2013 African U-17 Championship
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.
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) |
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.
Venues
Casablanca | |
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Stade Mohamed V | |
Capacity: 67,000 | |
Marrakech | |
Stade de Marrakech | |
Capacity: 45,240 | |
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.[3]
CAF released the names of the players who were found to be over-age:
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Group stage
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
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
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
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
23 April – Casablanca | ||||||
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27 April – Marrakech | ||||||
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1(5) | ||||||
24 April – Marrakech | ||||||
1(4) | ||||||
4 | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
26 April – Marrakech | ||||||
1(10) | ||||||
1(11) |
Semi-finals
Morocco | 1–2 | |
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Sabbar |
Bedi Niangbo |
Nigeria | 4–2 | |
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Iheanacho Yahaya Isaac |
Belarbi Haj Hassen |
Third place match
Morocco | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | |
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Bnou Marzouk |
Haj Hassan |
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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 |
Goalscorers
- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
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- 3 goals
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- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Own goal
References
- "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.