The 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total U-17 Africa Cup Of Nations, Gabon 2017, was the 12th edition of the

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(17th edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth

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tournament organized by the

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(CAF) for players aged 17 and below. The top four teams qualified for the

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Host selection

The tournament was originally set to take place in

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between 2–16 April 2017. However, the CAF Executive Committee decided on 12 January 2017 to withdraw the hosting rights from Madagascar following the reports of the CAF inspection teams. On 3 February 2017,

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were selected as the new hosts, and the tournament will now be played from 14 to 28 May 2017 (originally from 21 May to 4 June 2017).

Qualification

The qualifiers were played between June and October 2016. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Gabon.

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 2000 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams

Gabon replaced Madagascar due to their selection as the new hosts. Moreover, Tanzania replaced Congo due to a Congolese player failing to turn up for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging test. Mali were cleared to compete after their suspension was lifted by FIFA on 28 April 2017. ''Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1995.''

Venues

The two venues were confirmed in March 2017. Original venues of Madagascar before hosts were withdrawn.

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 October 2016, 11:00 local time (

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) at the

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Headquarters in

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. The teams were seeded based on the results of the last edition (

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and qualifiers).

Squads

Each squad can contain a maximum of 21 players.

Match officials

A total of 14 referees and 15 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the

. ;Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to

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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: #Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned; #

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in games between the teams concerned; #Goals scored in games between the teams concerned; #If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply; #Goal difference in all games; #Goals scored in all games; #Drawing of lots. All times are local,

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time,

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are used to determine the winner (no

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shall be played).

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

;6 goals *

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;4 goals * Eric Ayiah ;3 goals *

Hadji Dramé Hadji Dramé (born 10 September 2000) is a Malian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Winger, winger or Forward (association football), forward for Macedonian First League club FC AP Brera Strumica, AP B ...

;2 goals * Melo *

Stéphane Zobo Stéphane Thierry Zobo (born 2 August 2000) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Championnat National 3 club Lyon-La Duchère. Club career Zobo made his professional debut for Toulouse in a 1–0 Coupe d ...

* Ibrahim Sulley * Emmanuel Toku * Elhadj Bah *

Lassana N'Diaye Lassana N'Diaye (born 3 October 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatari Second Division club Mesaimeer. Club career Born in Bamako, after playing for Guidars, N'Diaye turned professional with Russian club C ...

Ibrahim Marou Ibrahim Boubacar Marou (born 1 January 2000) is a Nigerien professional footballer who plays as a forward for Niger Premier League The Super Ligue, formerly known as Ligue 1, is the top division of football in Niger. There are 14 teams competin ...

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;1 goal * Gelson * Tombé * Fahd Moubeti * Patmos Arhin *

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* Mohamed Camara * Semé Camara * Ibrahim Kané * Mamadou Samaké * Sofiane Habibou * Kelvin Naftal * Abdul Suleiman

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from CAF qualified for the

. :

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

References

External links

Total U-17 Africa Cup Of Nations, Gabon 2017
CAFonline.com {{FIFA U-17 World Championship U-17 Cup of Nations

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