U-17 Africa Cup

This article describes the men's U-17 African Cup of Nations ; on the women's competition, see U-17 women's African championship .

U-17 Africa Cup
Association	CAF
First edition	1995
Teams	8th
Game mode	Round tournament (2 groups of 4 teams each) Knockout system (from semi-finals)
Title holder	Mali (1st title)
Record winner	Ghana Gambia Nigeria (2 wins each)
Website	www.cafonline.com
Qualification for	U-17 soccer world championship

The U-17 Football Africa Cup ( African U-17 Championship ) or Junior Africa Cup is a football tournament between the best teams in Africa for male football players under the age of 17. It takes place every two years and also serves as a qualifying tournament for the U-17 soccer world championship, with the best four teams qualifying for the World Cup.

Until 1993, the tournament served exclusively as a qualification for the U-16/17 World Cup and was played in the knockout system with a return game. A tournament winner was not determined. Since 1991, a qualifying round has been followed by a tournament of the eight best teams for the title of African U-17 Champion in a selected country.

The tournaments at a glance

Only World Cup qualification (U-16s until 1989), no tournament winner was played.
year	Qualified teams
1985 details	Nigeria	Guinea	VR Congo
1987 details	Egypt	Nigeria	Ivory Coast
1989 details	Guinea	Nigeria	Ghana
1991 details	Republic of the Congo	Sudan	Ghana
1993 details	Nigeria	Ghana	Tunisia

U-17 Africa Cup
year	host	final			Game for third place
		winner	Result	2nd place	3rd place	Result	4th Place
1995 details	Mali	Ghana	3: 1 a.d.	Nigeria	Guinea	2: 1 a.d.	Mali
1997 details	Botswana	Egypt	1-0	Mali	Ghana	1-0	Ethiopia
1999 details	Guinea	Ghana	3: 1	Burkina Faso	Mali	1-0	Cameroon
2001 details	Seychelles	Nigeria	3-0	Burkina Faso	Mali
2003 details	Swaziland	Cameroon	1: 0 a.d.	Sierra Leone	Nigeria	3: 1	Egypt
2005 details	Gambia	Gambia	1-0	Ghana	Ivory Coast	1-0	South Africa
2007 details	Togo	Nigeria	1: 0 a.d.	Togo	Ghana	1-0	Tunisia
2009 details	Algeria	Gambia	3: 1	Algeria	Burkina Faso	2-0	Malawi
2011 details	Rwanda	Burkina Faso	2: 1	Rwanda	Republic of the Congo	2: 1	Ivory Coast
2013 details	Morocco	Ivory Coast	1: 1 5: 4 n.e.	Nigeria	Tunisia	1: 1 11:10 n E..	Morocco
2015 details	Niger	Mali	2-0	South Africa	Guinea	3: 1	Nigeria
2017 details	Gabon	Mali	1-0	Ghana	Guinea	3: 1	Niger
2019 details	Tanzania
2021 details	Morocco
↑ Due to the disqualification of Guinea , rescheduling of the final and no game for 3rd place. Mali automatically moved to third place.

Ranking list of winners

rank	country	title	Year (s)
1	Ghana	2	1995, 1999
	Gambia		2005, 2009
	Nigeria		2001, 2007
	Mali		2015, 2017
2	Burkina Faso	1	2011
	Cameroon		2003
	Egypt		1997
	Ivory Coast		2013

Web links

• Tournament details on rsssf.com (English)