2017 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations

The 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total U-20 Africa Cup Of Nations, Zambia 2017,[1] was the 14th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (21st edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. The tournament was set to take place in Zambia between 26 February – 12 March 2017.[2]

2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country Zambia
Dates26 February – 12 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Zambia (1st title)
Runners-up Senegal
Third place Guinea
Fourth place South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored50 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Africa Luther Singh
Zambia Edward Chilufya
Zambia Patson Daka
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Zambia Patson Daka
Fair play award South Africa
2015
2019

The top four teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Qualification

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The qualifiers were played between 1 April and 24 July 2016. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Zambia.

Player eligibility

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Players born 1 January 1997 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Defending champions Nigeria failed to qualify. Congo and Ghana also failed to qualify, thus the winners of five of the last six tournaments failed to qualify for this tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1991.[3]

Team Appearance Previous best appearance
  Cameroon 9th Champions (1995)
  Egypt 11th Champions (1991, 2003, 2013)
  Guinea 3rd Group stage (1995, 1999)
  Mali 11th Third place (2003)
  Senegal 4th Runners-up (2015)
  South Africa 7th Runners-up (1997)
  Sudan 2nd Group stage (1997)
  Zambia (hosts) 7th Fourth place (1991, 1999, 2007)

Venues

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Lusaka
Location of venues in Zambia
Ndola
National Heroes Stadium Levy Mwanawasa Stadium
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 50,000
 

Match officials

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A total of 12 referees and 14 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.[4][5]

Referees
Assistant referees

Draw

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The draw for the tournament took place on 24 October 2016, 11:00 local time (UTC+2) at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.[6][7][8]

The teams were seeded based on the results of the last edition (final tournament and qualifiers).[9]

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Squads

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Each squad can contain a maximum of 21 players.[10]

Group stage

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The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[10]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CAT (UTC+2).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Zambia (H) 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2   Guinea 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3   Egypt 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4   Mali 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Zambia  1–0  Guinea
Daka   47' Report
Egypt  0–0  Mali
Report

Guinea  1–1  Egypt
Touré   79' Report Mostafa Mohamed   37'
Mali  1–6  Zambia
Danté   5' Report F. Sakala   7', 65'
E. Banda   24'
Mwepu   37'
Chilufya   49', 53'

Zambia  3–1  Egypt
Daka   48', 90'
F. Sakala   72'
Report Nedved   35'
Guinea  3–2  Mali
M. Sylla   49' (pen.), 59'
M. Aly Camara   72'
Report Koïta   2'
M. Diakité   52' (pen.)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Senegal 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2   South Africa 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 6
3   Cameroon 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4   Sudan 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Senegal  1–1  Sudan
Niane   88' Report Mutwakil   21' (pen.)
Cameroon  1–3  South Africa
Ayuk   14' Report Singh   16', 26' (pen.), 57'

Sudan  1–4  Cameroon
Walaa Eldin   79' Report Ketu   8'
Ayuk   51'
Gouet   73'
Mbaizo   89'
South Africa  3–4  Senegal
Jordan   1'
Malepe   24'
Singh   81'
Report Ndiaye   48'
Diagne   53', 60'
Diatta   70'

Senegal  2–0  Cameroon
Niane   45'
Diatta   47'
Report
Sudan  1–3  South Africa
Al-Nasan   24' Report Mahlambi   13'
Margeman   60'
Mbatha   66'

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time will be played.[10]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 March – Lusaka
 
 
  Zambia (a.e.t.)1
 
12 March – Lusaka
 
  South Africa0
 
  Zambia2
 
9 March – Ndola
 
  Senegal0
 
  Senegal1
 
 
  Guinea0
 
Third place
 
 
12 March – Lusaka
 
 
  South Africa1
 
 
  Guinea2

Semi-finals

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Zambia  1–0 (a.e.t.)  South Africa
Chilufya   109' Report

Senegal  1–0  Guinea
Badji   12' Report

Third place match

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South Africa  1–2  Guinea
Jordan   5' Report Mohamme   6' (o.g.)
Bangoura   85' (pen.)
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Final

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Zambia  2–0  Senegal
Daka   16'
Chilufya   34'
Report
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Awards

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Winners

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 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations winners 
 
Zambia
First title

Individual awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[11]

Total Man of the Competition
Top scorer
Fair Play Award

CAF Best XI

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  • Goalkeeper: Mangani Banda (Zambia)
  • Defenders: Ousseynou Diagne (Senegal), Mamadou Mbaye (Senegal), Solomon Sakala (Zambia)
  • Midfielders: Krepin Diatta (Senegal), Ibrahima Niane (Senegal), Sylla Morlaye (Guinea), Edward Chilufya (Zambia), Fashion Sakala (Zambia)
  • Forwards: Luther Singh (South Africa), Patson Daka (Zambia)
  • Substitutes: Lamine Sarr (Senegal), Prosper Chiluya (Zambia), Enock Mwepu (Zambia), Grant Margeman (South Africa), Liam Jordan (South Africa), Yamodou Toure (Guinea), Mohamed Aly Camara (Guinea)

Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

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The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[12]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  Zambia 1 March 2017 2 (1999, 2007)
  Senegal 5 March 2017 1 (2015)
  Guinea 4 March 2017 1 (1979)
  South Africa 5 March 2017 2 (1997, 2009)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Fixtures of U-17 & U-20 AFCON qualifiers released". Cafonline.com. 11 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Total U-20 AFCON: History of the competition". CAF. 23 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Match officials for Total U-20 AFCON Zambia 2017 unveiled". CAF. 14 February 2017.
  5. ^ "SELECTED MATCH OFFICIALS FOR THE TOTAL U-20 AFCON ZAMBIA 2017". CAF.
  6. ^ "Media accreditation for draw of u-17 & u-20 AFCON final tournaments". CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Draw Procedure: TOTAL U-17 AFCON & TOTAL U-20 AFCON". CAF. 23 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Results of draw: Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ZAMBIA 2017". CAF. 24 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Procedures of the draw of the 20th Edition TOTAL U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Zambia 2017" (PDF). CAF.
  10. ^ a b c "Regulations of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Awards and Statistics". cafonline.com. CAF. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Senegal and South Africa complete Korea Republic 2017 line-up". FIFA.com. 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on March 2, 2017.
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