2007 African U-17 Championship

2007 African U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Togo
City	Lomé
Dates	March 10 - 25
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up	Togo
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	49 (3.06 per match)

The 2007 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Togo. For the first time, the top four teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup (because of his expansion from 16 teams to 24) instead of three, as it has been on previous tournaments.

Qualification

Qualified teams

Burkina Faso  Eritrea  Gabon  Ghana

Nigeria  South Africa  Togo (host nation)  Tunisia

Group stage

Legend
Advanced to semi-finals and qualified for the 2007 U-17 World Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Togo 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6  Tunisia 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5  South Africa 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4  Gabon 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1 Togo  v  South Africa 10 March 2007 Togo  2–0  South Africa Gabon  v  Tunisia 10 March 2007 Gabon  0–0  Tunisia South Africa  v  Gabon 13 March 2007 South Africa  3–1  Gabon Tunisia  v  Togo 13 March 2007 Tunisia  3–0  Togo South Africa  v  Tunisia 16 March 2007 South Africa  2–2  Tunisia Togo  v  Gabon 16 March 2007 Togo  2–1  Gabon

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Nigeria 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9  Ghana 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6  Burkina Faso 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3  Eritrea 3 0 0 3 0 17 -17 0 Ghana  v  Burkina Faso 11 March 2007 Ghana  3–1  Burkina Faso Nigeria  v  Eritrea 11 March 2007 Nigeria  8–0  Eritrea Burkina Faso  v  Nigeria 14 March 2007 Burkina Faso  1–2  Nigeria Eritrea  v  Ghana 14 March 2007 Eritrea  0–6  Ghana Burkina Faso  v  Eritrea 17 March 2007 Burkina Faso  3–0  Eritrea Nigeria  v  Ghana 17 March 2007 Nigeria  2–0  Ghana

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

Togo  v  Ghana

20 March 2007

Togo	2–1	Ghana

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Nigeria  v  Tunisia

20 March 2007

Nigeria	2–0	Tunisia

Third place match

Ghana  v  Tunisia

24 March 2007

Ghana	1–0	Tunisia

Final

Togo  v  Nigeria

25 March 2007

Togo	0–1	Nigeria

Winners

2007 CAF Under-17 Championship
Nigeria Second title

Countries to participate in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The 4 teams which qualified for 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Nigeria  Togo

Ghana  Tunisia

External links

• RSSSF.com: African U-17 Championship 2007
• CAF.com