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2013 African U-17 Championship

بطولة أفريقيا تحت 17 سنة 2013
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	13–27 April
Teams	8 (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 played	16
Goals scored	56 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Success Isaac (7 goals) Kelechi Iheanacho (5 goals)
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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

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

•  Botswana
•  Congo
•  Ivory Coast
•  Gabon
•  Ghana
•  Morocco (Hosts)
•  Nigeria
•  Tunisia

Venues

Casablanca	CasablancaMarrakech
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.

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.

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

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	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Tunisia	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Gabon	3	1	0	2	6	9	–3	3	Eliminated and missed out on the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Botswana	3	0	0	3	2	9	–7	0

Morocco	4–1	Gabon
Sakhi 8', 10' Bnou Marzouk 56' Jaadi 90'		Eyamba 61' (pen.)

Tunisia	3–1	Botswana
Belarbi 2', 6' (pen.) Haj Hassen 50'		Tumisang 20'

Gabon	2–4	Tunisia
Bouanga Owane 73' Sellimi 79' (o.g.)		Belarbi 32' Haj Hassen 39' Abboud 45+2' Allogho 88' (o.g.)

Botswana	0–3	Morocco
		Bnou Marzouk 17', 80' Sakhi 49'

Morocco	1–1	Tunisia
El Bouazzati 47'		Haj Hassem 50'

Botswana	1–3	Gabon
Mooketsane 38'		Eyamba 2', 45+2' Owane 78'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	13	2	+11	6	Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Ivory Coast	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Ghana	3	0	2	1	2	7	–5	2	Eliminated and missed out on the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Congo	3	0	2	1	2	9	–7	2

Congo	1–1	Ivory Coast
Ngatsongo Obassi 8'		Landry 27'

Nigeria	6–1	Ghana
Isaac 10', 40', 63' (pen.), 68' Bulbwa 30' Iheanacho 90+5'		Yeboah 66'

Ivory Coast	1–0	Nigeria
Niangbo 90'

Ghana	1–1	Congo
Yeboah 38'		Bidimbou 3'

Congo	0–7	Nigeria
		Iheanacho 4', 44', 86' Isaac 27', 33' Yahaya 49' Matthew 60'

Ivory Coast	0–0	Ghana

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 April – Casablanca
	Morocco	1
					27 April – Marrakech
	Ivory Coast	2
					Ivory Coast	1(5)
	24 April – Marrakech
					Nigeria	1(4)
	Nigeria	4
	Tunisia	2
					Third place
					26 April – Marrakech
					Morocco	1(10)
					Tunisia	1(11)

Semi-finals

Morocco	1–2	Ivory Coast
Sabbar 67' (pen.)		Bedi 31' Niangbo 39'

Nigeria	4–2	Tunisia
Iheanacho 2' Yahaya 12', 58' Isaac 21'		Belarbi 25' Haj Hassen 30'

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

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 Mohammed

Winners

2013 CAF Under-17 Championship
Ivory Coast First title

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Success Isaac

5 goals

• Kelechi Iheanacho

4 goals

• Firas Belarbi
• Younes Bnou Marzouk
• Hazem Haj Hassen

3 goals

• Yahaya Umar
• Hamza Sakhi
• Mac Leod Eyamba

2 goals

• Kevine Bouanga Owane
• Yaw Yeboah
• Junior Landry

1 goal

• Orebonye Tumisang
• Bersyl Ngatsongo Obassi
• Kader Bidimbou
• Guy Bedi
• Prince Izu Omego
• Nabil Jaadi
• Ifeanyi Matthew
• Kabelano Mooketsane
• Walid Sabar
• Bernard Bulbwa
• Moez Abboud
• Mohamed El Boauzzati
• Chris Bile Bedia

Own goal

• Wilnod Allogho (against Tunisia)
• Yasser Sellimi (against Gabon)

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.

External links

• Official website

• 2013 African U-17 Championship
• 2013 in African football
• International association football competitions hosted by Morocco
• 2012–13 in Moroccan football
• U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
• 2012–13 in Tunisian football
• 2012–13 in Ghanaian football
• 2013 in youth association football