2001 African U-17 Championship

2001 African U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Seychelles
City	Victoria, Mahé
Dates	17 February - 3 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Burkina Faso
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	No fourth place.[1]
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	51 (3.4 per match)

The 2001 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Seychelles. The top three teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship. Guinea, one of the finalists, was disqualified from the tournament on the day of the final, because of government interferences in Guinean federation, what forced the final to be postponed one day. Guinea was replaced by Burkina Faso.

Qualification

Preliminary round

The first leg matches were played on either the 14th or 16 April 2000. The second leg matches were played on either the 28th or 30 April 2000. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eritrea	2 – 4	Burundi	1 – 2	1 – 2
Swaziland	2 – 6	Tanzania	1 – 2	1 – 4
Malawi	4 – 0	Mauritius	3 – 0	1 – 0
Equatorial Guinea	5 – 0	São Tomé and Príncipe	4 – 0	1 – 0
Rwanda	1 – 2	Mozambique	0 – 1	1 – 1
Madagascar	3 – 4	Lesotho	1 – 1	2 – 3
Zimbabwe	5 – 2	Botswana	1 – 1	4 – 1
Sierra Leone	0 – 1	Gambia	0 – 0	0 – 1
Libya	0 – 8 d[2]	Chad	0 – 3	0 – 5
Kenya	2 – 0	Somalia	2 – 0	[3]
Namibia	w/o	Gabon	–	–
Senegal	w/o	Guinea-Bissau	–	–
Sudan	w/o	Congo	–	–
Togo	w/o	Algeria	–	–
Liberia	w/o	Ivory Coast	–	–

First round

The first leg matches were played on either 23 or 25 June 2000. The second leg matches were played on either 7 or 9 July 2000. The winners advanced to the second round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Namibia	2 – 7	Cameroon	2 – 1	0 – 6
Tanzania	0 – 2	Burundi	0 – 0	0 – 2
Senegal	2 – 3	Nigeria	2 – 0	0 – 3
Malawi	3 – 2	Angola	1 – 0	2 – 2
Equatorial Guinea	2 – 3	South Africa	2 – 1	0 – 2
Mozambique	3 – 1	Kenya	2 – 0	1 – 1
Lesotho	4 – 5	Ethiopia	0 – 5	4 – 0
Zimbabwe	1 – 3	Zambia	0 – 1	1 – 2
Gambia	2 – 1	Ghana	1 – 0	1 – 1
Libya	0 – 11	Burkina Faso	0 – 5	0 – 6
Morocco	3 – 9	Mali	1 – 5	2 – 4
Tunisia	0 – 3	Guinea	0 – 0	0 – 3
Sudan	w/o	Egypt	–	–
Liberia	w/o	Algeria	–	–

Second round

The first leg matches were played on either 11 or 12 November 2000. The second leg matches were played on either 24, 25 or 26 November. The winners advanced to the finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Burundi	3 – 4	Cameroon	2 – 2	1 – 2
Malawi	1 – 4	Nigeria	1 – 1	0 – 3
Mozambique	2 – 1	South Africa	1 – 0	1 – 1
Zambia	1 – 1 (p 3 – 4)	Ethiopia	1 – 0	0 – 1
Burkina Faso	1 – 1 (p 4 – 2)	Gambia	1 – 0	0 – 1
Mali	6 – 0	Sudan	3 – 0	3 – 0
Algeria	w/o	Guinea	1 – 5	w/o

Qualified teams

•  Burkina Faso
•  Cameroon
•  Ethiopia
•  Guinea
•  Mali
•  Mozambique
•  Nigeria
•  Seychelles (host nation)

Group stage

Legend
Advanced to semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Burkina Faso 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7  Mali 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 6  Cameroon 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4 4  Seychelles 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0 Seychelles  v  Cameroon 17 Feb 2001 Seychelles  0 – 5  Cameroon Stade Linité, Victoria Mali  v  Burkina Faso 17 Feb 2001 Mali  0 – 1  Burkina Faso Stade Linité, Victoria Cameroon  v  Mali 20 Feb 2001 Cameroon  1 – 2  Mali Stade Linité, Victoria Burkina Faso  v  Seychelles 20 Feb 2001 Burkina Faso  4 – 1  Seychelles Stade Linité, Victoria Cameroon  v  Burkina Faso 23 Feb 2001 Cameroon  1 – 1  Burkina Faso Stade Linité, Victoria Seychelles  v  Mali 23 Feb 2001 Seychelles  0 – 8  Mali Stade Linité, Victoria Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Nigeria 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7  Guinea 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5  Ethiopia 3 1 1 1 3 5 -2 4  Mozambique 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0 Nigeria  v  Guinea 18 Feb 2001 Nigeria  2 – 2  Guinea Stade Linité, Victoria Mozambique  v  Ethiopia 18 Feb 2001 Mozambique  1 – 2  Ethiopia Stade Linité, Victoria Guinea  v  Mozambique 21 Feb 2001 Guinea  4 – 0  Mozambique Stade Linité, Victoria Ethiopia  v  Nigeria 21 Feb 2001 Ethiopia  1 – 4  Nigeria Stade Linité, Victoria Guinea  v  Ethiopia 24 Feb 2001 Guinea  0 – 0  Ethiopia Stade Linité, Victoria Nigeria  v  Mozambique 24 Feb 2001 Nigeria  3 – 0  Mozambique Stade Linité, Victoria Knock-out stage Semi-finals Final Feb 27 - Victoria   Burkina Faso  1     Guinea[1]  2     Mar 3 - Victoria       Nigeria  3     Burkina Faso  0 Third place Feb 27 - Victoria   Nigeria  1 (4)   Mali  -   Mali  1 (3)    No contender[1]   - Semi-finals Burkina Faso  v  Guinea 27 Feb 2001 Burkina Faso  1–2  Guinea Stade Linité, Victoria Nigeria  v  Mali 27 Feb 2001 Nigeria  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Mali   Penalties   4–3 Stade Linité, Victoria Third place match Mali  v No contender Cancelled (Originally, 2 March 2001) Mali  –[1] No contender Stade Linité, Victoria Final Nigeria  v  Burkina Faso 3 March 2001 (originally scheduled on 2 March 2001) Nigeria  3–1  Burkina Faso Stade Linité, Victoria Winners 2001 CAF Under-17 Championship Nigeria First title Countries to participate in 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 3 teams which qualified for 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.  Nigeria  Burkina Faso  Mali References Guinea was banned from all international activity on March 2 because of irregularities and interferences of his government in his national federation. Therefore, the Guinean team, who were due to play the final on these very day, was disqualified from the tournament. The final was rearranged for March 3, and Burkina Faso, who lose the semifinal against Guinea, were declared as finalists. The third-place match was not played, and the fourth-place was left vacant. Chad was disqualified for fielding an over-aged player (Ousmane Mahamat). One-match round. External links RSSSF.com Confederation of African Football