2021 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations

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The 2021 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, known for sponsorship purposes as the 2021 Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, was planned to be the 14th edition (19th if editions of the tournament without hosts are included) of the biennial African youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below. Cameroon would have been the defending champions.

Host countryMorocco
DatesCancelled
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
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2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
  • كأس الأمم الأفريقية تحت 17 سنة 2021
  • Coupe d'Afrique des Nations U-17 2021
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
DatesCancelled
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
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CAF announced Morocco as hosts of this edition in September 2018.[1] This would have been the first edition of the tournament to feature 12 teams in the group stages instead of 8 from previous editions.[2] The semi-finalists would have normally qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru as the CAF representatives. However, FIFA decided on 24 December 2020 to cancel that tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

This edition of the tournament was originally scheduled to take place between 13 and 31 March 2021. However, CAF announced on 8 March 2021 that the tournament had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic both in Morocco and in Africa at large.[4] Zambia offered to host the tournament at a later date to be agreed upon with CAF[5][6] which never materialized.

Qualification

Main article: 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification

On 20 July 2017, CAF decided that the qualification format should be changed and split according to zones.[7]

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 2004 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1995.

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Team Zone Appearance Previous best performance
 Morocco (hosts)North Zone3rdFourth place (2013)
 AlgeriaNorth Zone2ndRunners-up (2009)
 SenegalWest A Zone3rdGroup stage (2011, 2019)
 MaliWest A Zone9thChampions (2015, (2017)
 NigeriaWest B Zone10thChampions (2001, 2007)
 Ivory CoastWest B Zone6thChampions (2013)
 TanzaniaCentral-East Zone3rdGroup stage (2017, 2019)
 UgandaCentral-East Zone2ndGroup stage (2019)
 CameroonCentral Zone8thChampions (2003, 2019)
 CongoCentral Zone3rdThird place (2011)
 South AfricaSouth Zone4thRunners-up (2015)
 ZambiaSouth Zone2ndGroup stage (2015)
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Draw

The draw of the group stage was held on 24 February 2021, 13:00 WAT (UTC+1).[8] The 12 qualified teams were drawn into 3 groups of 4 teams.

More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
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Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals along with the two best 3rd placed teams.

Tiebreakers:

Teams are ranked according to the three points for a win system (3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 or none for a loss) and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 71):"U-17 AFCON Regulations" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are in WAT (UTC+1).[9]

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Morocco (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Morocco, Cancelled ...
 MoroccoCancelled Uganda
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More information Zambia, Cancelled ...
 ZambiaCancelled Ivory Coast
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More information Uganda, Cancelled ...
 UgandaCancelled Zambia
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More information Morocco, Cancelled ...
 MoroccoCancelled Ivory Coast
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More information Morocco, Cancelled ...
 MoroccoCancelled Zambia
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More information Ivory Coast, Cancelled ...
 Ivory CoastCancelled Uganda
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Tanzania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
More information Nigeria, Cancelled ...
 NigeriaCancelled Tanzania
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More information Congo, Cancelled ...
 CongoCancelled Algeria
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More information Tanzania, Cancelled ...
 TanzaniaCancelled Algeria
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More information Congo, Cancelled ...
 CongoCancelled Nigeria
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More information Algeria, Cancelled ...
 AlgeriaCancelled Nigeria
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More information Tanzania, Cancelled ...
 TanzaniaCancelled Congo
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
More information Cameroon, Cancelled ...
 CameroonCancelled Senegal
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More information South Africa, Cancelled ...
 South AfricaCancelled Mali
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More information Senegal, Cancelled ...
 SenegalCancelled Mali
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More information South Africa, Cancelled ...
 South AfricaCancelled Cameroon
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More information Cameroon, Cancelled ...
 CameroonCancelled Mali
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More information Senegal, Cancelled ...
 SenegalCancelled South Africa
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Ranking of third-placed teams

More information Pos, Grp ...
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 C  Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 B  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A  Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 March 2021 – Mohammedia
 
 
A1
 
28 March 2021 – Mohammedia
 
C3/B3
 
Winner QF 1
 
24 March 2021 – Rabat
 
Winner QF 4
 
B1
 
31 March 2021 – Mohammedia
 
A2
 
Winner SF 1
 
25 March 2021 – Rabat
 
Winner SF 2
 
B2
 
28 March 2021 – Casablanca
 
C2
 
Winner QF 2
 
25 March 2021 – Casablanca
 
Winner QF 3Third place
 
C1
 
30 Match 2021 – Casablanca
 
A3/B3
 
Loser SF 1
 
 
Loser SF 2
 

Quarter-finals

More information A1, Cancelled ...
A1CancelledC3/B3
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B1CancelledA2
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B2CancelledC2
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C1CancelledA3/B3
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Semi-finals

More information Winner QF 1, Cancelled ...
Winner QF 1CancelledWinner QF 4
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More information Winner QF 2, Cancelled ...
Winner QF 2CancelledWinner QF 3
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Third place

More information Loser SF 1, Cancelled ...
Loser SF 1CancelledLoser SF 2
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Final

More information Winner SF 1, Cancelled ...
Winner SF 1CancelledWinner SF 2
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Broadcasting

Final standings

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

More information Pos., Team ...
Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
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2
3
4
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5
6
7
8
Eliminated in group stage
9
10
11
12
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