2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations

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2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
كأس الأمم الإفريقية تحت 17 سنة 2023
2023 U-17 AFCON.png
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
Dates29 April – 19 May
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Third placeFlag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Fourth placeFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored58 (2.52 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Senegal.svg Amara Diouf (5 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Souleymane Alio
Best goalkeeper Flag of Senegal.svg Serigne Diouf
Fair play awardFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
2019
2021
2025

The 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations known as the TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes or 2023 U17 AFCON for short was the 14th edition (19th if editions without hosts are included) of the biennial African youth football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below and the first to feature 12 teams in the group stage instead of 8.

Contents

Algeria was chosen as hosts of this edition on 15 May 2021 [1] [2] [3] [4] which it organized from 29 April to 19 May. All four semi-finalists qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as the CAF representatives.

Cameroon were the defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage after losses to Burkina Faso and to Mali. Senegal won their inaugural title, defeating hosts of the cancelled 2021 edition Morocco 2–1 in the final.

Qualification

The CAF decided on 20 July 2017 that the qualification format should be changed and split according to zones. [5]

Player eligibility

Players born on 1 January 2006 or later were eligible to participate in this edition of the tournament.

Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualified for the group stages. However, South Sudan was disqualified from this edition of the tournament after 5 of its players failed the MRI test. [6]

Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of the group stages in 1995.

TeamZoneDate of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (hosts) North Zone 17 May 20212nd 2009 Runners-up (2009)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 14 November 20223rd 2019 Fourth place (2013)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria West B Zone 21 June 202210th 2019 Champions (2001, 2007)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 21 June 20227th 2011 Champions (2011)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal West A Zone 7 October 20223rd 2019 Group stage (2011, 2019)
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 7 October 20229th 2017 Champions (2015, 2017)
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Central Zone 15 January 20238th 2019 Champions (2003, 2019)
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 18 January 20233rd 2013 Third place (2011)
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Central-East Zone 12 October 20221stNoneDebut
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 12 October 20221stNoneDebut
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa South Zone 9 December 20224th 2015 Runners-up (2015)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 9 December 20222nd 2015 Group stage (2015)

Venues

The Algerian Football Federation choose three venues in three cities across the host nation Algeria for hosting this edition of the competition: Algiers, Annaba and Constantine. [7]

Algiers Annaba
Nelson Mandela Stadium 19 May 1956 Stadium
Capacity: 40,784Capacity: 58,100
Nelson Mandela Stadium.jpg Annaba Stadium.jpg
Constantine
Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium
Capacity: 22,986
Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium (Constantine, Algeria).jpg

Match officials

Referees
Assistant referees
Video assistant referees

Squads

Draw

The group stage draw was conducted on 1 February 2023 at 12:00 WET (UTC±0) at the Cercle National de l'Armée in Algiers, the capital city of hosts Algeria. [8] The 12 teams were drawn into 3 groups of 4 teams. As hosts, Algeria was seeded in Group A and allocated to position A1, while 2019 champions Cameroon was seeded in Group C and allocated to position C1 and 4th-place-finished team also from the 2019 edition Nigeria was seeded in Group B and allocated to position B1; the remaining nine teams were seeded based on their results in the previous valid edition in 2019. [9]

SeededPot 1Pot 2
  1. Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (hosts) (A1)
  2. Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (B1)
  3. Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon (C1)
  1. Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
  2. Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
  3. Flag of Mali.svg  Mali

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to the three points for a win (3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 or none for a loss) and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 13): [10]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, WAT and CET (UTC+1). [11]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 330070+79 Knockout stage
2Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (H)31113414
3Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 30212312
4Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 30121651
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg20Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
Anatouf Soccerball shade.svg22', 52' Report
Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers
Referee: Patrice Mebiame (Gabon)
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg10Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
Fallou Diouf Soccerball shade.svg78' Report

Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg03Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Report
Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers
Referee: Jelly Chavane (South Africa)
Congo  Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg11Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
Nzouzi Soccerball shade.svg58' Report Diini Soccerball shade.svg32'
Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers
Referee: Vincentia Amédomé (Togo)

Congo  Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg11Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Ndzoukou Soccerball shade.svg67' Report Anatouf Soccerball shade.svg74'
Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers
Referee: Abdulsalam Kasim (Nigeria)
Somalia  Flag of Somalia.svg03Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Report

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 320142+26 Knockout stage
2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 320143+16
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 31025723
4Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 31024513
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg10Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Daniel Soccerball shade.svg76' Report
Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine
Referee: Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg20Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report
Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)

Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg01Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Report Maâli Soccerball shade.svg2'
Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine
Referee: Ousmane Diakaté (Mali)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg32Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Report Mwanza Soccerball shade.svg45', 48'
Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine
Referee: Muhammad Elmabrouk (Libya)

South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg23Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Report
Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine
Referee: Nyagrowa Dickens (Kenya)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg21Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Report Ouazane Soccerball shade.svg19'
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Merveil Mandekouzou Vendafara (Central Africa Republic)

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 220030+36 Knockout stage
2Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 21012203
3Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 20021430
4Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 00000000Disqualified
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svgCancelledFlag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg10Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
M. Doumbia Soccerball shade.svg26' Report
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Abdulsalam Kasim (Nigeria)

Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg0–2Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Report
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svgCancelledFlag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan

Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg21Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
S. Alio Soccerball shade.svg76', 79' Report Yondjio Soccerball shade.svg62'
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Mustapha Kech Chaf (Morocco)
South Sudan  Flag of South Sudan.svgCancelledFlag of Mali.svg  Mali

Ranking of third-placed teams

With South Sudan's disqualification, rankings against the fourth-placed team of group A and B were not counted.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 A Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 20111211 Knockout stage
2 B Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 20022530
3 C Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 20021430
Source: CAF

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
10 May – Algiers
 
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 5
 
14 May – Annaba
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal (p)1 (5)
 
11 May – Algiers
 
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 1 (4)
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1
 
19 May –Algiers
 
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 2
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2
 
10 May – Constantine
 
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1
 
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3
 
14 May – Constantine
 
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0
 
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco (p)0 (6)
 
11 May – Annaba
 
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 0 (5) Third place
 
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 3
 
18 May – Annaba
 
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 0
 
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 2
 
 
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1
 

Quarter finals

Winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.

Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg50Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report
Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers
Referee: Patrice Mebiame (Gabon)

Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg30Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Report
Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine
Referee: Muhammad Elmabrouk (Libya)

Mali  Flag of Mali.svg30Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
Report
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)

Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg12Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Abdullahi Soccerball shade.svg67' Report A. Camara Soccerball shade.svg45', 57' (pen.)
Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers
Referee: Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)

Semi-finals

Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg11Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
A. Fall Soccerball shade.svg16' Report Ouédraogo Soccerball shade.svg83'
Penalties
5–4
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Muhammad Elmabrouk (Libya)

Third-place match

Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg21Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Report M. Doumbia Soccerball shade.svg58'
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)

Final

Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg21Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Report Aït Boudlal Soccerball shade.svg14'
Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers
Referee: Patrice Mebiame (Gabon)

Winners

 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations 
Flag of Senegal.svg
Senegal
First title

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Golden Boot [12] Most Valuable Player [12] Best Goalkeeper [12] Coach of the Tournament [12] Fair Play award [12]
Flag of Senegal.svg Amara Diouf Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Souleymane Alio Flag of Senegal.svg Serigne Diouf Flag of Morocco.svg Said Chiba Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Flag of Senegal.svg Serigne Diouf Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Lassina Traoré
Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal
Flag of Senegal.svg Serigne Fallou Diouf
Flag of Nigeria.svg Yahaya Lawali
Flag of Mali.svg Sékou Koné
Flag of Senegal.svg Abdou Aziz Fall
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Rachid Ouedraogo
Flag of Senegal.svg Amara Diouf
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Souleymane Alio
Flag of Mali.svg Mamadou Doumbia

Goalscorers

There were 58 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 2.52 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following teams from CAF qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup 1
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 10 May 20231 (2019)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 10 May 20231 (2013)
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 11 May 20235 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2015, 2017)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 11 May 20234 (1999, 2001, 2009, 2011)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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