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

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 32014406
 Tunisia 312052+35
 South Africa 31115504
 Gabon 301225-31

10 March 2007
Togo  2–0  South Africa

10 March 2007
Gabon  0–0  Tunisia

13 March 2007
South Africa  3–1  Gabon

13 March 2007
Tunisia  3–0  Togo

16 March 2007
South Africa  2–2  Tunisia

16 March 2007
Togo  2–1  Gabon

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3300121+119
 Ghana 320193+66
 Burkina Faso 31025503
 Eritrea 3003017-170

11 March 2007
Ghana  3–1  Burkina Faso

11 March 2007
Nigeria  8–0  Eritrea

14 March 2007
Burkina Faso  1–2  Nigeria

14 March 2007
Eritrea  0–6  Ghana

17 March 2007
Burkina Faso  3–0  Eritrea

17 March 2007
Nigeria  2–0  Ghana

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

20 March 2007
Togo  2–1  Ghana

20 March 2007
Nigeria  2–0  Tunisia

Third place match

24 March 2007
Ghana  1–0  Tunisia

Final

25 March 2007
Togo  0–1  Nigeria

Winners

2007 CAF Under-17 Championship
Nigeria
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.

External links

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