2003 African U-17 Championship

2003 African U-17 Championship

African U-17 Championship 2003
Tournament details
Host country	Swaziland
City	Mbabane
Dates	25 May – 8 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (1st title)
Runners-up	Sierra Leone
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	44 (2.75 per match)

The 2003 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Swaziland. The top three teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Qualification

Preliminary round

The first leg matches were played on either 29 or 30 June 2002. The second leg matches were played on 14 July 2000. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zimbabwe	7 – 1	Mauritius	5 – 1	2 – 0
Angola	11 – 2	São Tomé and Príncipe	5 – 0	6 – 2
Lesotho	3 – 0	Namibia	0 – 0	3 – 0
Botswana	0 – 3	Tanzania	0 – 1	0 – 2
Eritrea	1 – 3	Kenya	0 – 0	1 – 3
Liberia	w/o	Sierra Leone	–	–
Algeria	w/o	Mauritania	–	–
Gabon	w/o	Togo	–	–
Senegal	w/o	Guinea-Bissau	–	–
Libya	w/o	Niger	–	–
Ivory Coast	w/o	Equatorial Guinea	–	–
Uganda	w/o	Somalia	–	–

First round

The first leg matches were played on either 21 or 22 December 2002. The second leg matches were played on either 11 or 12 January 2003, except for the Burkina Faso vs Sierra Leone match, which was played on 16 February. The winners advanced to the Second Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sierra Leone	1 – 1 (a)	Burkina Faso	0 – 0	1 – 1
Algeria	1 – 2	Tunisia	0 – 0	1 – 2
Gabon	1 – 2	Cameroon	1 – 0	0 – 2
Senegal	4 – 0	Morocco	1 – 0	3 – 0
Zimbabwe	2 – 3	Malawi	2 – 1	0 – 2
Libya	0 – 1	Egypt	0 – 1	0 – 0
Ivory Coast	0 – 3	Guinea	0 – 2	0 – 1
Angola	3 – 3 (a)	Mozambique	2 – 3	1 – 0
Gambia	1 – 1 (p 4 – 2)	Mali	0 – 1	1 – 0
Lesotho	2 – 5	South Africa	1 – 1	1 – 4
Tanzania	2 – 6	Ethiopia	1 – 1	1 – 5
Kenya	3 – 2	Ghana	2 – 0	1 – 2
Zambia	4 – 1	Somalia	4 – 1	[1]
Sudan	w/o	Nigeria	–	–

Second round

The matches were played on different dates from 2 February to 15 March. The winners advanced to the Finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sierra Leone	2 – 1	Tunisia	1 – 0	1 – 1
Cameroon	1 – 0	Senegal	1 – 0	0 – 0
Malawi	0 – 3	Egypt	0 – 1	0 – 2
Guinea	4 – 2	Mozambique	3 – 0	1 – 2
Gambia	2 – 1	Zambia	1 – 1	1 – 0
Nigeria	4 – 2	South Africa	3 – 1	1 – 1
Ethiopia	w/o	Kenya	2 – 0	w/o[2]

Qualified teams

•  Cameroon
•  Egypt
•  Ethiopia
•  Gambia
•  Guinea
•  Nigeria
•  Sierra Leone
•  Swaziland (host nation)

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  Egypt 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Advanced to the semifinals and qualified their under-18s to the 2005 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup  Sierra Leone 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5  Guinea 3 1 1 1 9 4 +5 4 Eliminated and missed out on the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship  Swaziland 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9 0 Swaziland  v  Egypt 25 May 2003 Swaziland  0 – 1  Egypt Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Sierra Leone  v  Guinea 25 May 2003 Sierra Leone  3 – 3  Guinea Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Egypt  v  Guinea 28 May 2003 Egypt  1 – 0  Guinea Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Sierra Leone  v  Swaziland 28 May 2003 Sierra Leone  2 – 0  Swaziland Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Egypt  v  Sierra Leone 31 May 2003 Egypt  0 – 0  Sierra Leone Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Guinea  v  Swaziland 31 May 2003 Guinea  6 – 0  Swaziland Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  Nigeria 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Advanced to the semifinals and qualified their under-18s to the 2005 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup  Cameroon 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4  Gambia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Eliminated and missed out on the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship  Ethiopia 3 0 0 3 3 10 -7 0 Nigeria  v  Cameroon 26 May 2003 Nigeria  1 – 0  Cameroon Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Gambia  v  Ethiopia 26 May 2003 Gambia  1 – 0  Ethiopia Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Nigeria  v  Gambia 29 May 2003 Nigeria  1 – 0  Gambia Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Cameroon  v  Ethiopia 29 May 2003 Cameroon  5 – 3  Ethiopia Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Ethiopia  v  Nigeria 1 June 2003 Ethiopia  0 – 4  Nigeria Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Cameroon  v  Gambia 1 June 2003 Cameroon  2 – 2  Gambia Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Knock-out stage Semi-finals Final Jun 5 - Mbabane   Egypt  1     Cameroon  2     Jun 8 - Mbabane       Cameroon (a.e.t.)  1     Sierra Leone  0 Third place Jun 5 - Mbabane Jun 7 - Mbabane   Nigeria  0   Egypt  1   Sierra Leone  1     Nigeria  3 Semi-finals Egypt  v  Cameroon 5 June 2003 Egypt  1–2  Cameroon Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane Nigeria  v  Sierra Leone 5 June 2003 Nigeria  0–1  Sierra Leone Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane For winning their semifinals, Cameroon and Sierra Leone qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Egypt and Nigeria meeting in the third place playoff for the third and final place in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship. Third place match Egypt  v  Nigeria 7 June 2003 Egypt  1-3  Nigeria Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane For winning the third place playoff, Nigeria qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Egypt missing out. Final Cameroon  v  Sierra Leone 8 June 2003 Cameroon  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Sierra Leone Somhlolo National Stadium, Mbabane References One-match round. The Kenya U-17 team was disbanded by their Sports Minister, claiming that 40% of the players that eliminated Ghana in the first round had been over-age. Ghana was not reinstated, and Kenya was banned for 2 years from all CAF's under age competition. External links CAF Official Website RSSSF.com: African U-17 Championship 2003