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{{short description|Cancelled 14th edition of U-17 AFCON}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
| year           = 2021
| other_titles   = {{ubl|كأس الأمم الأفريقية تحت 17 سنة 2021 |Coupe d'Afrique des Nations U-17 2021}}
| image          = 2021 U-17 AFCON.png
| country        = Morocco
| dates          = Cancelled
| num_teams      = 12
| confederations = 1
| prevseason     = [[2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations|2019]]
| nextseason     = [[2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations|2023]]
}}

The '''2021 [[U-17 Africa Cup of Nations]]''', known for [[sponsor (commercial)|sponsorship]] purposes as the '''2021 [[TotalEnergies|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 [[association football|football]] tournament organized by the [[Confederation of African Football]] (CAF) for players aged 17 and below. [[Cameroon national under-17 football team|Cameroon]] would have been the defending champions.

CAF announced [[Morocco]] as hosts of this edition in September 2018.<ref name="hosts">{{cite web|date=29 September 2018|title=Decisions of CAF Executive {{as written|Comm|itee [sic]}} - 27 & 28 September 2018|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/decisions-of-caf-executive-{{sic|com|mitee|hide=y}}-27-28-september-2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207205305/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/decisions-of-caf-executive-{{sic|com|mitee|hide=y}}-27-28-september-2018|archive-date=7 February 2023|website=[[Confederation of African Football|CAFOnline.com]]|access-date=23 September 2022|quote=Total U-17 AFCON 2021 : Morocco}}</ref> This would have been the first edition of the tournament to feature 12 teams in the group stages instead of 8 from previous editions.<ref>{{cite web|date=21 November 2019|title=CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/la-caf-a-tenu-ce-jour-au-caire-la-seconde-reunion-statutaire-de-son-comite-execu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122040616/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/la-caf-a-tenu-ce-jour-au-caire-la-seconde-reunion-statutaire-de-son-comite-execu|archive-date=22 November 2019|website=[[Confederation of African Football|CAFOnline.com]]|access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 December 2020|title=Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/update-on-fifa-women-s-world-cuptm-and-men-s-youth-competitions|website=[[FIFA]]|access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref>

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 [[COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco|in Morocco]] and [[COVID-19 pandemic in Africa|in Africa at large]].<ref>{{cite web|date=8 March 2021|title=2021 Total U17 Africa Cup of Nations cancelled|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/2021-total-u17-africa-cup-of-nations-cancelled|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309060236/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/2021-total-u17-africa-cup-of-nations-cancelled|archive-date=9 March 2021|website=[[Confederation of African Football|CAFOnline.com]]|access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref> [[Football Association of Zambia|Zambia]] offered to host the tournament at a later date to be agreed upon with CAF<ref>{{cite web|date=11 March 2021|title=Zambia offers to host cancelled 2021 U17 Africa Cup tournament|url=https://zambianfootball.co.zm/zambia-offers-itself-as-u-17-afcon-host|website=ZamFoot|access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=11 March 2021|title=Zambia ready to host U-17 AFCON|url=https://www.faz.co.zm/2021/03/11/zambia-ready-to-host-u-17-africa-cup-of-nations/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311075249/https://www.faz.co.zm/2021/03/11/zambia-ready-to-host-u-17-africa-cup-of-nations/|archive-date=11 March 2021|website=[[Football Association of Zambia|FAZ]]|access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> which never materialized. 

==Qualification==
{{Main|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.<ref>{{cite web|date=20 July 2017|title=Decisions of CAF Executive Committee – 20 July 2017|url=http://cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=IBQIwLhKu2GhKGftIp0AZw==|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722210856/http://cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=IBQIwLhKu2GhKGftIp0AZw==|archive-date=22 July 2017|website=[[Confederation of African Football|CAFOnline.com]]|access-date=20 July 2019|quote=The Committee decided to organize zonal qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations for the youth categories (U-17, U-20, U-23), with the flexibility offered to each zone to propose a formula. The committee also resolved to strengthen medical checks in determining the eligibility of players.}}</ref>

===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.''

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Team
! Zone
! data-sort-type="number"|Appearance
! Previous best performance
|-
| {{fbu|17|MAR}} (hosts) || North Zone || 3rd || {{sort|04|Fourth place}} ([[2013 African U-17 Championship|2013]])
|-
| {{fbu|17|ALG}} || North Zone || 2nd || {{sort|02|Runners-up}} ([[2009 African U-17 Championship|2009]])
|-
| {{fbu|17|SEN}} || West A Zone ||3rd || {{sort|06|Group stage}} ([[African U-17 Championship|2011]], [[2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations|2019]])
|-
| {{fbu|17|MLI}} || West A Zone ||9th  ||{{sort|01|'''Champions'''}} ([[African U-17 Championship|2015]], ([[2017 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations|2017]]) 
|-
| {{fbu|17|NGA}} || West B Zone || 10th || {{sort|01|'''Champions'''}} ([[2001 African U-17 Championship|2001]], [[2007 African U-17 Championship|2007]])
|-
| {{fbu|17|CIV}} || West B Zone || 6th || {{sort|01|'''Champions'''}} ([[2013 African U-17 Championship|2013]])
|-
| {{fbu|17|TAN}} || Central-East Zone || 3rd || {{sort|06|Group stage}} ([[2017 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations|2017]], [[2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations|2019]])
|-
| {{fbu|17|UGA}} || Central-East Zone || 2nd || {{sort|06|Group stage}} ([[2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations|2019]])
|-
| {{fbu|17|CMR}} || Central Zone || 8th || {{sort|01|'''Champions'''}} ([[2003 African U-17 Championship|2003]], [[2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations|2019]])
|-
| {{fbu|17|CGO}} || Central Zone ||3rd ||{{sort|06|Third place}} ([[African U-17 Championship|2011]])
|-
| {{fbu|17|RSA}} || South Zone || 4th || {{sort|02|Runners-up}} ([[2015 African U-17 Championship|2015]])
|-
| {{fbu|17|ZAM}} || South Zone || 2nd || {{sort|06|Group stage}} ([[2015 African U-17 Championship|2015]])
|}

==Draw==
The draw of the group stage was held on 24 February 2021, 13:00 [[West Africa Time|WAT]] ([[UTC+01:00|UTC+1]]).<ref>{{cite web|date=22 February 2021|title=CAN U17 : les 12 qualifiés connus, tirage au sort des poules mercredi!|trans-title=CAN U17: the 12 known qualifiers, group draw on Wednesday!|url=https://www.afrik-foot.com/can-u17-les-12-qualifies-connus-tirage-au-sort-des-poules-mercredi|website=Afrik Foot|access-date=22 February 2021|language=fr-FR}}</ref> The 12 qualified teams were drawn into 3 groups of 4 teams.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Pot 1
!Pot 2
!Pot 3
|-
|valign=top|
*{{fbu|17|MAR}} (H)
*{{fbu|17|CMR}}
*{{fbu|17|NGA}}
|valign=top|
*{{fbu|17|TAN}} 
*{{fbu|17|SEN}} 
*{{fbu|17|UGA}}
|valign=top|
*{{fbu|17|RSA}}
*{{fbu|17|ALG}}
*{{fbu|17|CIV}}
*{{fbu|17|CGO}}
*{{fbu|17|MLI}}
*{{fbu|17|ZAM}}

|}

==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):{{cite web|date=20 October 2020|title=U-17 AFCON Regulations|url=https://www.cafonline.com/media/awjck5f1/uvi4fsuxxrqq4txlawyg.pdf|website=[[Confederation of African Football|CAFOnline.com]]|access-date=13 January 2021}}
#Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#[[Goal difference]] in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#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;
#Goal difference in all group matches;
#Goals scored in all group matches;
#Drawing of lots.

All times are in [[West Africa Time|WAT]] ([[UTC+01:00|UTC+1]]).<ref>{{cite tweet|author=[[Confederation of African Football]]|user=CAF_Online|number=1090927540062031872|date=31 January 2019|title=Here is the fixtures of #TotalAFCONU20}}</ref>

===Group A===
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----

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----

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===Group B===
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----

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|stadium    = [[Stade El Bachir, Mohammédia]]
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----

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===Group C===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=
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----

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{{football box
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----

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==Ranking of third-placed teams==

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==Knockout stage==
{{#invoke:RoundN|N8
|3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes|team-width=200
|RD1=[[#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]]
|RD2=[[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|RD3=[[#Final|Final]]
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2-->
<!--Quarter-finals-->
| 24 March 2021 – [[Stade El Bachir, Mohammédia]] |A1||C3/B3|
|24 March 2021 – [[Stade Moulay Hassan]]|B1||A2|
|25 March 2021 – [[Stade Moulay Hassan]]|B2||C2|
|25 March 2021 2021 – [[Stade Père Jégo]]   |C1||A3/B3|
<!--Semi-finals-->
|28 March 2021 – [[Stade El Bachir, Mohammédia]] |Winner QF 1||Winner QF 4|
|28 March 2021 – [[Stade Père Jégo]]   |Winner QF 2||Winner QF 3|
<!--Final-->
|31 March 2021 –  [[Stade El Bachir, Mohammédia]]|Winner SF 1||Winner SF 2|
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|30 Match 2021 – [[Stade Père Jégo]]   |Loser SF 1||Loser SF 2|
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===Quarter-finals===

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|score   = Cancelled
|team2   = C3/B3
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|score   = Cancelled
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|stadium = [[Stade Moulay Hassan]]
}}

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|date    = {{Start date|2021|3|25|df=y}}
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|score   = Cancelled
|team2   = C2
|stadium = [[Stade Moulay Hassan]]
}}

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|time    = 20:00
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|score   = Cancelled
|team2   = A3/B3
|stadium = [[Stade Père Jégo]]
}}

===Semi-finals===

{{football box
|date    = {{Start date|2021|3|28|df=y}}
|time    = 16:00
|team1   = Winner QF 1
|score   = Cancelled
|team2   = Winner QF 4
|stadium = [[Stade El Bachir, Mohammédia]] 
}}

{{football box
|date    = {{Start date|2021|3|28|df=y}}
|time    = 19:00
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|score   = Cancelled
|team2   = Winner QF 3
|stadium = [[Stade Père Jégo]]
}}

===Third place===

{{football box
|date    = {{Start date|2021|3|30|df=y}}
|time    = 19:00
|team1   = Loser SF 1
|score   = Cancelled
|team2   = Loser SF 2
|stadium = [[Stade Père Jégo]]
}}

===Final===

{{football box
|date    = {{Start date|2021|3|31|df=y}}
|time    = 19:00
|team1   = Winner SF 1
|score   = Cancelled
|team2   = Winner SF 2
|stadium = [[Stade El Bachir, Mohammédia]]
}}

==Broadcasting==
*{{flag|Algeria}} - [[Établissement public de télévision|EPTV]]
*{{flag|Angola}} - [[Televisão Pública de Angola|TPA]]
*{{flag|Cameroon}} - [[Cameroon Radio Television|CRTV]]
*{{flag|Somalia}} - [[Somali National Television|SNTV]]
*{{flag|South Africa}} - [[South African Broadcasting Corporation|SABC]]

==Final standings==
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] are counted as draws.

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| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated in the quarter-finals'''
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|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated in group stage'''
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{U-17 Africa Cup of Nations}}

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[[Category:2021 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations]]
[[Category:2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup qualification]]
[[Category:2021 in African football]]
[[Category:2021 in youth association football]]
[[Category:U-17 Africa Cup of Nations|2021]]
[[Category:International association football competitions hosted by Morocco]]
[[Category:Association football events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic]]