2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Tournament details
Host countries	Morocco (North Zone) Senegal (West A Zone) Ghana (West B Zone) TBD (Central Zone) TBD (Central-East Zone) Mozambique (South Zone)
Dates	15 May 2024 –
Teams	51
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	34 (2.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Asharaf Tapsoba (5 goals)
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The 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification is a men's under-17 football competition that decides the participating teams of the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

Players born on 1 January 2008 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.The host country for the final stage of the edition will be appointed during the General Assembly to be held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 10 October 2024. ^[1]

Teams

Zone	Spots	Teams entering qualification	Did not enter
North Zone (UNAF)	2 spots	Algeria   Egypt   Libya   Morocco   Tunisia
West A Zone (WAFU-UFOA A)	2 spots	Gambia   Guinea-Bissau   Guinea   Liberia   Mali   Mauritania   Senegal   Sierra Leone	Cape Verde
West B Zone (WAFU-UFOA B)	2 spots	Benin   Burkina Faso   Ivory Coast   Ghana   Nigeria   Niger   Togo
Central Zone (UNIFFAC)	2 spots	Congo   Chad   Cameroon   DR Congo   Central African Republic   Equatorial Guinea   Gabon   São Tomé and Príncipe
Central-East Zone (CECAFA)	2 spots	Burundi   Djibouti   Eritrea   Ethiopia   Kenya   Rwanda   Sudan   Somalia   South Sudan   Tanzania   Uganda
South Zone (COSAFA)	2 spots	Angola   Botswana   Comoros   Lesotho   Mozambique   Mauritius   Malawi   Namibia   South Africa   Eswatini   Zambia   Zimbabwe	Madagascar   Seychelles

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

North Zone

Main article: 2024 UNAF U-17 Tournament (Morocco)

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

The 2024 UNAF U-17 Tournament, which also served as a qualifier for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, will take place between 11 and 19 November 2024 in Casablanca, Morocco. The five teams were placed in one group, with the winner and the runner-up qualifying for the final tournament.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
2	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Libya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Morocco (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: UNAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(H) Hosts

West A Zone

The WAFU-UFOA Zone A qualifiers for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations will be hosted by Senegal with the matches played starting 20 October 2024. The matches will be played at Dakar, Senegal.

All times are local, GMT (UTC+0).

Group stage

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Liberia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Gambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: CAF
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Sierra Leone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: CAF

West B Zone

The WAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations were hosted by Ghana with the matches played between 18 and 25 May 2022, the draw was announced on 23 April 2024. ^[2]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana (H)	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Semi-finals
2	Ivory Coast	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
3	Benin	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

15 May 2024 (2024-05-15)

15:00

Ghana	5–1	Ivory Coast
Narbi 27', 42' Sarpong 48' Gbafa 55' Mensah 90+1'		Coulibaly 51'

Legon Sports Stadium, Accra

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16 May 2024 (2024-05-16)

15:00

Ivory Coast	1–0	Benin
Diabate 90+1'

Legon Sports Stadium, Accra

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21 May 2024 (2024-05-21)

16:00

Benin	0–2	Ghana
		Mensah 19' Ayamga 22'

Legon Sports Stadium, Accra

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Semi-finals
2	Burkina Faso	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
3	Niger	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Togo	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

16 May 2024 (2024-05-16)

15:00

Burkina Faso	0–0	Nigeria

Legon Sports Stadium, Accra

16 May 2024 (2024-05-16)

18:00

Togo	2–3	Niger
Bassirou 65' Eklou 87'	Report	Player number 2 4', 49' Player number 9 65'

Legon Sports Stadium, Accra

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19 May 2024 (2024-05-19)

15:00

Togo	0–2	Burkina Faso
		Tapsoba 60' Fofana 90+3'

Legon Sports Stadium, Accra

19 May 2024 (2024-05-19)

18:00

Nigeria	1–0	Niger
Adams 32'

Legon Sports Stadium, Accra

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23 May 2024 (2024-05-23)

5:00

Niger	0–1	Burkina Faso
		Diaby 28'

Legon Sports Stadium, Accra

23 May 2024 (2024-05-23)

18:00

Nigeria	3–0	Togo
Adeleke 10', 58' Adams 34'

Nduom Sports Stadium, Elmina

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 May – Accra
	Ghana	1
					28 May – Accra
	Burkina Faso	2
					Burkina Faso	3
	25 May – Accra
					Ivory Coast	1
	Nigeria	0
	Ivory Coast	1
					Third place play-off
					28 May – Accra
					Ghana	2
					Nigeria	3

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)

15:00

Ghana	1–2	Burkina Faso
Narbi 27'		Tapsoba 12', 48'

Legon Sports Stadium, Accra

25 May 2022 (2022-05-25)

18:30

Nigeria	0–1	Ivory Coast
		Coulibaly 55'

Legon Sports Stadium, Accra

Third place play-off

24 June 2022 (2022-06-24)

16:00

Ghana	2–3	Nigeria
Gbafa 20', 29'		Muhammad 9' Adeleke 40', 90+3'

Legon Sports Stadium, Accra

Final

28 May 2022 (2022-05-28)

19:00

Burkina Faso	3–1	Ivory Coast
Tapsoba 27', 50' Sawadogo 89'		Diarra 30'

Legon Sports Stadium, Accra

South Zone

Main article: 2024 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

The COSAFA qualifiers for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations will be played in Mozambique between 5 and 14 December 2024. The draw was announced on 5 September 2024.

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

Group stage

The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mozambique (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Malawi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible Semi-finals
3	Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible Semi-finals
3	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Eswatini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible Semi-finals
3	Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Mauritius	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Goalscorers

There were 34 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

5 goals

• Asharaf Tapsoba

4 goals

• Abdulmuiz Adeleke

3 goals

• Harve Gbafa
• Joseph Narbi

2 goals

• Youbah Coulibaly
• Mark Kagawa Mensah
• Rapha Adams
• Player number 2

1 goal

• Abdoulaye Latif Diaby
• Cherif Aboubacar Sawadogo
• Ibrouahima Fofana
• Adama Diabate
• Mohammed Diarra
• Godfred Sarpong
• Theophilus Ayamga
• Imrana Muhammad
• Player number 9
• Joel Eklou
• Parkouda Bassirou

See also

• 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

1. "CAF Executive Committee announces dates of CAF TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations ("AFCON") Morocco 2025 and CAF TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations 2024". 21 June 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
2. "Nigeria face tough defence as Burkina Faso lie in wait at U17 WAFU B AFCON qualifiers". 23 April 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.