Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
The Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (previously known as the African U-17 Championship) is a bi-annual football competition organised by the sport's African governing body, CAF. The competition has been held since 1995. Between 1985 and 1993 only qualifying competitions for the FIFA U-17 World Cup were played.
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Founded | 1995 |
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Region | Africa (CAF) |
Number of teams | 12 |
Current champions | ![]() |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African U-17 Championship to the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations.[1]
In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions, including the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Champions, renamed Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.[2]
Results
African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup
Edition | Year | Host | Qualifier teams | |||
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Winner | Winner | Winner | ||||
1 | 1985 Details |
home & away | ![]() Congo |
![]() Guinea |
![]() Nigeria | |
2 | 1987 Details |
home & away | ![]() Ivory Coast |
![]() Egypt |
![]() Nigeria | |
3 | 1989 Details |
home & away | ![]() Nigeria |
![]() Ghana |
![]() Guinea |
African U-17 Qualifying for World Cup
Edition | Year | Host | Qualifier teams | |||
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Winner | Winner | Winner | ||||
4 | 1991 Details |
home & away | ![]() Ghana |
![]() Congo |
![]() Sudan | |
5 | 1993 Details |
home & away | ![]() Ghana |
![]() Nigeria |
![]() Tunisia |
African U-17 Championship
Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | |||||
6 | 1995 Details |
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![]() Ghana |
3–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() Nigeria |
![]() Guinea |
2–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() Mali | ||
7 | 1997 Details |
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![]() Egypt |
1–0 | ![]() Mali |
![]() Ghana |
1–0 | ![]() Ethiopia | ||
8 | 1999 Details |
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![]() Ghana |
3–1 | ![]() Burkina Faso |
![]() Mali |
1–0 | ![]() Cameroon | ||
9 | 2001 Details |
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![]() Nigeria |
3–0 | ![]() Burkina Faso |
![]() Mali |
– | Vacant[3] | ||
10 | 2003 Details |
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![]() Cameroon |
1–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() Sierra Leone |
![]() Nigeria |
3–1 | ![]() Egypt | ||
11 | 2005 Details |
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![]() Gambia |
1–0 | ![]() Ghana |
![]() Ivory Coast |
1–0 | ![]() South Africa | ||
12 | 2007 Details |
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![]() Nigeria |
1–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() Togo |
![]() Ghana |
1–0 | ![]() Tunisia | ||
13 | 2009 Details |
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![]() Gambia |
3–1 | ![]() Algeria |
![]() Burkina Faso |
2–0 | ![]() Malawi | ||
14 | 2011 Details |
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![]() Burkina Faso |
2–1 | ![]() Rwanda |
![]() Congo |
2–1 | ![]() Ivory Coast | ||
15 | 2013 Details |
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![]() Ivory Coast |
1–1 (5–4 p) |
![]() Nigeria |
![]() Tunisia |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (11–10 p) |
![]() Morocco | ||
16 | 2015 Details |
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![]() Mali |
2–0 | ![]() South Africa |
![]() Guinea |
3–1 | ![]() Nigeria |
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | |||||
17 | 2017 Details |
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![]() Mali |
1–0 | ![]() Ghana |
![]() Guinea |
3–1 | ![]() Niger | ||
18 | 2019 Details |
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![]() Cameroon |
0–0 (5–3 p) |
![]() Guinea |
![]() Angola |
2–1 | ![]() Nigeria | ||
19 | 2021 Details |
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Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||
19 | 2023 Details |
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TBD | TBD |
Total Wins
Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
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2 (1995, 1999) | 2 (2005, 2017) | 2 (1997, 2007) | – |
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2 (2001, 2007) | 2 (1995, 2013) | 1 (2003) | 2 (2015, 2019) |
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2 (2015, 2017) | 1 (1997) | 2 (1999, 2001) | 1 (1995*) |
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2 (2003, 2019) | – | – | 1 (1999) |
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2 (2005*, 2009) | – | – | – |
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1 (2011) | 2 (1999, 2001) | 1 (2009) | – |
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1 (2013) | – | 1 (2005) | 1 (2011) |
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1 (1997) | – | – | 1 (2003) |
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– | 1 (2019) | 3 (1995, 2015, 2017) | – |
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– | 1 (2015) | – | 1 (2005) |
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– | 1 (2003) | – | – |
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– | 1 (2007*) | – | – |
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– | 1 (2009*) | – | – |
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– | 1 (2011*) | – | – |
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– | – | 1 (2013) | 1 (2007) |
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– | – | 1 (2011) | – |
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– | – | 1 (2019) | – |
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– | – | – | 1 (1997) |
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– | – | – | 1 (2009) |
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– | – | – | 1 (2013*) |
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– | – | – | 1 (2017) |
- * = As hosts
Note: no fourth-place finish in 2001 due to Guinea's disqualification.
Participating nations
Team | ![]() 1995 |
![]() 1997 |
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![]() 2003 |
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![]() 2007 |
![]() 2009 |
![]() 2011 |
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![]() 2015 |
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![]() 2021 |
![]() 2023 |
Years |
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• | • | • | × | • | × | • | 2nd | • | • | × | • | • | q | 2 | |
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• | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 3rd | • | 4 | |
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GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | GS | • | • | • | • | 3 | |
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× | • | 2nd | 2nd | • | GS | GS | 3rd | 1st | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | |
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× | × | 4th | GS | 1st | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | GS | 1st | 7 | ||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | 3rd | GS | • | • | 2 | |||
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• | 1st | • | × | 4th | × | • | × | GS | × | • | • | × | × | q | 4 |
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× | × | × | • | • | • | GS | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 | |
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× | × | • | • | GS | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | 1 | |
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× | 4th | • | GS | GS | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | |
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× | × | • | × | • | × | GS | • | • | GS | • | GS | × | 3 | ||
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× | × | × | • | GS | 1st | • | 1st | GS | • | • | × | • | 4 | ||
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1st | 3rd | 1st | • | • | 2nd | 3rd | • | • | GS | 2nd | • | • | 7 | ||
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3rd | • | GS | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 7 | |||
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• | GS | • | × | • | 3rd | • | • | 4th | 1st | GS | • | • | q | 6 | |
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• | × | • | • | • | × | • | 4th | × | • | × | × | • | • | 1 | |
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4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | 1st | 1st | • | 8 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | 4th | • | • | GS | q | • | 3 |
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GS | × | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | 2 | |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | GS | 4th | • | • | 2 | ||
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2nd | • | GS | 1st | 3rd | GS | 1st | • | • | 2nd | 4th | • | 4th | q | 10 | |
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× | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | × | • | • | 1 | |
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× | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | GS | • | • | • | GS | 2 | ||
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× | × | × | GS | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | × | 1 | |
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• | • | × | • | 2nd | • | × | • | • | × | × | × | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | 4th | GS | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | q | 4 | |
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GS | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | × | 1 | |
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• | × | × | • | • | × | × | × | • | • | GS | GS | q | 3 | ||
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• | × | • | × | × | × | 2nd | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | 1 | |
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GS | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | GS | q | 2 | |
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× | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | q | 2 | ||
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• | GS | GS | • | • | GS | • | GS | × | × | × | × | • | • | 4 |
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- GS – Group stage
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Hosts
- × – Did not enter
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Withdrew before qualification
- — Withdrew after qualification
- — Disqualified after qualification
Men's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R2 – Round 2
- R1 – Round 1
- – Hosts
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team | ![]() 1985 | ![]() 1987 | ![]() 1989 | ![]() 1991 | ![]() 1993 | ![]() 1995 | ![]() 1997 | ![]() 1999 | ![]() 2001 | ![]() 2003 | ![]() 2005 | ![]() 2007 | ![]() 2009 | ![]() 2011 | ![]() 2013 | ![]() 2015 | ![]() 2017 | ![]() 2019 | ![]() 2021 | Total |
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![]() | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | R2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | R1 | 3rd | R2 | R1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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![]() | R1 | R1 | R2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | R1 | QF | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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![]() | R1 | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | R1 | 4th | QF | 9 | ||||||||||
![]() | 4th | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 3rd | R1 | R2 | QF | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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![]() | QF | R1 | QF | 2nd | 4th | 5 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | R2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 1st | 2nd | QF | 1st | QF | 2nd | R1 | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | R2 | 12 | |||||||
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![]() | R1 | R2 | R2 | 3 |
References
- "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.
- "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". Africa News. Africa News. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- Fourth place was declared vacant after Guinea were disqualified following the suspension of the Guinean FA by FIFA. (African U-17 Championship 2001)
- "Gabon new host for U17 Championship". SuperSport. 3 February 2017.
- "CAF Executive Committee decisions of 26 May 2015". CAF. 27 May 2015.
- "CAN 2019 : un dernier sursis pour le Cameroun ?" (in French). CamFoot. 29 September 2018.
- "Decisions of CAF Executive Commitee [sic] - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.
- "L'Algérie organisera l'édition 2023" (in French). LSA. 15 May 2021.
Notes
- Tournament originally set to be hosted by Madagascar, before being switched to Gabon.[4]