2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country Tanzania
Dates 14–28 April 2019
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) TBC (in TBC host cities)

The 2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations will be the 13th edition of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations (18th edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below.

In May 2015, it was decided that the tournament would be hosted by Tanzania.[1]

The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru as the CAF representatives.

Defending champions Mali failed to qualify.

Qualification

The CAF decided in July 2017 that the format of the qualifying competition should be changed and split according to zones.[2] The qualifiers were played between 19 July and 18 September 2018. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Tanzania.

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 2002 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams

The following eights teams qualified for the final tournament.[3]

Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1995.

Team Zone Appearance Previous best performance
 Tanzania (hosts)Central-East Zone2ndGroup stage (2017)
 MoroccoNorth Zone2ndFourth place (2013)
 SenegalWest A Zone2ndGroup stage (2011)
 GuineaWest A Zone7thThird place (1995, 2015, 2017)
 NigeriaWest B Zone9thChampions (2001, 2007)
 CameroonCentral Zone7thChampions (2003)
 UgandaCentral-East Zone1stDebut
 AngolaSouth Zone4thGroup stage (1997, 1999, 2017)

Venues

To be confirmed.

Squads

Each squad can contain a maximum of 21 players.[4]

Draw

Procedure to be confirmed. The eight teams will be drawn into two groups of four teams. The hosts will be seeded in Group A, while the title holders (or the qualified team with the best result in the previous edition) will be seeded in Group B.[4]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 72):[4]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EAT (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tanzania (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage and
2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 14 April 2019. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage and
2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 15 April 2019. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 73).[4]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
April –
 
 
Winner Group A
 
28 April –
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner SF1
 
April –
 
Winner SF2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Third place
 
 
April –
 
 
Loser SF1
 
 
Loser SF2

Semi-finals

Winner Group A SF1 Runner-up Group B
Winner Group B SF2 Runner-up Group A

Third place match

Loser SF1 v Loser SF2

Final

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
TBD20 April 2019 (or earlier)
TBD20 April 2019 (or earlier)
TBD21 April 2019 (or earlier)
TBD21 April 2019 (or earlier)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DECISIONS OF 26 MAY 2015". www.cafonline.com. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee – 20 July 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Finalists for Tanzania 2019 emerge". CAF. 20 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAFonline.com. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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