2017 African Under-20 Football Championship / qualification

The qualification for the U-20 African Cup of Nations 2017 was held to determine the seven finalists alongside hosts Zambia . The games took place between April 1 and July 24, 2016.

mode

The registered teams determined the seven final round participants in three qualifying rounds in the knockout system with home and return legs. In the event of a tie, the away goal rule decided on progress. If there was also a tie, a penalty shoot- out was carried out without extra time .

Preliminary round

The first legs were played on April 1, 2 and 3, the second legs on April 22, 23 and 24, 2016.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Tunisia	4: 1	Niger	3-0	1: 1
Ethiopia	4: 1	Somalia	2: 1	2-0
Sierra Leone	0: 4	Gambia	0: 2	0: 2
Liberia	1: 3	Guinea	0: 2	1: 1
Algeria	2: 3	Mauritania	2: 1	0: 2
Sudan	-: -	Kenya	1: 1	-: -
Burkina Faso	-: -	Democratic Republic of Congo	-: -	-: -
Rwanda	-: -	Uganda	1: 1	1: 2
Angola	-: -	Chad	-: -	-: -
Mozambique	(a) 2: 2(a)	Republic of the Congo	1-0	1: 2
Swaziland	2: 4	Namibia	2: 2	0: 2
Zimbabwe	2: 1	Botswana	0: 1	2-0

• Democratic Republic of the Congo and Chad did not play, Kenya did not play for the second leg. Uganda was subsequently disqualified.

First round

The first legs were played on May 20, 21 and 22, the second legs on June 10, 11, 12 and 13, 2016.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Tunisia	1: 4	Senegal	1: 2	0: 2
Ethiopia	2: 5	Ghana	2: 1	0: 4
Gambia	1: 1 7: 6 i. E.	Morocco	1-0	0: 1
Ivory Coast	(a)2: 2 (a)	Guinea	1: 2	1-0
Burkina Faso	(a)3: 3 (a)	Republic of the Congo	2: 2	1: 1
Mauritania	1: 7	Mali	0: 3	1: 4
Sudan	-: -	Malawi	-: -	-: -
Burundi	1: 3	Nigeria	0: 1	1: 2
Rwanda	1: 1 2: 3 i. E.	Egypt	0: 1	1-0
Angola	3: 1	Gabon	3-0	0: 1
Mozambique	1: 2	Lesotho	1: 1	0: 1
Namibia	0: 2	South Africa	0-0	0: 2
Zimbabwe	0: 3	Cameroon	0-0	0: 3
Libya	-: -	Benin	-: -	-: -

• Malawi and Benin did not run.

Second round

The first legs were played on July 8, 9 and 10, the second legs on July 22, 23 and 24, 2016.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Senegal	3: 2	Ghana	3: 1	0: 1
Gambia	1: 2	Guinea	0-0	1: 2
Burkina Faso	0: 2	Mali	0-0	0: 2
Sudan	(a) 5: 5(a)	Nigeria	1: 2	4: 3
Egypt	5-0	Angola	1-0	4-0
Lesotho	0: 5	South Africa	0: 2	0: 3
Cameroon	3: 1	Libya	3-0	0: 1

Result

The following teams including the host qualified for the final round:

Egypt  Cameroon  Guinea  Mali

Zambia  Senegal  Sudan  South Africa

Web links

• African U-20 Championship 2017 (English)