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{{short description|4th edition of U-17 AFCON}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = [[U-17 Africa Cup of Nations|African U-17 Championship]]
| year = 2001
| country = Seychelles
| dates = 17 February – 3 March
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 1
| venues = 2
| cities = 2
| champion_other = {{fbu|17|NGR}} 
| count = 1
| second_other = {{fbu|17|BFA}} 
| third_other = {{fbu|17|MLI}}
| fourth_other = ''Vacant''{{efn|Guinea was disqualified after FIFA suspended its national association on 2 March, the day of the final, due to government interference. The final was then delayed by a day (to 3 March), with Guinea's semi-final opponents, Burkina Faso, who originally lost the semi-final against Guinea, advanced to the final. The third-place match was scratched, and fourth place was declared vacant.<ref name="Guinea">{{cite web|date=19 March 2001|title=FIFA Media Advisory on the Suspension of the Guinean Football Association|url=http://www.fifa.com/Service/MR_M/23013_E.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010331185954/http://www.fifa.com/Service/MR_M/23013_E.html|archive-date=31 March 2001|website=[[FIFA]]|access-date=23 June 2002|location=[[Zürich]], Switzerland}}</ref>}}
| matches = 15
| goals = 51
| prevseason = [[1999 African U-17 Championship|1999]]
| nextseason = [[2003 African U-17 Championship|2003]]
}}

The '''2001 [[U-17 Africa Cup of Nations|African U-17 Championship]]''' was the 4th edition (9th if editions of the tournament without hosts are included) of the biennial youth [[association football]] tournament organized by the [[Confederation of African Football]] (CAF) for its nations, consisting of players under the age of 17. This edition took place in [[Seychelles]] from 17 February to 3 March, with the finalists and the winning semi-finalist qualifying for the [[2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship]].

[[Guinea]] were disqualified from competing in the final after FIFA suspended its national association a day earlier due to government interference, forcing the final to be postponed by a day and Guinea's semi-final opponents [[Burkina Faso]] competing the final in their place.<ref name="Guinea" />

==Qualification==
{{main|2001 African U-17 Championship qualification}}

===Qualified teams===
*{{fbu|17|BFA}}
*{{fbu|17|CMR}}
*{{fbu|17|ETH}}
*{{fbu|17|GUI}} 
*{{fbu|17|MLI}}
*{{flag|Mozambique}}
*{{fbu|17|NGR}}
*{{fbu|17|SEY}} (host nation)

==Group stage==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Legend
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|Advanced to semi-finals
|}

===Group A===

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!width=185|Team
!width=20|{{Tooltip| Pld| Played}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| W| Won}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| D| Drawn}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| L| Lost}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| GF| Goals for}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| GA| Goals against}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| GD| Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| Pts| Points}}
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|style="text-align:left"|'''{{fbu|17|BFA}}'''
|3||2||1||0||6||2||+4||'''7'''
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|style="text-align:left"|'''{{fbu|17|MLI}}'''
|3||2||0||1||10||2||+8||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=
|style="text-align:left"|{{fbu|17|CMR}}
|3||1||1||1||7||3||+4||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=
|style="text-align:left"|{{fbu|17|SEY}}
|3||0||0||3||1||17||−16||'''0'''
|}
<br>
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  | date       = 17 Feb 2001
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  | score      = 0 – 5
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}}
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  | date       = 20 Feb 2001
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  | score      = 1 – 2
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  | date       = 20 Feb 2001
  | time       =  
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  | score      = 4 – 1
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}}
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  | date       = 23 Feb 2001
  | time       =  
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  | score      = 1 – 1
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  | goals1     = 
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  | stadium    = [[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
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}}
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  | date       = 23 Feb 2001
  | time       =  
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  | score      = 0 – 8
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  | goals1     = 
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  | stadium    = [[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
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|}

===Group B===

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|-
|width="60%"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=185|Team
!width=20|{{Tooltip| Pld| Played}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| W| Won}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| D| Drawn}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| L| Lost}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| GF| Goals for}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| GA| Goals against}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| GD| Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| Pts| Points}}
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|style="text-align:left"|'''{{fbu|17|NGR}}'''
|3||2||1||0||9||3||+6||'''7'''
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|style="text-align:left"|'''{{fbu|17|GUI}}'''
|3||1||2||0||6||2||+4||'''5'''
|- bgcolor=
|style="text-align:left"|{{fbu|17|ETH}}
|3||1||1||1||3||5||-2||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|MOZ}}
|3||0||0||3||1||9||−8||'''0'''
|}
<br>
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  | date       = 18 Feb 2001
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  | score      = 2 – 2
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  | goals1     = 
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  | stadium    = [[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
  | attendance = 
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}}
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| date       = 18 Feb 2001
| team1      = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}
| score      = 1 – 2 
| team2      = {{fbu|17|ETH}} 
| stadium    = [[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
}}
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| date       = 21 Feb 2001  
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|GUI}}
| score      = 4 – 0
| team2      = {{flag|Mozambique}}
| stadium    = [[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
}}
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  | date       = 21 Feb 2001
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  | score      = 1 – 4
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  | stadium    = [[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
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}}
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{{football box
  | date       = 24 Feb 2001
  | time       =  
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  | score      = 0 – 0
  | report     = 
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  | goals1     = 
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  | stadium    = [[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
  | attendance = 
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}}
----
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  | date       = 24 Feb 2001
  | time       =  
  | team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|NGR}}
  | score      = 3 – 0
  | report     = 
  | team2      = {{flag|Mozambique}}
  | goals1     = 
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  | stadium    = [[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
  | attendance = 
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}}
|}

==Knock-out stage==
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|Feb 27 - [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]|'''{{fbu|17|BFA}}'''|'''1'''|{{fbu|17|GUI}}<ref name="Guinea" />|2
|Feb 27 - [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]|'''{{fbu|17|NGR}}'''|'''1 (4)'''|{{fbu|17|MLI}}|1 (3)
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||'''{{fbu|17|MLI}}'''|-|<small>Walkover{{efn|Guinea was disqualified after FIFA suspended its national association on 2 March, the day of the final, due to government interference. The final was delayed by a day (3 March), with Guinea's semi-final opponents, Burkina Faso, advanced to the final. The third-place match was scratched, and fourth place was declared vacant.<ref name="Guinea" />}}</small>}}

===Semi-finals===
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{{Football box
|date = 27 Feb 2001
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|NGR}}
|score = 1–1
|aet=yes
|team2 ={{fbu|17|MLI}}
|stadium = [[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
|penaltyscore=4–3}}

===Third place match===

Following Guinea's disqualification,<ref name="Guinea" /> this match was scratched and [[Mali national under-17 football team|Mali]] were awarded third place, with fourth place being declared vacant. The final was played a day later on 3 March, with Guinea's semi-final opponents Burkina Faso contesting the final against Nigeria.

===Final===
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|date = 3 March 2001 (originally 2 March)
|time =
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|score = 3–0
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}}

==Winners==
{{winners-other|2001 CAF Under-17 Championship|NGR|[[Nigeria national under-17 football team|Nigeria]]|First/Inaugural}}

==African participants at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship==
The teams below qualified for the [[2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship]].
*{{fbu|17|NGR}}
*{{fbu|17|BFA}}
*{{fbu|17|MLI}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afr-u17-01.html 2001 edition summary] via [[RSSSF]]

{{U-17 Africa Cup of Nations}}

[[Category:U-17 Africa Cup of Nations]]
[[Category:International association football competitions hosted by Seychelles]]
[[Category:2001 in African football]]
[[Category:2001 in youth association football]]