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2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Tournament details
Host countries	Morocco (North Zone) Senegal (West A Zone) Ghana (West B Zone) TBD (Central Zone) Uganda(Central-East Zone) South Africa(South Zone)
Dates	15 May 2024 –
Teams	51
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	103 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Asharaf Tapsoba (5 goals)
← 2023 2027 → All statistics correct as of 23 November 2024.

The 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification is a men's under-17 football competition that decides the participating teams of the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

Players born on 1 January 2008 or later are eligible to participate in the competition. The host country for the final stage of the edition is Ivory Coast, appointed during the General Assembly held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 22 October 2024.

Teams

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• (W): Withdrew after draw

North Zone

The UNAF qualifiers took place in Casablanca, Morocco, from 11 to 23 November 2024. The qualifying tournament draw was held on 1 October 2024. The five UNAF members competed in a single round-robin format with the top two teams qualifying for the final tournament.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Egypt	4	9
2	Morocco (H)	4	8
3	Tunisia	4	7
4	Algeria	4	4
5	Libya	4	0

West A Zone

The WAFU-UFOA Zone A qualifiers for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations were hosted by Senegal with the matches played starting 22 October 2024. The matches were played at Dakar, Senegal.

All times are local, GMT (UTC+0).

Group stage

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals. Guinea withdrew after draw.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal (H)	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Semi-finals
2	Gambia	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
3	Liberia	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
4	Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Senegal	2–1	Liberia
Dabo 5' E. Sow 7'	Report	Wile 90+3'

Gambia	1–3	Senegal
Gomez 42'	Report	Dabo 1' E. Cissé 22' (pen.) Mané 86'

Gambia	4–0	Liberia
Pewee 23' (o.g.) Gomez 29', 64' Susso 58'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Semi-finals
2	Guinea-Bissau	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
3	Sierra Leone	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3
4	Mauritania	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Mali	1–0	Sierra Leone
Dembélé 8'	Report

Mauritania	0–0	Guinea-Bissau
	Report

Sierra Leone	1–0	Mauritania
Kabia 45+1'	Report

Guinea-Bissau	0–1	Mali
	Report	Diakité 90'

Mali	4–0	Mauritania
Simpara 16' Coulibaly 23', 60' Traoré 29'	Report

Guinea-Bissau	1–0	Sierra Leone
José 45'	Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 November – Thiès
	Senegal (p)	0 (4)
					4 November – Thiès
	Guinea-Bissau	0 (3)
					Senegal (p)	3 (5)
	1 November – Thiès
					Mali	3 (4)
	Mali	3
	Gambia	2
					Third place play-off
					4 November – Thiès
					Guinea-Bissau	0 (5)
					Gambia (p)	0 (6)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

Senegal	0–0	Guinea-Bissau
	Report
Penalties
E. Cissé M. Ndiaye M. Cissé E. Ndiaye I. Sow	4–3	Dino Biai Edney Eliseu Ismael

Mali	3–2	Gambia
Simpara 10', 67', 77'	Report	Leigh 32', 48'

Third place play-off

Guinea-Bissau	0–0	Gambia
	Report
Penalties
José Biai Dino Herminio Dabo Edney Gute Edimilson Leandro Alfucene	5–6	Sarr Kanyi Susso Gomez Danso I. Sonko Leigh Mboob Jammeh Daffeh

Final

Senegal	3–3	Mali
E. Ndiaye 48', 63' Mendy 53'	Report	Dembélé 1' Simpara 43' Camara 67'
Penalties
E. Cissé M. Ndiaye M. Cissé Dabo I. Sow	5–4	Simpara Diarra Fané Traoré Camara

West B Zone

The WAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations were hosted by Ghana with the matches played between 15 and 28 May 2024, the draw was announced on 23 April 2024.

All times are local, GMT (UTC±0).

Group stage

The seven teams were drawn into two groups of three and four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana (H)	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Semi-finals
2	Ivory Coast	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
3	Benin	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Ghana	5–1	Ivory Coast
Narbi 27', 42' Sarpong 48' Gbafa 53' Mensah 90+1'	Report	Coulibaly 51'

Ivory Coast	1–0	Benin
Diabaté 90+1'	Report

Benin	0–2	Ghana
	Report	Mensah 19' Ayamga 21'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Semi-finals
2	Burkina Faso	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
3	Niger	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Togo	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Burkina Faso	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Togo	2–3	Niger
Bassirou 66' Eklou 87'	Report	Player N2 4', 49' Player N9 75'

Togo	0–2	Burkina Faso
	Report	Tapsoba 59' Fofana 90+3'

Nigeria	1–0	Niger
Adams 32'	Report

Niger	0–1	Burkina Faso
	Report	Diaby 28'

Nigeria	3–0	Togo
Adeleke 9', 58' Adams 33'	Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 May – Accra
	Ghana	1
					28 May – Accra
	Burkina Faso	2
					Burkina Faso	3
	25 May – Accra
					Ivory Coast	1
	Nigeria	0
	Ivory Coast	1
					Third place play-off
					28 May – Accra
					Ghana	2
					Nigeria	3

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ghana	1–2	Burkina Faso
Narbi 27'	Report	Tapsoba 13', 48'

Nigeria	0–1	Ivory Coast
	Report	Coulibaly 54'

Third place play-off

Ghana	2–3	Nigeria
Gbafa 19', 28'	Report	Muhammad 8' Adeleke 40', 90+3'

Final

Burkina Faso	3–1	Ivory Coast
Tapsoba 27', 49' Sawadogo 88'	Report	Diarra 30'

Central Zone

Central-East Zone

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda (H)	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	4	Semi-finals
2	Tanzania	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
3	Kenya	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Uganda	1–1	Tanzania
Magala 58'	Report	Ally 19'

Tanzania	1–0	Kenya
Sagwe 19'	Report

Uganda	5–0	Kenya
Bogere 17' (pen.), 42', 58' Magala 40' Wanyama 78'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Sudan	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Semi-finals
2	Somalia	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3
3	Sudan	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Somalia	0–3	South Sudan
	Report	Antacio 38' Jou 45+3' Laku 72'

South Sudan	1–0	Sudan
Laku 33'	Report

Somalia	1–0	Sudan
S. Mohamed 90+3'	Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 December – Kampala
	South Sudan	0
					27 December – Kampala
	Tanzania	4
					Tanzania	1
	24 December – Kampala
					Uganda	2
	Uganda	4
	Somalia	1
					Third place
					27 December – Kampala
					South Sudan	2 (2)
					Somalia	2 (4)

Semi-finals

South Sudan	0–4	Tanzania
	Report	Mbegu 16' Zamu 32' Josiah 35' Abushiri 52'

Uganda	4–1	Somalia
Walisimbi 45' Bogere 58', 90+3', 90+5'	Report	Osman 70'

Third place play-off

South Sudan	2–2	Somalia
Genzi 24' Laku 29'	Report	Genzi 44' (o.g.) Isaq 52'
Penalties
	2–4

Final

Tanzania	1–2	Uganda
Josiah 11'	Report	Nkoola 64' Bogere 89'

South Zone

The COSAFA qualifiers for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations were held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 5 to 14 December 2024. The draw for the groups took place on 5 September 2024.

The qualification structure is as follows:

• Group stage: The 12 teams were divided into three groups, with the group winners and the best runner-up advancing to the knockout stage.
• Knockout stage: The four teams advancing from the second round competed in a three-match knockout round, with the winners of the semifinals qualifying for the final tournament.

Group stage

Group A Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Angola 3 7 2  Mozambique 3 4 3  Lesotho 3 3 4  Malawi 3 2 Source: Soccerway

Group B Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Zambia 3 9 2  Zimbabwe 3 4 3  Namibia 3 4 4  Eswatini 3 0 Source: Soccerway

Group C Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  South Africa (H) 3 9 2  Botswana 3 4 3  Comoros 3 2 4  Mauritius 3 1 Source: Soccerway (H) Hosts

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 December – Johannesburg
	Angola	2
					13 December – Johannesburg
	Zimbabwe	0
					Angola	1
	11 December – Johannesburg
					Zambia	2
	Zambia	2
	South Africa	1

Goalscorers

There were 173 goals scored in 57 matches, for an average of 3.04 goals per match.

7 goals

• Abel Nyirongo

5 goals

• Asharaf Tapsoba
• Belal Atya
• Bakary Simpara
• El Shaddai Sadomba

4 goals

• Abdulmuiz Adeleke
• Anisse Saidi

3 goals

• Hamza Abdelkarim
• Mohamed Hamad
• Francis Gomez
• Harve Gbafa
• Joseph Narbi
• Rethabile Nqoko
• Ziyad Baha
• Gabriel Phiri
• Mapalo Simute
• Valentine Macheka

2 goals

• Youcef Boudouab
• Eliseu
• Abdelaziz El Zoghbi
• Kgosi Tshidi
• Alagie Baba Leigh
• Mark Kagawa Mensah
• Youbah Coulibaly
• Sanad Abdulwahab
• James Lumbe
• Soungalo Coulibaly
• Seydou Dembélé
• Ismail El Aoud
• Brayton Paulse
• Undefined
• Rapha Adams
• Mouhamed Dabo
• El Hadji Yamar Ndiaye
• Neo Bohloko
• Kamohelo Maraletse
• Omphemetse Sekgoto
• Selwyn Stevens
• Tadiwa Chakuchichi

1 goal

• Ahmed Achouri
• Charaf Eddine Cherfaoui
• Benaissa Fettouche
• Densel
• Jario
• Dias Luvumbo
• Omar
• Kutlo Mananye
• Abdoulaye Diaby
• Ibrouahima Fofana
• Chérif Sawadogo
• Kaylan Saïd
• Aviwe Dlamini
• Menzi Dlamini
• Bubacarr Susso
• Theophilus Ayamga
• Godfred Sarpong
• José Júnior
• Adama Diabate
• Mohammed Diarra
• Thuto Khetsi
• Alex Wile
• Almonder Al-Gamati
• Anas El Shawish
• Clifford Chisale
• Yusufu Nantunga
• Aboubacar Camara
• Ibrahim Diakité
• Mahamadou Traoré
• Julian Rabaye
• Aldo Ravina
• Ilies Belmokhtar
• Adam Jout
• Ahmed Mawhoub
• Abdellah Ouazane
• Bilal Sokrate
• Kille Lino
• Levonor Timbe
• Andriano Gawab
• Stephen Kamulu
• Ronald Kandjou
• Christiano Useb
• Undefined
• Imrana Muhammad
• Elhadji Cissé
• Youssou Mané
• Etienne Mendy
• El Hadji Sow
• Alie Kabia
• Simphiwe Mlondo
• Sive Pama
• Emile Witbooi
• Parkouda Bassirou
• Joël Tekle Eklou
• Aziz Chaabene
• Saifedine Haj Abdallah
• Amenallah Touati
• Robert Banda
• Nkotami Chimwemwe
• Jonathan Kalimina
• Nthasilwe Malupande

1 own goal

• Cassius Pewee (against Gambia)
• Milko Solunga (against Zambia)
• Jonathan Kalimina (against Angola)

See also

• 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Notes

References

1. "CAF Executive Committee announces dates of CAF TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations ("AFCON") Morocco 2025 and CAF TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations 2024". 21 June 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
2. "CAF Confirms Date for the 46th CAF Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia". 20 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
3. "Nigeria face tough defence as Burkina Faso lie in wait at U17 WAFU B AFCON qualifiers". 23 April 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.

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