djibouti)

Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg3–0Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
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Referee: Emmanuel Mwandembwa (Tanzania)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 211042+24 Semi-finals
2Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 20201102
3Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda (H)20111321
Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Host
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg1–3Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Report
Referee: Sabri Fadul (Sudan)

Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg0–0Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti
Report
Referee: Tewodros Mitiku (Ethiopia)

Djibouti  Flag of Djibouti.svg1–1Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Report
Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, a penalty shoot-out without extra time was used to determine the winners.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 December – Umuganda Stadium
 
 
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1
 
22 December – Umuganda Stadium
 
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 0
 
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 3
 
20 December – Umuganda Stadium
 
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1
 
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1 (4)
 
 
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
22 December – Umuganda Stadium
 
 
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 2
 
 
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 5

Semifinals

Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg1–0Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti
Report
Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia)
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg1–1Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Report
Penalties
4–3
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

Third Place match

Djibouti  Flag of Djibouti.svg2–5Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Report
Referee: Djaffari Nduwimana (Burundi)

Final

Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg3–1Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Report
Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia)

South Zone

The COSAFA U-17 Championship was initially planned to be hosted by Malawi between 22 July–1 August 2020 with the matches planned to be played at Blantyre, as the region's qualifying tournament. [19] Malawi, however, were not able to host the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [20] The hosting rights were later awarded to South Africa with the matches being played at Nelson Mandela Bay (Gelvandale Stadium and Westbourne Oval Stadium). [21]

All times are local, SAST (UTC+2). [22]

Group stage

Eight teams were drawn into two groups during the draw. South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini were drawn into Group A and Zambia, Botswana, Malawi and Comoros were drawn into Group B. [23] However, on 20 November after the first set of matches were already played on 19 November, 4 teams namely – Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini and Zimbabwe were disqualified from the tournament for having at least one of their players fail the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test. [24] The tournament was later restarted on 22 November 2020 as a four-team tournament and was played on a round-robin basis. The matches which had been played were then later regarded as warm-up games with no bearing to the new tournament format. [6]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 330093+69 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (H)31114404
3Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 310295+43
4Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 3012515101
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Host
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg1–2Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Report
Gelvandale Stadium, Nelson Mandela Bay
Referee: Tshepo Gobagoba (Botswana)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg2–2Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Report
Gelvandale Stadium, Nelson Mandela Bay
Referee: Thanks Nyahuye (Zimbabwe)

South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg2–1Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Report
Gelvandale Stadium, Nelson Mandela Bay
Referee: Lawrence Zimondi (Zimbabwe)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg6–2Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Report

Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg1–7Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Report
Westbourne Oval Stadium, Nelson Mandela Bay
Referee: Luxolo Badi (South Africa)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg1–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report
Gelvandale Stadium, Nelson Mandela Bay
Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)

Third place match

Angola  Flag of Angola.svg2–1Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Report

Final

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg1–1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report
Penalties
2–4

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualify for the final tournament.

TeamZoneQualified onPrevious appearances in Africa U-17 Cup of Nations 1
only final tournament era (since 1995)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco (hosts) North Zone 28 September 2018 [1] 2 ( 2013 , 2019)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria North Zone 24 January 20211 (2009)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal West A Zone 11 February 20212 Group stage (2011, 2019)
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali West A Zone 11 February 20218 Champions (2015, (2017)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria West B Zone 15 January 20219 (1995, 1999, 2001 , 2003, 2005, 2007 , 2013, 2015, 2019)
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast West B Zone 15 January 20215 (1997, 2005, 2011, 2013 , 2015)
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Central Zone 20 February 20217 (1999, 2001, 2003 , 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019 )
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo Central Zone 20 February 20212 (2011, 2013)
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Central-East Zone 20 December 20201 (2019)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Central-East Zone 20 December 20202 (2017, 2019 )
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia South Zone 24 November 20201 (2015)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa South Zone 26 November 20203 (2005, 2007, 2015)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 141 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.36 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. Gambia & Sierra Leone were disqualified from the qualifiers after some of their players failed to pass the MRI test. [3]
  2. Togo were disqualified from the qualifiers after two of their players failed to pass the MRI test. [4]
  3. South Sudan were disqualified from the qualifiers after four of their players failed to pass the MRI test. [5]
  4. 1 2 3 4 Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini and Zimbabwe initially entered in the qualifiers, but were later disqualified after at least 1 of their players failed the MRI test. The tournament was then later restarted with the remaining 4 teams and the games previously played were regarded as warm-ups. [6]

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