2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

Coupe d'Afrique des nations des moins de 20 ans 2017
Tournament details
Host country	Zambia
Dates	26 February – 12 March 2017
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations will be the 20th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. The draws were conducted during the CAF Executive Committee meeting held on Friday, 5 February 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda.^[1]

The first four teams will qualify for 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in South Korea.

Qualification

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

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

Qualified teams

•  Zambia (hosts)
•  Cameroon
•  Egypt
•  Guinea
•  Mali
•  Senegal
•  South Africa
•  Sudan

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Lusaka	National Heroes Stadium	60,000
Ndola	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium	50,000

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 October 2016, 11:00 local time (UTC+2) at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.^[2][3][4]

The teams were seeded based on the results of the last edition (final tournament and qualifiers).^[5]

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Zambia (host, assigned to A1)  Senegal (2015 runner-up, assigned to B1)	Mali  South Africa	Cameroon  Egypt	Sudan  Guinea

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified 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:^[6]

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. Goal difference in all games;
5. Goals scored in all games;
6. Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated;
7. Drawing of lots.

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2	Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: [CAF]
(H) Host.

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26 February 2017

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26 February 2017

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1 March 2017

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1 March 2017

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4 March 2017

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4 March 2017

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2	Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: [CAF]

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27 February 2017

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27 February 2017

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2 March 2017

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2 March 2017

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5 March 2017

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5 March 2017

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 March
	Winner Group A
					12 March
	Runner-up Group B
					Winner Semi-final 1
	9 March
					Winner Semi-final 2
	Winner Group B
	Runner-up Group A
					Third Place
					12 March
					Loser Semi-final 1
					Loser Semi-final 2

Semi-finals

Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B

8 March 2017

Winner Group A	v	Runner-up Group B

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Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A

9 March 2017

Winner Group B	v	Runner-up Group A

Third place match

Loser Semi-final 1 v Loser Semi-final 2

12 March 2017

Loser Semi-final 1	v	Loser Semi-final 2

Final

Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2

12 March 2017

Winner Semi-final 1	v	Winner Semi-final 2

References

1. "Fixtures of U-17 & U-20 AFCON qualifiers released". Cafonline.com. 11 February 2016.
2. "Media accreditation for draw of u-17 & u-20 AFCON final tournaments". CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
3. "Draw Procedure: TOTAL U-17 AFCON & TOTAL U-20 AFCON". CAF. 23 October 2016.
4. "Results of draw: Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ZAMBIA 2017". CAF. 24 October 2016.
5. "Procedures of the draw of the 20th Edition TOTAL U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Zambia 2017" (PDF). CAF.
6. "Regulations of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations". CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

External links

• 19th Edition of the African U-20 Championship, CAFonline.com