2013 African U-17 Championship

The 2013 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Morocco from 13 to 27 April. The top four teams qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

2013 African U-17 Championship
بطولة أفريقيا تحت 17 سنة 2013
Tournament details
Host country Morocco
Dates13 – 27 April
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored56 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Success Isaac
(7 goals)
Kelechi Iheanacho
(5 goals)

Qualification
Main article: 2013 African U-17 Championship qualification

The qualifiers began on 7 September 2012 with the preliminary matches taking place, while the final round matches were played on 2 December 2012. At the end of the qualification, seven teams joined the hosts, Morocco.

Qualified teams

Venues
Casablanca
Stade Mohamed V
Capacity: 67,000
Marrakech
Stade de Marrakech
Capacity: 45,240

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 9 December 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.[1][2]

Match officials

Squads

MRI controversy

All players in the competition went through a mandatory MRI test which investigates bony fusion of the left distal radius (wrist). Several players were considered to be over-age by CAF and they were not eligible for the competition. The tests took place on 12 April, one day before the competition began leaving no time for a replacement players to be found. Ivory Coast, Congo and Nigeria each had three players found to be ineligible.[3]

CAF released the names of the players who were found to be over-age:

[4]

Group stage

Each group winner and runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers
  1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams
  2. Best goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams
  3. Greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the concerned teams
  4. Goal difference in all group matches
  5. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated
  7. Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee

All times are (UTC±0)

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Morocco 321082+67Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Tunisia 321084+47
 Gabon 310269–33Eliminated and missed out on the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Botswana 300329–70
Morocco 4–1 Gabon
Sakhi  8', 10'
Bnou Marzouk  56'
Jaadi  90'		 Eyamba  61' (pen.)
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)
Tunisia 3–1 Botswana
Belarbi  2', 6' (pen.)
Haj Hassen  50'		 Tumisang  20'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
Gabon 2–4 Tunisia
Bouanga Owane  73'
Sellimi  79' (o.g.)		 Belarbi  32'
Haj Hassen  39'
Abboud  45+2'
Allogho  88' (o.g.)
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
Botswana 0–3 Morocco
Bnou Marzouk  17', 80'
Sakhi  49'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)
Morocco 1–1 Tunisia
El Bouazzati  47' Haj Hassem  50'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Botswana 1–3 Gabon
Mooketsane  38' Eyamba  2', 45+2'
Owane  78'
Referee: Achille Madila (DR Congo)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Nigeria 3201132+116Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Ivory Coast 312021+15
 Ghana 302127–52Eliminated and missed out on the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Congo 302129–72
Congo 1–1 Ivory Coast
Ngatsongo Obassi  8' Landry  27'
Referee: Med Said Kordi (Tunisia)
Nigeria 6–1 Ghana
Isaac  10', 40', 63' (pen.), 68'
Bulbwa  30'
Iheanacho  90+5'		 Yeboah  66'
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Ivory Coast 1–0 Nigeria
Niangbo  90'
Referee: Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique)
Ghana 1–1 Congo
Yeboah  38' Bidimbou  3'
Referee: Wiish Hagi Yabarow (Somalia)
Congo 0–7 Nigeria
Iheanacho  4', 44', 86'
Isaac  27', 33'
Yahaya  49'
Matthew  60'
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Ivory Coast 0–0 Ghana
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)

Knock-out stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 April – Casablanca
 
 
 Morocco1
 
27 April – Marrakech
 
 Ivory Coast2
 
 Ivory Coast1(5)
 
24 April – Marrakech
 
 Nigeria1(4)
 
 Nigeria4
 
 
 Tunisia2
 
Third place
 
 
26 April – Marrakech
 
 
 Morocco1(10)
 
 
 Tunisia1(11)

Semi-finals
Morocco 1–2 Ivory Coast
Sabbar  67' (pen.) Bedi  31'
Niangbo  39'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)
Nigeria 4–2 Tunisia
Iheanacho  2'
Yahaya  12', 58'
Isaac  21'		 Belarbi  25'
Haj Hassen  30'
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

Third place match
Morocco 1–1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Bnou Marzouk  69' Haj Hassan  44'
Penalties
Sabbar
Saoud
Jaadi
Jbira
Bnou Marzouk
El-Bouazzati
Jellal
Achaoui
El Azzouzi
Belkouch 		10–11 Samti
Sahraoui
Hnid
Jbeli
Slimi
Haj Hassan
Akrout
Abboud
Ayadi
Sahraoui
Samti
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Final
Ivory Coast 1–1 Nigeria
Bile Bedia  26' Report Izu Omego  8'
Penalties
Coulibaly
Diallo
Angban
Ibrahima Keita
Niangbo 		5–4 Issac
Nwakali
Ifeanyi
Yahaya
Musa Mohammed
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Winners
2013 CAF Under-17 Championship

Ivory Coast
First title

Goalscorers
7 goals
  • Success Isaac
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References
  1. "CAF U-17 and U-20 Championships Final Draws set for Cairo". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 19 November 2012.
  2. "CAF U-17 Championship: Draw result". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 12 December 2012.
  3. Al-Smith, Gary (13 April 2013). "Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Congo caught cheating". Supersport.com. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. "U17 CAN: 9 players who failed tests MRI" (in French). CAFonline.com. 13 April 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
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