African Under-17 Championship
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The African Under 17 Championship is a bi-annual football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 competition organised by the sport's Africa
Africa
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an governing body, CAF
Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...

. The competition has been held since 1995. Between 1985 and 1993 only qualifying competitions for the FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to the FIFA U-17 World Championship and known by its current name since 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by Fédération Internationale de Football...

 were played.

African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup

Year Host Qualifier teams
Winner Winner Winner
1985
details
home & away
1987
details
home & away
1989
details
home & away

African U-17 Qualifying for World Cup

Year Host Qualifier teams
Winner Winner Winner
1991
details
home & away
1993
details
home & away

African U-17 Championship

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
1995
details
1995 African Under-17 Championship
-Countries to participate in 1995 FIFA U-17 World Cup:Top 3 teams qualified for 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship.-External links:**...

  Mali
Mali
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3–1
aet
2–1
aet
1997
details
  Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

1–0 1–0
1999
details
  Guinea
Guinea
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3–1 1–0
2001
details
  Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....

3–0
2003
details
2003 African Under-17 Championship
The 5th African Under-17 Championship was held between May 25 and June 8, 2003 in Swaziland. The first three qualified for FIFA U-17 World Championship 2003.-Group A:-Group B:-Semifinals:-Third place play-off:-Final:-External links:* *...

  Swaziland
Swaziland
Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...

1–0
aet
3–1
2005
details
2005 African Under-17 Championship
-Group A:---------------------Group B:---------------------Semifinals:-----Third place playoff:-Final:-Goalscorers:4 goals Opoku Agyemang...

  Gambia 1–0 1–0
2007
details
2007 African Under-17 Championship
The 2007 African Under-17 Football Championship was the seventh edition of the CAF's African Under-17 Football Championship, held in Togo from March 10 to March 25, 2007...

  Togo
Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...

1–0
aet
1–0
2009
details
2009 African Under-17 Championship
The 2009 African Under-17 Championship was a football tournament for Under 17 players. It was held in Algeria in 2009.The competition consisted of three rounds of two legged matches. Some countries received a bye to the First Round. The winners of the Second Round matches qualified for the Finals...

  Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

3–1 2–0
2011
details
2011 African Under-17 Championship
-Group B:---------------------Knock-out stage:-Semifinals:-Third place:-Final:-Countries to participate in 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup:Top 4 teams qualified for 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.-Goalscorers:-Goals scored by Country:...

  Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

2–1 2–1
2013
details
  Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

2015
details
  Niger
Niger
Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

2017
details
  Madagascar
Madagascar
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Total Wins

Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
2 (1995, 1999) 1 (2005) 2 (1997, 2007)
2 (2001, 2007) 1 (1995) 1 (2003)
2 (2005, 2009)
1 (2011) 2 (1999, 2001) 1 (2009)
1 (2003) 1 (1999)
1 (1997) 1 (2003)
1 (1997) 2 (1999, 2001) 1 (1995)
1 (2009)
1 (2011)
1 (2003)
1 (2007)
1 (2005) 1 (2011)
1 (2011)
1 (1995)
1 (1997)
1 (2009)
1 (2005)
1 (2007)

See also

  • CAF
    Confederation of African Football
    The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...

  • Africa Cup of Nations
  • African Youth Championship
    African Youth Championship
    The African Youth Championship is the main international youth football competition for CAF nations, and is competed for by under 20 year olds...

  • FIFA U-17 World Cup
    FIFA U-17 World Cup
    The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to the FIFA U-17 World Championship and known by its current name since 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by Fédération Internationale de Football...


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