2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

The 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-17 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Tournament details
Host countries	Algeria (North Zone) Mauritania (West A Zone) Ghana (West B Zone) Cameroon (Central Zone) Ethiopia (Central-East Zone) Malawi (South Zone)
Dates	11 June 2022 – 18 January 2023
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	185 (3.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Siyabonga Mabena (9 goals)
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Players born 1 January 2006 or later were eligible to participate in the competition. A total of twelve teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Algeria who qualified automatically as hosts.^[1]

Teams

Since the 2021 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations was cancelled, this will be the first edition in Africa U-17 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight. Each of the six zones received two spots in the final tournament.

Zone	Spots	Teams entering qualification	Did not enter
North Zone (UNAF)	1 spot + hosts	Egypt  Libya  Morocco  Tunisia	Algeria (Q, H)
West A Zone (WAFU-UFOA A)	2 spots	Cape Verde  Liberia (D)[note 1]  Mali  Mauritania (H)  Senegal  Sierra Leone	Gambia  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau
West B Zone (WAFU-UFOA B)	2 spots	Benin  Burkina Faso  Ghana (H)  Ivory Coast  Niger  Nigeria  Togo
Central Zone (UNIFFAC)	2 spots	Cameroon (H)  Central African Republic  Chad (D)[note 2]  Congo  DR Congo (D)[note 2]	Equatorial Guinea  Gabon  São Tomé and Príncipe
Central-East Zone (CECAFA)	2 spots	Burundi  Djibouti (D)[note 3]  Eritrea (W)[note 4]  Ethiopia (H)  Rwanda (W)[note 4]  Somalia  South Sudan  Sudan (D)[note 3]  Tanzania  Uganda	Kenya
South Zone (COSAFA)	2 spots	Angola (D)[note 5]  Botswana  Malawi (H)  Mauritius (W)[note 6]  Mozambique  Namibia  Seychelles  South Africa  Zambia	Comoros  Eswatini  Lesotho  Madagascar  Zimbabwe

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• (H): Qualifying tournament hosts
• (Q): Automatically qualified for final tournament regardless of qualification results
• (W): Withdrew
• (D): Disqualified

Schedule

The qualifying competition was split into regional competitions, with the teams entering the qualifying tournament of their zone. The schedule of each qualifying zone was as follows.

Zone	Group stage	Knockout stage
West B Zone[9]	11–18 June 2022	21–24 June 2022
West A Zone[10]	1–5 October 2022	7–9 October 2022
Central-East Zone[11]	3–9 October 2022	12–15 October 2022
North Zone[12]	8–14 November 2022	—
South Zone[13]	2–7 December 2022	9–11 December 2022
Central Zone	12–18 January 2023	—

North Zone

Main article: 2022 UNAF U-17 Tournament

The 2022 UNAF U-17 Tournament, which also served as the qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, took place between 8 and 14 November 2022 in Algiers, Algeria.^[12] The four teams were placed in one group, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament. Algeria didn't participate in the tournament, as were automatically qualified for the final tournament as hosts.

All times are local, DPRA (UTC+1).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
2	Egypt	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
3	Libya	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3

Source: UNAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Tunisia	0–2	Morocco
	Report	Maali 56' (pen.) Bakhti 86'

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08)

15:00

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Abdoul Karim Twagiramukiza (Rwanda)

Libya	2–1	Egypt
Al Mesmari 37' Al Zakouzi 58'	Report	Mohamed 45+1' (pen.)

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08)

18:15

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

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Egypt	3–1	Tunisia
Abdel-Aziz 15' Moawad 54' Abdelkarim 90+1'	Report	Al Gharbi 81'

11 November 2022 (2022-11-11)

15:00

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Mohamed Agha (Libya)

Morocco	1–0	Libya
Ashtar 24'	Report

11 November 2022 (2022-11-11)

18:15

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)

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Tunisia	3–2	Libya
Dendani 54' (pen.), 80' Amdouni 87'	Report	Al Mabrouk 4' (pen.) Kerwash 84'

14 November 2022 (2022-11-14)

15:00

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

Egypt	1–2	Morocco
Abdel-Aziz 58'	Report	Maali 7' Nair 45'

14 November 2022 (2022-11-14)

15:00

Salem Mabrouki Stadium, Algiers

Referee: Abdoul Karim Twagirumukiza (Rwanda)

West A Zone

The WAFU-UFOA Zone A qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations were hosted by Mauritania with the matches played between 1 and 9 October 2022.^[14] The draw was announced on 21 July 2022.^[10]

All times are local, GMT (UTC±0).

Group stage

The six teams were drawn into two groups of three 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	Sierra Leone	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3	Semi-finals
2	Mauritania (H)	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0
3	Liberia (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(D) Disqualified; (H) Hosts
Notes:

1. On 3 October, Liberia were disqualified from the qualifiers after two of their players failed to pass the MRI test. After this, both of their matches were cancelled and the group standings was decided only by the first match played on 1 October between Mauritania and Sierra Leone.^[2]

Mauritania	0–3	Sierra Leone
	Report	Sesay 11', 32' A. Bangura 48'

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01)

18:00

Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott

Referee: Lenine dos Santos (Cape Verde)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	6	Semi-finals
2	Senegal	2	1	0	1	7	2	+5	3
3	Cape Verde	2	0	0	2	1	13	−12	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

Cape Verde	0–6	Senegal
	Report	I. Touré 11' Sylla 35', 89' Sadio 39' A. Diouf 72', 82'

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01)

21:00

Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott

Referee: Alhaji Kabia (Sierra Leone)

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Mali	7–1	Cape Verde
I. Diarra 8', 10', 44' Tia 14' Kanaté 66' Barry 71' Sissoko 89'	Report	B. Coulibaly 78' (o.g.)

3 October 2022 (2022-10-03)

18:00

Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott

Referee: Stanley Konah (Liberia)

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Senegal	1–2	Mali
Sall 64'	Report	A. Diarra 20' Tia 68'

5 October 2022 (2022-10-05)

18:00

Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott

Referee: Mathioro Diabel (Mauritania)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 October – Cheikha Boïdiya
	Sierra Leone	0 (5)
					9 October – Cheikha Boïdiya
	Senegal (p)	0 (6)
					Senegal	1 (2)
	7 October – Cheikha Boïdiya
					Mali (p)	1 (4)
	Mali	2
	Mauritania	0

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Sierra Leone	0–0	Senegal
	Report
Penalties
S. Bangura Bah Al. Koroma Ab. Koroma Fornah Al. Kamara K. Conteh	5–6	F. Diouf A. Touré Diao A. Diouf I. Touré Dorival Sadio

7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)

18:00

Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott

Referee: Raimundo Correia (Guinea-Bissau)

Mali	2–0	Mauritania
I. Diarra 10' A. Diarra 85'	Report

7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)

21:00

Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott

Referee: Aïssatou Kanté (Guinea)

Final

Senegal	1–1	Mali
A. Diouf 45'	Report	I. Diarra 53'
Penalties
F. Diouf A. Touré Diao Diallo	2–4	Barry M. Traoré B. Coulibaly Kanaté

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09)

19:00

Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott

Referee: Alhasan Bass (Gambia)

West B Zone

The WAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations were hosted by Ghana with the matches played between 11 and 24 June 2022.^[15] The draw was announced on 15 April 2022.^[9]

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	Nigeria	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4	6	Semi-finals
2	Ghana (H)	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
3	Togo	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Ghana	2–4	Nigeria
Salifu 60' Agyemang 89' (pen.)	Report	Michael 12' Williams 42' Azeez 52' Eke 79'

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11)

16:00

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Daniel Luc Kassa (Benin)

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Nigeria	3–1	Togo
Iyede 11' Williams 24' Eke 82'	Report	Ahouankpo 75'

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14)

16:00

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Tuoniféré Soro (Ivory Coast)

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Togo	0–3	Ghana
	Report	Adua 54' Salifu 77' Agyemang 80' (pen.)

17 June 2022 (2022-06-17)

16:00

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Sadou Ali Brahamou (Niger)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Burkina Faso	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9	Semi-finals
2	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	10	8	+2	3
3	Benin	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Niger	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

Ivory Coast	2–3	Benin
Diomandé 12' Baboni 80' (o.g.)	Report	Ouorou 45+2', 49' Arouna 87'

12 June 2022 (2022-06-12)

16:00

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Benoît Bado (Burkina Faso)

Burkina Faso	2–1	Niger
Camara 5' Bougma 53'	Report	Djingarey 16'

12 June 2022 (2022-06-12)

19:00

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Julian Nunoo (Ghana)

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Niger	1–6	Ivory Coast
Issoufou 12'	Report	N'Goran 14' Soro 17' Gballou 26' Diomandé 38', 45+1' Doumbia 87'

15 June 2022 (2022-06-15)

16:00

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Abdulsalam Kassim (Nigeria)

Benin	1–2	Burkina Faso
Seidou 15'	Report	Bougma 12' Camara 51' (pen.)

15 June 2022 (2022-06-15)

19:00

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Gnama Aklesso (Togo)

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Niger	3–1	Benin
Issoufou 20' Yacouba ?' ? ?'	Report	Arouna 34'

18 June 2022 (2022-06-18)

16:00

Nduom Sports Stadium, Elmina

Ivory Coast	2–4	Burkina Faso
Soro 6' (pen.) Doumbia 60'	Report	Ouattara 67' Camara 78', 82' Ouédraogo 90+3'

18 June 2022 (2022-06-18)

16:00

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Julian Nunoo (Ghana)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	21 June – Cape Coast Stadium
	Nigeria	3
					24 June – Cape Coast Stadium
	Ivory Coast	1
					Nigeria	2
	21 June – Cape Coast Stadium
					Burkina Faso	1
	Burkina Faso	1
	Ghana	0
					Third place
					24 June – Cape Coast Stadium
					Ivory Coast	2
					Ghana	3

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Nigeria	3–1	Ivory Coast
Michael 31', 43' Abdullahi 61'	Report	Diomandé 2' (pen.)

21 June 2022 (2022-06-21)

15:00

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Sadou Ali Brahamou (Niger)

Burkina Faso	1–0	Ghana
Camara 65' (pen.)	Report

21 June 2022 (2022-06-21)

18:30

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Gnama Aklesso (Togo)

Third place

Ivory Coast	2–3	Ghana
Diomandé 6' (pen.) Méïté 72'	Report	Adam 9' (pen.) Apokum 58' Salifu 90+2'

24 June 2022 (2022-06-24)

15:00

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Benoît Bado (Burkina Faso)

Final

Nigeria	2–1	Burkina Faso
Abdullahi 22', 48'	Report	Ouédraogo 42'

24 June 2022 (2022-06-24)

18:30

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Julian Nunoo (Ghana)

Central Zone

The UNIFFAC qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations were planned to be held in Cameroon between 7–12 January 2023 but was postponed and eventually played between 12 and 18 January 2023 due to a number of players being deemed overage by the MRI tests for Chad, DR Congo and Cameroon.^[16][17][3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon (H)	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
2	Congo	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Central African Republic	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Central African Republic	0–4	Cameroon
	Report	Akamba 35' Abib 56' Yondjo 70', 73'

12 January 2023 (2023-01-12)

17:00

Limbe Stadium, Limbé

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Cameroon	2–0	Congo
Yondjo 79' Djibrin 90+5'	Report

15 January 2023 (2023-01-15)

14:00

Limbe Stadium, Limbé

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Congo	3–0	Central African Republic
Bizenga 36', 77' Nzouzi 53'	Report

18 January 2023 (2023-01-18)

17:00

Limbe Stadium, Limbé

Central-East Zone

Main article: 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship

The CECAFA qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations were hosted by Ethiopia, with the matches played between 2 and 19 October 2022. The draw was announced on 15 September 2022.^[18][19]

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

Group stage

The ten teams were initially drawn into two groups of five teams. Ethiopia, Tanzania, Somalia, South Sudan and Eritrea were drawn into Group A and Uganda, Djibouti, Sudan, Burundi and Rwanda were drawn into Group B. However, on 26 September, Eritrea and Rwanda withdrew from the competition, leaving both the groups with four teams.^[5][6] On 1 October, Djibouti and Sudan were disqualified from the tournament after some of their players failed the MRI test, leaving Group B with only two teams.^[4]

A redraw was then conducted on 2 October, with three teams drawn in two groups.^[11] 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	Tanzania	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	6	Semi-finals
2	Somalia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Ethiopia (H)	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Ethiopia	0–1	Somalia
	Report	A. Abdi 12'

3 October 2022 (2022-10-03)

16:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Djaffari Nduwimana (Burundi)

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Tanzania	3–2	Ethiopia
Otto 3', 15' Iddi 87'	Report	Seyoum 9', 20'

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

16:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Jelly Chavani (South Africa)

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Somalia	1–2	Tanzania
Bilal 38'	Report	Otto 75', 79'

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09)

13:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Yasir Abdelaziz (Sudan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	6	Semi-finals
2	South Sudan	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1
3	Burundi	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

Uganda	4–0	Burundi
Yiga 17', 45' Nkoola 35' Okello 55'	Report

3 October 2022 (2022-10-03)

13:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Abdulsalam Kassim (Nigeria)

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South Sudan	1–4	Uganda
Okenny 67'	Report	Nkoola 25', 51' Sembuusi 37' Walusimbi 45+1'

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

13:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Ahmed Arajiga (Tanzania)

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Burundi	1–1	South Sudan
Harimbabazi 65'	Report	Mabil 83'

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09)

16:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium
	Uganda	1 (7)
					15 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium
	Somalia (p)	1 (8)
					Somalia	3
	12 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium
					South Sudan	1
	Tanzania	1 (3)
	South Sudan (p)	1 (4)
					Third place
					15 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium
					Uganda	1 (1)
					Tanzania (p)	1 (4)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Uganda	1–1	Somalia
Ssemwogerere 42'	Report	A. Abdi 44'
Penalties
Yiga Ssonko Wandera Walusimbi Ssekajugo Okello Tumwesigye Nkoola	7–8	Abdullahi Abdukadir Abdalla Bilal M. Abdi A. Abdi Nor Ali

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)

12:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Tewodros Mitiku (Ethiopia)

Tanzania	1–1	South Sudan
Charles 71'	Report	Gem 37'
Penalties
Omar Farid M. Salum Hamisi Charles	3–4	Obama Mabil Moses Taban Gem

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)

15:30

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Abdulsalam Kassim (Nigeria)

Third place

Uganda	1–1	Tanzania
Lubega 45+2'	Report	Omar 52'
Penalties
Yiga Ssonko Ouke	1–4	Omar M. Salum Kapil Farid

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)

12:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Nasser Houssein (Djibouti)

Final

Somalia	3–1	South Sudan
A. Abdi 6' Dahir 59', 71'	Report	Minari 48'

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)

15:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

South Zone

Main article: 2022 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

The COSAFA qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations were played between 2 and 11 December 2022 in Malawi. The draw was announced on 4 November 2022.^[13]

All times are local, CAT (UTC+2).

Group stage

The nine teams were initially drawn into three groups of three teams. Malawi, Botswana and Namibia were drawn into Group A; Angola, South Africa and Mauritius were drawn into Group B; and Zambia, Mozambique and Seychelles were drawn into Group C.

However, a few days later, Mauritius withdrew from the competition, leaving Group B with only two teams. A redraw was then conducted on 29 November, with eight teams drawn into two groups of four teams.^[8] 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	Malawi (H)	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Semi-finals
2	Botswana	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Namibia	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0
4	Angola (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified[a]

Source: COSAFA.com
(D) Disqualified; (H) Hosts
Notes:

1. On 1 December, Angola were disqualified from the qualifiers after a few of their players failed to pass the MRI test.^[7]

Malawi	2–2	Botswana
Harrison 32' Mhango 64'	Report	Ratshukudu 11' Banda 47' (o.g.)

2 December 2022 (2022-12-02)

20:00

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Njaka Raharimanantsoa (Madagascar)

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Malawi	2–1	Namibia
Kanowa 37' (pen.) Mzunda 83'	Report	Nanuseb 27'

4 December 2022 (2022-12-04)

15:30

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Wilson Muianga (Mozambique)

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Namibia	0–1	Botswana
	Report	Ratshukudu 72'

6 December 2022 (2022-12-06)

13:40

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Darrio Landry (Seychelles)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Semi-finals
2	South Africa	3	2	0	1	12	1	+11	6
3	Mozambique	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1
4	Seychelles	3	0	1	2	1	18	−17	1

Source: COSAFA.com

Seychelles	0–11	South Africa
	Report	Mabena 4', 9', 26', 45+2', 74' Lee 10' Mokoena 25' Wallis 48', 52', 90+2' (pen.) Manyana 57'

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03)

15:30

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Thokozani Dlamini (Eswatini)

Zambia	1–0	Mozambique
Zimba 55'	Report

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03)

18:30

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

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Mozambique	0–1	South Africa
	Report	Mabena 62'

5 December 2022 (2022-12-05)

15:30

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Thembinkosi Dlamini (Eswatini)

Zambia	7–1	Seychelles
Mwanza 33', 42', 74', 86', 90' Kapowa 37' Phiri 64'	Report	Hoareau 77'

5 December 2022 (2022-12-05)

18:30

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Eness Gumbo (Malawi)

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Seychelles	0–0	Mozambique
	Report

7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)

19:00

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Samuel Nghipandulwa (Namibia)

South Africa	0–1	Zambia
	Report	Zimba 49'

7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)

21:30

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Wilson Muianga (Mozambique)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 December – Bingu National
	Zambia	4
					11 December – Bingu National
	Botswana	2
					Zambia	1
	9 December – Bingu National
					South Africa	0
	Malawi	1
	South Africa	5
					Third place
					11 December – Bingu National
					Botswana	2
					Malawi	5

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Zambia	4–2	Botswana
Malaya 31' Kapowa 45', 86' Zimba 70'	Report	Manapolo 51' (pen.) Ratshukudu 58'

9 December 2022 (2022-12-09)

18:30

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

Malawi	1–5	South Africa
Mkandawire 52'	Report	Sibiya 31' Mabena 46', 86' (pen.), 90' Lee 74'

9 December 2022 (2022-12-09)

21:30

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Wilson Muianga (Mozambique)

Third place

Botswana	2–5	Malawi
Ratshukudu 58' Matakula 79'	Report	Mkandawire 4' Mzunda 20', 66', 90' Harrison 42'

11 December 2022 (2022-12-11)

12:00

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Wilson Muianga (Mozambique)

Final

Zambia	1–0	South Africa
Phiri 60'	Report

11 December 2022 (2022-12-11)

17:30

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.^[20] However, South Sudan was disqualified from the tournament after 5 players failed the MRI test.^[21]

Team	Zone	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Africa U-17 Cup of Nations1 only final tournament era (since 1995)
Algeria (hosts)	North Zone	17 May 2021[1]	1 (2009)
Nigeria	West B Zone	21 June 2022	9 (1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019)
Burkina Faso	West B Zone	21 June 2022	6 (1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Senegal	West A Zone	7 October 2022	2 (2011, 2019)
Mali	West A Zone	7 October 2022	8 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Somalia	Central-East Zone	12 October 2022	0 (debut)
South Sudan	Central-East Zone	12 October 2022	0 (debut)
Morocco	North Zone	14 November 2022	2 (2013, 2019)
Zambia	South Zone	9 December 2022	1 (2015)
South Africa	South Zone	9 December 2022	3 (2005, 2007, 2015)
Cameroon	Central Zone	15 January 2023	7 (1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Congo	Central Zone	18 January 2023	2 (2011, 2013)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 185 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 3.56 goals per match.

9 goals

• Siyabonga Mabena

5 goals

• Ousmane Camara
• Yan Diomandé
• Ibrahim Diarra
• Emmanuel Mwanza

4 goals

• Losika Ratshukudu
• Webster Mzunda
• Sylvester Otto

3 goals

• Dorinel Yondjo
• Abdul-Razak Salifu
• Abubakar Abdullahi
• Emmanuel Michael
• Amara Diouf
• Abdihafid Abdi
• Benjamin Wallis
• Arafat Nkoola
• Lutetekelo Kapowa
• Marcel Zimba

2 goals

• Abdou-Faridou Arouna
• Yamirou Ouorou
• Apollinaire Bougma
• Abdramane Ouédraogo
• Bienvenu Bizenga
• Ayman Abdel-Aziz
• Biruk Seyoum
• Collins Agyemang
• Abdoulaye Doumbia
• Nambagui Soro
• Vincent Harrison
• Lucky Mkandawire
• Aboubacar Diarra
• Ange Tia
• Abdelhamid Maali
• Yanis Issoufou
• Light Eke
• Daniel Sesay
• Mactar Sylla
• Wissam Chaouali
• Abdirahin Dahir
• Dhakier Lee
• Nacim Dendani
• Alex Yiga
• Kelvin Phiri

1 goal

• Taofik Seidou
• Boniface Manapolo
• Boikobo Matakula
• Sie Ouattara
• Ramadhan Harimbabazi
• Tizé Abib
• Collins Akamba
• Harouna Djibrin
• Ayel Nzouzi
• Hossam Abdelkarim
• Omar Moawad
• Omar Mohamed
• Abdul Rashid Adam
• Pius Adua
• Richard Apokum
• Aboubacar Méïté
• Inza Gballou
• Emmanuel N'Goran
• Sanad Kerwash
• Abdel Moamen Al Mabrouk
• Ahmed Al Mesmari
• Marwan Al Zakouzi
• Blessings Kanowa
• Mwisho Mhango
• Mahamoud Barry
• Ibrahim Kanaté
• Modibo Sissoko
• Adam Ashtar
• Ismail Bakhti
• Aiman Nair
• Dorian Nanuseb
•  ?
• Mohamed Yacouba
• Ibrahim Djingarey
• Jubril Azeez
• Kevwe Iyede
• Lamine Sadio
• Omar Sall
• Issa Touré
• Lorenzo Hoareau
• Abu Bakarr Bangura
• Idris Bilal
• Xhosa Manyana
• Bennet Mokoena
• Thato Sibiya
• Jonathan Gem
• David Mabil
• Ajo Minari
• Abraham Okenny
• Yasin Charles
• Idrisa Iddi
• Ally Omar
• Komi Ahouankpo
• Anas Amdouni
• Moncef Al Gharbi
• Farouk Lubega
• Richard Okello
• Patrick Sembuusi
• Jamal Ssemwogerere
• Abubakali Walusimbi
• Samson Malaya

1 own goal

• Abdalath Baboni (against Ivory Coast)
• Julius Banda (against Botswana)
• Baye Coulibaly (against Cape Verde)

See also

• 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

Notes

1. Liberia were disqualified from the qualifiers after two of their players failed to pass the MRI test.^[2]
2. Chad and DR Congo were disqualified from the qualifiers after one of their players failed to pass the MRI test.^[3]
3. Djibouti & Sudan were disqualified from the qualifiers after some of their players failed to pass the MRI test.^[4]
4. Eritrea & Rwanda withdrew from the qualifiers after the group stage draw was conducted.^[5][6]
5. Angola were disqualified from the qualifiers after a few of their players failed to pass the MRI test.^[7]
6. Mauritius withdrew from the qualifiers after the group stage draw was conducted.^[8]

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