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]
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Zambia |
| Dates | 26 February – 12 March |
| Teams | 8 (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 played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 50 (3.13 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Luther Singh Edward Chilufya Patson Daka (4 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | 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
editThe 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
editPlayers born 1 January 1997 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.
Qualified teams
editThe 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
edit| Lusaka |
Location of venues in Zambia |
Ndola |
|---|---|---|
| National Heroes Stadium | Levy Mwanawasa Stadium | |
| Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 50,000 | |
|
Match officials
editA total of 12 referees and 14 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.[4][5]
- Referees
Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Antoine Effa (Cameroon)
Victor Gomes (South Africa)
Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)
Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Chewe Wisdom (Zambia)
- Assistant referees
Mokrani Gourari (Algeria)
Issa Yahya (Chad)
Steven Danilek M. Moyo (Congo)
Sosseh Sulayman (Gambia)- Sidiki Sidibe (Guinea)
Cheruiyot Gilbert (Kenya)
Mark Ssonko (Uganda)
Warr Adbelrahman (Mauritania)
Nabina Blaise Sebutu (DR Congo)
Toure Sengne Cheikh (Senegal)
Eldrick Adelaide (Seychelles)- Khumalo Steven (South Africa)
Diakite Moriba (Mali)- Kasengele Romeo (Zambia)
Draw
editThe 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
editEach squad can contain a maximum of 21 players.[10]
Group stage
editThe 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]
- Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
- Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all games;
- Goals scored in all games;
- Drawing of lots.
All times are local, CAT (UTC+2).
Group A
edit| 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 |
| 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' |
| Guinea | 3–2 | Mali |
|---|---|---|
| M. Sylla 49' (pen.), 59' M. Aly Camara 72' |
Report | Koïta 2' M. Diakité 52' (pen.) |
Group B
edit| 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 |
| 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' |
| Sudan | 1–3 | South Africa |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Nasan 24' |
Report | Mahlambi 13' Margeman 60'Mbatha 66' |
Knockout stage
editIn 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
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 8 March – Lusaka | ||||||
| Zambia (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||
| 12 March – Lusaka | ||||||
| South Africa | 0 | |||||
| Zambia | 2 | |||||
| 9 March – Ndola | ||||||
| Senegal | 0 | |||||
| Senegal | 1 | |||||
| Guinea | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 12 March – Lusaka | ||||||
| South Africa | 1 | |||||
| Guinea | 2 | |||||
Semi-finals
edit| Zambia | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | South Africa |
|---|---|---|
| Chilufya 109' |
Report |
Third place match
edit| South Africa | 1–2 | Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan 5' |
Report | Mohamme 6' (o.g.) Bangoura 85' (pen.) |
Final
editAwards
editWinners
edit| 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations winners |
|---|
 Zambia First title |
Individual awards
editThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[11]
- Total Man of the Competition
- Top scorer
- Luther Singh (4 goals, 2 assists)
- Fair Play Award
CAF Best XI
edit- 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
edit- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Samuel Gouet
- Kalvin Ketu
- Olivier Mbaizo
- Mostafa Abdalla
- Karim Nedved
- Mohamed Aly Camara
- Naby Bangoura
- Yamodou Touré
- Abdoul Karim Danté
- Moussa Diakité
- Sékou Koïta
- Aliou Badji
- Ibrahima Ndiaye
- Phakamani Mahlambi
- Tercious Malepe
- Grant Margeman
- Sibongakonke Mbatha
Walaa Eldin Yaqoub- Hassan Mutwakil
- Khaled Al-Nasan
- Emmanuel Banda
- Enock Mwepu
- Own goal
- Katlego Mohamme (against Guinea)
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
editThe 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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Fixtures of U-17 & U-20 AFCON qualifiers released". Cafonline.com. 11 February 2016.
- ^ "Total U-20 AFCON: History of the competition". CAF. 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Match officials for Total U-20 AFCON Zambia 2017 unveiled". CAF. 14 February 2017.
- ^ "SELECTED MATCH OFFICIALS FOR THE TOTAL U-20 AFCON ZAMBIA 2017". CAF.
- ^ "Media accreditation for draw of u-17 & u-20 AFCON final tournaments". CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Draw Procedure: TOTAL U-17 AFCON & TOTAL U-20 AFCON". CAF. 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Results of draw: Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ZAMBIA 2017". CAF. 24 October 2016.
- ^ "Procedures of the draw of the 20th Edition TOTAL U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Zambia 2017" (PDF). CAF.
- ^ a b c "Regulations of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Awards and Statistics". cafonline.com. CAF. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Senegal and South Africa complete Korea Republic 2017 line-up". FIFA.com. 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on March 2, 2017.
External links
edit- Total U-20 Africa Cup Of Nations, Zambia 2017, CAFonline.com