2013 African U-17 Championship
بطولة أفريقيا تحت 17 سنة 2013 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 13–27 April |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 56 (3.5 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (7 goals) ![]() (5 goals) |
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.
Qualification
[edit]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
[edit]Venues
[edit]Casablanca | |
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Stade Mohamed V | |
Capacity: 67,000 | |
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Marrakech | |
Stade de Marrakech | |
Capacity: 45,240 | |
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Draw
[edit]The draw for the tournament was held on 9 December 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.[1][2]
Match officials
[edit]Squads
[edit]MRI controversy
[edit]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:
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Group stage
[edit]Each group winner and runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.
- Tiebreakers
- Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams
- Best goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams
- Greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the concerned teams
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
- Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated
- Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee
All times are (UTC±0)
Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 3 | Eliminated and missed out on the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 0 |
Morocco ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Sakhi ![]() Bnou Marzouk ![]() Jaadi ![]() | Eyamba ![]() |
Tunisia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Belarbi ![]() Haj Hassen ![]() | Tumisang ![]() |
Gabon ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Bouanga Owane ![]() Sellimi ![]() | Belarbi ![]() Haj Hassen ![]() Abboud ![]() Allogho ![]() |
Botswana ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Bnou Marzouk ![]() Sakhi ![]() |
Morocco ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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El Bouazzati ![]() | Haj Hassem ![]() |
Botswana ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Mooketsane ![]() | Eyamba ![]() Owane ![]() |
Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 | Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 2 | Eliminated and missed out on the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 2 |
Congo ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Ngatsongo Obassi ![]() | Landry ![]() |
Nigeria ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Isaac ![]() Bulbwa ![]() Iheanacho ![]() | Yeboah ![]() |
Ivory Coast ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Niangbo ![]() |
Congo ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() |
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Iheanacho ![]() Isaac ![]() Yahaya ![]() Matthew ![]() |
Ivory Coast ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Knock-out stage
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
23 April – Casablanca | ||||||
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27 April – Marrakech | ||||||
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24 April – Marrakech | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
26 April – Marrakech | ||||||
![]() | 1(10) | |||||
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Semi-finals
[edit]Nigeria ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Iheanacho ![]() Yahaya ![]() Isaac ![]() | Belarbi ![]() Haj Hassen ![]() |
Third place match
[edit]Final
[edit]Ivory Coast ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Bile Bedia ![]() | Report | Izu Omego ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Coulibaly ![]() Diallo ![]() Angban ![]() Ibrahima Keita ![]() Niangbo ![]() | 5–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Winners
[edit]2013 CAF Under-17 Championship |
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![]() Ivory Coast First title |
Goalscorers
[edit]- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
Wilnod Allogho (against Tunisia)
Yasser Sellimi (against Gabon)
References
[edit]- ^ "CAF U-17 and U-20 Championships Final Draws set for Cairo". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 19 November 2012.
- ^ "CAF U-17 Championship: Draw result". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 12 December 2012.
- ^ Al-Smith, Gary (13 April 2013). "Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Congo caught cheating". Supersport.com. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "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.