1999 African U-17 Championship

The 1999 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Guinea. The top three teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

1999 African U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Guinea
City	Conakry
Dates	16–30 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (2nd title)
Runners-up	Burkina Faso
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	37 (2.31 per match)

Qualification

Preliminary round

The first leg matches were played on either 18 or 19 July 1998. The second leg matches were played on either 1 or 2 August 1998. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Namibia	1 – 4	Swaziland	1 – 1	0 – 3
Liberia	4 – 4 (a)	Togo	3 – 0	1 – 4
Lesotho	w/o	Tanzania	–	–
Malawi	w/o	Uganda	–	–
Gabon	w/o	Burundi	–	–

First round

The first leg matches were played on either the 20, 21, 22 or 23 November 1998. The second leg matches were played on either 4, 5 or 6 December 1998, except for the Libya vs Tunisia match, which was played on 18 December. The winners advanced to the Second Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	0 – 6	Burkina Faso	0 – 4	0 – 2
Ghana	5 – 2	Benin	4 – 1	1 – 1
Tunisia	3 – 1	Libya	2 – 1	1 – 0
Senegal	2 – 4	Mali	2 – 1	0 – 3
Zimbabwe	5 – 2	Lesotho	2 – 2	3 – 0
South Africa	7 – 3	Swaziland	5 – 1	2 – 2
Nigeria	6 – 1	Liberia	3 – 0	3 – 1
Angola	1 – 0	Botswana	1 – 0	0 – 0
Zambia	3 – 2	Malawi	3 – 0	0 – 2
Cameroon	6 – 2	Gabon	2 – 1	4 – 1
Mozambique	w/o	Ethiopia	0 – 1	w/o
Egypt	w/o	Sudan	–	–
Morocco	w/o	Mauritania	–	–
Ivory Coast	w/o	Congo	–	–

Second round

The matches were played on different dates from 6 February to 21 March. The winners advanced to the Finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Egypt	0 – 0 (p 2 – 3)	Burkina Faso	0 – 0	0 – 0
Ghana	8 – 0	Tunisia	5 – 0	3 – 0
Morocco	1 – 3	Mali	0 – 2	1 – 1
Zimbabwe	4 – 3	South Africa	1 – 2	3 – 1
Ethiopia	2 – 4	Nigeria	2 – 2	0 – 2
Angola	4 – 2	Zambia	4 – 2	0 – 0
Ivory Coast	0 – 3	Cameroon	0 – 1	0 – 2

Qualified teams

•  Angola
•  Burkina Faso
•  Cameroon
•  Ghana
•  Guinea (host nation)
•  Mali
•  Nigeria
•  Zimbabwe

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Cameroon 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5  Burkina Faso 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5  Guinea 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4  Zimbabwe 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1 16 May 1999 Guinea  1 – 1  Cameroon Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 16 May 1999 Zimbabwe  0 – 0  Burkina Faso Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 19 May 1999 Cameroon  1 – 1  Burkina Faso Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 19 May 1999 Guinea  4 – 0  Zimbabwe Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 22 May 1999 Cameroon  2 – 1  Zimbabwe Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 22 May 1999 Guinea  1 – 2  Burkina Faso Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Mali 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5  Ghana 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4  Angola 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3 17 May 1999 Ghana  3 – 0  Angola Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 17 May 1999 Mali  3 – 3  Nigeria Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 20 May 1999 Ghana  0 – 0  Mali Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 20 May 1999 Angola  1 – 0  Nigeria Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 23 May 1999 Angola  1 – 2  Mali Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 23 May 1999 Nigeria  2 – 1  Ghana Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry Knock-out stage   Semi-finals Final                 27 May - Conakry      Cameroon 0   30 May - Conakry    Ghana 1    Ghana 3   27 May - Conakry    Burkina Faso 1    Mali 0      Burkina Faso 1   Third place     30 May - Conakry      Cameroon 0      Mali 1 Semi-finals 27 May 1999 Cameroon  0–1  Ghana B. Bortey  38' Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 27 May 1999 Mali  0–1  Burkina Faso Barro  35' Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry Third place match 30 May 1999 Cameroon  0–1  Mali Mamadou Diawara  19' Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry Final 30 May 1999 Ghana  3–1  Burkina Faso K. Mensah  12' N. Lamptey  33' B. Bortey  43' Barro  63' Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry Winners 1999 CAF Under-17 Championship Ghana Second title Countries to participate in 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 3 teams which qualified for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.  Ghana  Burkina Faso  Mali External links RSSSF.com Confederation of African Football