2009 African U-17 Championship

2009 African U-17 Championship
بطولة أفريقيا تحت 17 سنة لكرة القدم 2009

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Algiers
Dates	19 March - 2 April 2009
Teams	8 (from CAF confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Gambia
Runners-up	Algeria
Third place	Burkina Faso
Fourth place	Malawi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	33 (2.54 per match)

The 2009 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Algeria. The top four teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Nigeria, automatically qualified as the hosts, didn't qualify for the Finals, although if they qualified for the Finals and went on to reach the semi-finals, then the teams who finished third in their respective groups would have met in a playoff for the fourth and final place in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Qualification

Main article: 2009 African U-17 Championship qualification

Qualified teams

Algeria (host nation)
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Gambia
Guinea
Malawi
Niger
Zimbabwe

Venues

Zéralda, Algiers	Algiers	Dar El Beïda, Algiers
Stade Zéralda		Stade Dar El Beïda
Capacity: 8,000		Capacity: 10,000

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Gambia	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Algeria	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	6
Guinea	3	0	1	2	0	2	-2	1	Eliminated and missed out on the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Cameroon	3	0	1	2	0	3	-3	1	Eliminated and missed out on the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Gambia v Guinea

19 March 2009
14:00

Gambia	1 – 0	Guinea
Bojang 52'	Report

Stade Zéralda, Algiers
Referee: Martins De Carvalho (Angola)

Algeria v Cameroon

19 March 2009
16:30

Algeria	1 – 0	Cameroon
Bendahmane 20'	Report

Stade Zéralda, Algiers
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Cameroon v Gambia

22 March 2009
14:00

Cameroon	0 – 2	Gambia
	Report	Dawda 20' Alsana 75'

Stade Zéralda, Algiers
Referee: Abdellah El Achiri (Morocco)

Guinea v Algeria

22 March 2009
16:30

Guinea	0 – 1	Algeria
	Report	Bendahmane 15'

Stade Zéralda, Algiers
Referee: Fredrick Kayindi-Ngobi (Uganda)

Algeria v Gambia

25 March 2009
15:00

Algeria	0 – 2	Gambia
		Nyang 28' Bojang 90'

Stade Zéralda, Algiers
Referee: Ousmane Karembe (Mali)

Cameroon v Guinea

25 March 2009
15:00

Cameroon	0 – 0	Guinea

Stade Dar El Beïda, Algiers
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Group B

Original group standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Burkina Faso	3	3	0	8	0	+8	9	Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Niger	3	2	1	3	1	+2	6
Malawi	3	1	2	5	4	+1	3	Eliminated and missed out on the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Zimbabwe	3	0	3	0	11	-11	0	Eliminated and missed out on the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Corrected standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Burkina Faso	2	2	0	7	0	+7	6	Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Malawi	2	1	1	5	2	+3	3
Zimbabwe	2	0	2	0	10	-10	0	Eliminated and missed out on the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Burkina Faso v Zimbabwe

20 March 2009
14:00

Burkina Faso	5 – 0	Zimbabwe
Ouiya 6, 33, 60' Konseiga 28' Kabre Wendkouni 81'	Report

Stade Dar El Beïda, Algiers
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Niger v Malawi

20 March 2009
16:30

Niger	2 – 1^[1]	Malawi
Ousmane 4' Sidibe 80'	Report	Milanzi 65'

Stade Dar El Beïda, Algiers

Zimbabwe v Niger

23 March 2009
14:00

Zimbabwe	0 – 1^[1]	Niger
	Report	Ousmane 47'

Stade Dar El Beïda, Algiers
Referee: Ousmane Karembe (Mali)

Malawi v Burkina Faso

23 March 2009
16:30

Malawi	0 – 2	Burkina Faso
	Report	Zoungrana 55, 85'

Stade Dar El Beïda, Algiers
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Burkina Faso v Niger

26 March 2009
15:00

Burkina Faso	1 – 0^[1]	Niger
Adama 87'

Stade Zéralda, Algiers
Referee: Abdellah El Achiri (Morocco)

Zimbabwe v Malawi

26 March 2009
15:15

Zimbabwe	0 – 5	Malawi
		Simukonda 53' Milanzi 80' Robin Ngalande 82, 90' Phiri 86'

Stade Dar El Beïda, Algiers
Referee: Abdesslam Khelifi (Algeria)

After the group ended, Niger was disqualified from the tournament for fielding an over-aged player. Their results were expunged from the standings.

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

Gambia v Malawi

29 March 2009
13:30

Gambia	4 – 0	Malawi
Nyang 2' Camara 18' Bojang 53' Gassama 79'

Stade Zéralda, Algiers
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Burkina Faso v Algeria

29 March 2009
15:45

Burkina Faso	0 – 1	Algeria
		Bendahmane 40'

Stade Dar El Beïda, Algiers
Referee: Martins De Carvalho (Angola)

Third place match

Malawi v Burkina Faso

1 April 2009
15:00

Malawi	2 – 3	Burkina Faso
Milanzi 38, 55'		Ouiya 46' Alassane 69, 78'

Stade Zéralda, Algiers
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Final

Gambia v Algeria

2 April 2009
15:30

Gambia	3 – 1	Algeria
Bojang 7, 85' Camara 22'		Bendahmane 41'

Stade Dar El Beïda, Algiers
Referee: Osmane Karembe (Mali)

Winners

2009 CAF Under-17 Championship
Gambia Second title

References

1 2 3 Match expunged after Niger was ejected from the competition

External links

Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

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