2017 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations

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2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
File:2017 CAF U–20 Africa Cup of Nations.png
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Dates26 February – 12 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Third placeFile:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Fourth placeFile:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored50 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Africa Luther Singh
Zambia Edward Chilufya
Zambia Patson Daka
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Zambia Patson Daka
Fair play awardFile:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
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The 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total U-20 Africa Cup Of Nations, Zambia 2017,[1] was the 14th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (21st edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. The tournament was set to take place in Zambia between 26 February – 12 March 2017.[2] The top four teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Qualification

Main article: 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

The qualifiers were played between 1 April and 24 July 2016. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Zambia.

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 1997 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Defending champions Nigeria failed to qualify. Congo and Ghana also failed to qualify, thus the winners of five of the last six tournaments failed to qualify for this tournament. Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1991.[3]

Team Appearance Previous best appearance
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 9th Champions (1995)
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 11th Champions (1991, 2003, 2013)
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 3rd Group stage (1995, 1999)
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 11th Third place (2003)
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 4th Runners-up (2015)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 7th Runners-up (1997)
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 2nd Group stage (1997)
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (hosts) 7th Fourth place (1991, 1999, 2007)

Venues

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Lusaka
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Location of venues in Zambia
 Ndola
National Heroes Stadium Levy Mwanawasa Stadium
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 50,000
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Match officials

A total of 12 referees and 14 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.[4][5]

Referees
Assistant referees

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 October 2016, 11:00 local time (UTC+2) at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.[6][7][8] The teams were seeded based on the results of the last edition (final tournament and qualifiers).[9]

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Squads

Further information: 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations squads

Each squad can contain a maximum of 21 players.[10]

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (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:[10]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (H) 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2 File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg1–0File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Daka File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Report
Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg0–0File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
Report
Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg1–1File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Touré File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Report Mostafa Mohamed File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'
Mali File:Flag of Mali.svg1–6File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Danté File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Report F. Sakala File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', 65'
E. Banda File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'
Mwepu File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'
Chilufya File:Soccerball shade.svg 49', 53'
Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg3–1File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Daka File:Soccerball shade.svg 48', 90'
F. Sakala File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'		 Report Nedved File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'
Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg3–2File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
M. Sylla File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' (pen.), 59'
M. Aly Camara File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'		 Report Koïta File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'
M. Diakité File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' (pen.)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 6
3 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4 File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg1–1File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
Niane File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' Report Mutwakil File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' (pen.)
Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg1–3File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Ayuk File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Report Singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 16', 26' (pen.), 57'
Sudan File:Flag of Sudan.svg1–4File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Walaa Eldin File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Report Ketu File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'
Ayuk File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'
Gouet File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'
Mbaizo File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg3–4File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Jordan File:Soccerball shade.svg 1'
Malepe File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'
Singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'		 Report Ndiaye File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'
Diagne File:Soccerball shade.svg 53', 60'
Diatta File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'
Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg2–0File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Niane File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'
Diatta File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'		 Report
Sudan File:Flag of Sudan.svg1–3File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Al-Nasan File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Report Mahlambi File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'
Margeman File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'
Mbatha File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time will be played.[10]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 March – Lusaka
 
 
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (a.e.t.)1
 
12 March – Lusaka
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa0
 
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia2
 
9 March – Ndola
 
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal0
 
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal1
 
 
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea0
 
Third place
 
 
12 March – Lusaka
 
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa1
 
 
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea2

Semi-finals

Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg1–0 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Chilufya File:Soccerball shade.svg 109' Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg1–0File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Badji File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Report

Third place match

South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg1–2File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Jordan File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Report Mohamme File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' (o.g.)
Bangoura File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (pen.)
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Final

Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg2–0File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Daka File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'
Chilufya File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'		 Report
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Awards

Winners

 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations winners 
File:Flag of Zambia.svg
Zambia
First title

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[11]

Total Man of the Competition
Top scorer
Fair Play Award

CAF Best XI

  • Goalkeeper: Mangani Banda (Zambia)
  • Defenders: Ousseynou Diagne (Senegal), Mamadou Mbaye (Senegal), Solomon Sakala (Zambia)
  • Midfielders: Krepin Diatta (Senegal), Ibrahima Niane (Senegal), Sylla Morlaye (Guinea), Edward Chilufya (Zambia), Fashion Sakala (Zambia)
  • Forwards: Luther Singh (South Africa), Patson Daka (Zambia)
  • Substitutes: Lamine Sarr (Senegal), Prosper Chiluya (Zambia), Enock Mwepu (Zambia), Grant Margeman (South Africa), Liam Jordan (South Africa), Yamodou Toure (Guinea), Mohamed Aly Camara (Guinea)

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[12]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 1 March 2017 2 (1999, 2007)
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 5 March 2017 1 (2015)
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 4 March 2017 1 (1979)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 5 March 2017 2 (1997, 2009)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Fixtures of U-17 & U-20 AFCON qualifiers released". Cafonline.com. 11 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Total U-20 AFCON: History of the competition". CAF. 23 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Match officials for Total U-20 AFCON Zambia 2017 unveiled". CAF. 14 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "SELECTED MATCH OFFICIALS FOR THE TOTAL U-20 AFCON ZAMBIA 2017". CAF.
  6. ↑ "Media accreditation for draw of u-17 & u-20 AFCON final tournaments". CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Draw Procedure: TOTAL U-17 AFCON & TOTAL U-20 AFCON". CAF. 23 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Results of draw: Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ZAMBIA 2017". CAF. 24 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Procedures of the draw of the 20th Edition TOTAL U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Zambia 2017" (PDF). CAF.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Regulations of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Awards and Statistics". cafonline.com. CAF. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Senegal and South Africa complete Korea Republic 2017 line-up". FIFA.com. 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on March 2, 2017.

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