Benin national under-17 football team

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The Benin national under-17 football team represents Benin at under-17 association football youth international matches. [1]

In September 2018 they were disqualified from the WAFU U-17 Championship, [2] and in October 2018 10 players were jailed, due to age fraud. [3]

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References

  1. "Benin - Benin Under 17 - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  2. "10 Benin U-17 players jailed for age cheating". GhanaSoccernet.
  3. "Benin players and ex-FA boss given prison sentences for age cheating". 31 October 2018 via www.bbc.co.uk.