2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations

The 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations known as the TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes or 2025 U17 AFCON for short is the 15th edition (20th if editions without hosts are included) of the biennial African youth football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below. The best teams will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the CAF representatives.

Senegal are the defending champions.

Qualification

Players born on 1 January 2008 or later were eligible to participate in this tournament edition.

The following teams have qualified for the group stage.

Team	Zone	Date of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Egypt	North Zone	23 November 2024	4th	2011	Champions (1997)
Morocco	North Zone	23 November 2024	4th	2023	Runners-up (2023)
Mali	West A Zone	1 November 2024	10th	2023	Champions (2015, 2017)
Senegal	West A Zone	1 November 2024	4th	2023	Champions (2023)
Burkina Faso	West B Zone	25 May 2024	8th	2023	Champions (2011)
Ivory Coast	West B Zone	25 May 2024	6th	2015	Champions (2013)
	Central Zone
	Central Zone
	Central-East Zone
	Central-East Zone
	South Zone
	South Zone

The host country for the final stage of the edition, will be appointed during the General Assembly to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia previously in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 22 October 2024.^[1]^[2]