2021 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesAlgeria (North Zone)
Senegal (West A Zone)
Togo (West B Zone)
Rwanda (Central-East Zone)
South Africa (South Zone)
Dates22 November 2020 – 13 February 2021
Teams33 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored141 (3.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)Senegal Ibou Sané
Uganda Oscar Mawa (6 goals each)
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The 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-17 football competition which decided the teams that would have participated in the 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. Players born 1 January 2004 or later were eligible to participate in the competition. A total of twelve teams qualified and would have played in the final tournament, including Morocco who qualified automatically as hosts.[1]

Teams

This will be the first edition in Africa U-17 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight. Each of the six zones received two spots in the final tournament.[2]

Zone Spots Teams entering qualification Did not enter
North Zone
(UNAF) 		1 spot
+ hosts
West A Zone
(WAFU-UFOA A) 		2 spots
West B Zone
(WAFU-UFOA B) 		2 spots
Central Zone
(UNIFFAC) 		2 spots
Central-East Zone
(CECAFA) 		2 spots
South Zone
(COSAFA) 		2 spots
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualifying tournament hosts
  • (Q): Automatically qualified for final tournament regardless of qualification results
  • (D): Disqualified

Schedule

The qualifying competition is split into regional competitions, with the teams entering the qualifying tournament of their zone. [7] The final arrangements of the zonal qualifiers were decided later due to the delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] The schedule of each qualifying zone is as follows.

Zone Group stage Knockout stage
South Zone 22–26 November 2020 29 November 2020
Originally set to be played between 22 July–1 August 2020 in Malawi
Central-East Zone 13–18 December 2020 20–22 December 2020
Originally set to be played at the beginning of July
West B Zone 8–12 January 2021 15–18 January 2021
Originally set to be played between 15–30 June 2020 in Benin
North Zone 18–24 January 2021 —
Originally set to be played between 15–24 July 2020
Central Zone 14–19 July 2020 (postponed, originally in Cameroon) 21–23 July 2020 (postponed, originally in Cameroon)
West A Zone 8–15 August 2020 (postponed, originally in Sierra Leone) 19–22 August 2020 (postponed, originally in Sierra Leone)

North Zone

Main article: 2021 UNAF U-17 Tournament

The UNAF U-17 Tournament, which also served as the qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations was initially planned to be hosted by Algeria between 15–24 July 2020. However, it could not be held in the scheduled time span because of the COVID-19 pandemic and was later scheduled and held between 18–24 January 2021.[9] The matches were played at Algiers (Stade du 5 Juillet). The draw for the fixtures was held on 30 December 2020.[10] The three teams were placed in one group, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament. Morocco didn't participate in the qualifiers as they had already qualified as the hosts of the final tournament. All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (H) 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
2 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
3 File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya 2 0 0 2 3 5 −2 0
Source: UNAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(H) Hosts
Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg3–2File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El-Din (Egypt)

West A Zone

The 2021 WAFU Zone A Tournament which serves as the qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations was initially planned to be hosted from 11–20 December 2020 in Sierra Leone, but was postponed.[11] The tournament was later shifted and held in Senegal between 5–13 February 2021.[12]

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal (H) 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 3 Semi-finals
2 File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0
3 File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified[lower-alpha 1]
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(D) Disqualified; (H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ Gambia were disqualified from the qualifiers after some players failed to pass the MRI test. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[3]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 3 Semi-finals
2 File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 0
3 File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified[lower-alpha 1]
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. ↑ Sierra Leone were disqualified from the qualifiers after some players failed to pass the MRI test. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[3]

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, a penalty shoot-out without extra time was used to determine the winners.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 February– Stade Lat-Dior
 
 
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal4
 
13 February – Stade Lat-Dior
 
File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau0
 
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal2
 
11 February –Stade Lat-Dior
 
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali0
 
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali5
 
 
File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania1
 

Semifinals

Final

West B Zone

The 2021 WAFU Zone B Tournament which serves as a qualifier tournament for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations was initially planned to be hosted by Benin from 15–30 June 2020, but was later shifted and held in Togo between 5–18 January 2021. The matches were played at Lomé (Stade de Kégué and Stade Municipal).[13][14] 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 File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 4 Semi-finals
2 File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4
3 File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0
4 File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo (H, D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified[lower-alpha 1]
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(D) Disqualified; (H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ Togo were disqualified from the qualifiers after two of their players failed to pass the MRI test. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[4]
Niger File:Flag of Niger.svg0–0File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso
Report
Referee: Patrick Tanguy Vlei (Ivory Coast)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Semi-finals
2 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
3 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, a penalty shoot-out without extra time was used to determine the winners.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 January – Stade de Kégué
 
 
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso0
 
18 January – Stade de Kégué
 
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria1
 
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria2
 
15 January – Stade de Kégué
 
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast3
 
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast1
 
 
File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger0
 
Third place
 
 
18 January – Stade de Kégué
 
 
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso1(10)
 
 
File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger1 (9)

Semifinals

Third Place match

Final

Central Zone

The 2021 UNIFFAC U17 Tournament which would have served as a qualifier tournament for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations was initially planned to be held in Cameroon on 2020, and then in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea in February 2021. In February 2021, this tournament was finally cancelled by CAF due to the absence of a host country and the absence of an MRI machine in most of the countries of this zone. For the 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, CAF decided to qualify Cameroon and Congo, the two finalists of the last edition of the zonal qualifiers of UNIFFAC in 2018.[15]

Central-East Zone

Main article: 2020 CECAFA U-17 Championship

The CECAFA qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations were initially planned to be hosted at the beginning of July 2020 but were then later shifted to 13–22 December 2020. Nine teams were drawn into three groups of three teams during the draw made in October.[16] However, two teams, namely Eritrea and Sudan withdrew before the start of the tournament and the seven remaining teams were then redrawn into new groups.[17] The matches were played at Gisenyi (Umuganda Stadium).[18] All times are local, CAT (UTC+2).

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 File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6 Semi-finals
2 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
3 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2 0 1 1 2 7 −5 1
4 File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified[lower-alpha 1]
Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. ↑ South Sudan were disqualified from the qualifiers after four of their players failed to pass the MRI test.[5]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Semi-finals
2 File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda (H) 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Rwanda File:Flag of Rwanda.svg0–0File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti
Report
Referee: Tewodros Mitiku (Ethiopia)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, a penalty shoot-out without extra time was used to determine the winners.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 December – Umuganda Stadium
 
 
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda1
 
22 December – Umuganda Stadium
 
File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti0
 
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda3
 
20 December – Umuganda Stadium
 
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania1
 
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania1 (4)
 
 
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
22 December – Umuganda Stadium
 
 
File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti2
 
 
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia5

Semifinals

Third Place match

Final

South Zone

Main article: 2020 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

The COSAFA U-17 Championship was initially planned to be hosted by Malawi between 22 July–1 August 2020 with the matches planned to be played at Blantyre, as the region's qualifying tournament.[19] Malawi, however, were not able to host the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20] The hosting rights were later awarded to South Africa with the matches being played at Nelson Mandela Bay (Gelvandale Stadium and Westbourne Oval Stadium).[21] All times are local, SAST (UTC+2).[22]

Group stage

Eight teams were drawn into two groups during the draw. South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini were drawn into Group A and Zambia, Botswana, Malawi and Comoros were drawn into Group B.[23] However, on 20 November after the first set of matches were already played on 19 November, 4 teams namely – Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini and Zimbabwe were disqualified from the tournament for having at least one of their players fail the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test.[24] The tournament was later restarted on 22 November 2020 as a four-team tournament and was played on a round-robin basis. The matches which had been played were then later regarded as warm-up games with no bearing to the new tournament format.[6]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
2 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (H) 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola 3 1 0 2 9 5 +4 3
4 File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 3 0 1 2 5 15 −10 1
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Third place match

Final

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Zone Qualified on Previous appearances in Africa U-17 Cup of Nations1
only final tournament era (since 1995)
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (hosts) North Zone 28 September 2018[1] 2 (2013, 2019)
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria North Zone 24 January 2021 1 (2009)
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal West A Zone 11 February 2021 2 (2011, 2019)
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali West A Zone 11 February 2021 8 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2017)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria West B Zone 15 January 2021 9 (1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019)
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast West B Zone 15 January 2021 5 (1997, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015)
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon Central Zone 20 February 2021 7 (1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019)
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo Central Zone 20 February 2021 2 (2011, 2013)
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Central-East Zone 20 December 2020 1 (2019)
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Central-East Zone 20 December 2020 2 (2017, 2019)
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia South Zone 24 November 2020 1 (2015)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa South Zone 26 November 2020 3 (2005, 2007, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 141 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.36 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gambia & Sierra Leone were disqualified from the qualifiers after some of their players failed to pass the MRI test.[3]
  2. ↑ Togo were disqualified from the qualifiers after two of their players failed to pass the MRI test.[4]
  3. ↑ South Sudan were disqualified from the qualifiers after four of their players failed to pass the MRI test.[5]
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini and Zimbabwe initially entered in the qualifiers, but were later disqualified after at least 1 of their players failed the MRI test. The tournament was then later restarted with the remaining 4 teams and the games previously played were regarded as warm-ups.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Decisions of CAF Executive Commitee [sic] - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final". CAFOnline.com. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Tournoi UFOA U17 : La Sierra Leone et la Gambie disqualifiées". 13football. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "WAFU-B U-17 tournament: Togo disqualified". CAF. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sang, Kiplagat (13 December 2020). "Banned South Sudan did not know players were over age". Goal.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Four teams disqualified from COSAFA zonal qualifier". 20 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "CAF Newsletter" (PDF). CAF. 5 April 2020. p. 3.
  8. ↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting – 30 June 2020". CAF. 30 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "CAN-2021 (U17) : L'Algérie organisera le tournoi qualificatif l'été prochain" (in français). footalgerien.com. 24 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "UNAF U17 : le tirage au sort effectué" (in français). CAF. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "WAFU 'A' U-17 qualifiers postponed". cafonline.com. 14 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "WAFU 'A' U-17 qualifiers". fr.cafonline.com (in français). 3 February 2021.
  13. ↑ Eludini, Tunde (3 January 2021). "Golden Eaglets depart Lagos for Togo". Premium Times. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  14. ↑ Lantheaume, Romain (5 January 2021). "Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria… Coup d'envoi des qualifications en Zone UFOA B". Afrik-Foot. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "Cameroon and Congo qualify without playing". 20 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  16. ↑ "CECAFA U-20 and U-17 AFCON qualifiers draw done". CAF. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  17. ↑ Furaha, Jacques (8 December 2020). "Seven Teams To Compete After Burundi, Sudan And Eritrea Withdrawals". KT Press. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  18. ↑ Sikubwabo, Damas (7 December 2020). "Rwanda drawn in Group B with Tanzania, Djibouti". The New Times. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  19. ↑ "Malawi to host 2020 COSAFA U-17 championship". Malawi24. 25 January 2020.
  20. ↑ Chilapondwa, Andrew (7 August 2020). "Mauritius to host COSAFA Under-17 Championship". Malawi24.
  21. ↑ "Draw looms for COSAFA Men's Under-17 and Under-20 zonal qualifiers". 28 October 2020.
  22. ↑ "2020 COSAFA UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES". COSAFA.
  23. ↑ "Tasty draws for COSAFA Men's Under-17 and Under-20 Championships". COSAFA. 2 November 2020.
  24. ↑ "South Africa start with win, Zimbabwe and Angola draw". 19 November 2020.
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