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The 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total U-20 Africa Cup Of Nations, Zambia 2017, was the 14th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (21st edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. The tournament was set to take place in
Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...
between 26 February – 12 March 2017. The top four teams qualified for the
2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 21st edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 ...
in
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.


Qualification

The qualifiers were played between 1 April and 24 July 2016. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Zambia.


Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 1997 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.


Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Defending champions
Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
failed to qualify. Congo and
Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
also failed to qualify, thus the winners of five of the last six tournaments failed to qualify for this tournament. ''Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1991.''


Venues


Match officials

A total of 12 referees and 14 assistant referees were selected for the tournament. ;Referees * Hélder Martins de Carvalho (
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)
* Juste Ephrem Zio ( Burkina Faso) * Thierry Nkurunziza ( Burundi) * Antoine Effa (
Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
)
*
Victor Gomes Victor Miguel de Freitas Gomes (born 15 December 1982) is a South African football referee. A PSL referee since 2008, Gomes was voted PSL Referee of the Season in 2012–13 and 2017–18 and has been an international referee since 2011. In ...
( South Africa) * Ibrahim Nour El Din (
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)
* Sékou Ahmed Touré ( Guinea) * Sadok Selmi (
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)
* Jackson Pavaza (
Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
)
* Louis Hakizimana ( Rwanda) * Joshua Bondo (
Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...
)
* Chewe Wisdom (
Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...
)
;Assistant referees * Mokrani Gourari (
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)
* Issa Yahya ( Chad) * Steven Danilek M. Moyo ( Congo) * Sosseh Sulayman ( Gambia) * Sidiki Sidibe ( Guinea) * Cheruiyot Gilbert (
Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi ...
)
* Mark Ssonko (
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)
* Warr Adbelrahman ( Mauritania) * Nabina Blaise Sebutu ( DR Congo) * Toure Sengne Cheikh (
Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
)
* Eldrick Adelaide (
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)
* Khumalo Steven ( South Africa) * Diakite Moriba (
Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...
)
* Kasengele Romeo (
Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...
)


Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 October 2016, 11:00 local time (
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) at the CAF Headquarters in
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. The teams were seeded based on the results of the last edition (
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and qualifiers).


Squads

Each squad can contain a maximum of 21 players.


Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the
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. ;Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: #Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned; # Goal difference in games between the teams concerned; #Goals scored in games between the teams concerned; #If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply; #Goal difference in all games; #Goals scored in all games; #Drawing of lots. All times are local,
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).


Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by
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to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time will be played.


Bracket


Semi-finals

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Third place match


Final


Awards


Winners


Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. ;Total Man of the Competition *
Patson Daka Patson Daka (born 9 October 1998) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Leicester City and the Zambia national team. Coming through the youth system, Daka played for local club Kafue Celtic, who sent him on loa ...
;Top scorer * Luther Singh (4 goals, 2 assists) ;Fair Play Award *


CAF Best XI

*Goalkeeper: Mangani Banda (Zambia) *Defenders: Ousseynou Diagne (Senegal), Mamadou Mbaye (Senegal), Solomon Sakala (Zambia) *Midfielders: Krepin Diatta (Senegal), Ibrahima Niane (Senegal), Sylla Morlaye (Guinea), Edward Chilufya (Zambia), Fashion Sakala (Zambia) *Forwards: Luther Singh (South Africa), Patson Daka (Zambia) *Substitutes: Lamine Sarr (Senegal), Prosper Chiluya (Zambia), Enock Mwepu (Zambia), Grant Margeman (South Africa), Liam Jordan (South Africa), Yamodou Toure (Guinea), Mohamed Aly Camara (Guinea)


Goalscorers

;4 goals * Luther Singh * Edward Chilufya *
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;3 goals *
Fashion Sakala Junior Fashion Sakala (born 14 March 1997) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and the Zambia national team. Sakala played for Zambian clubs Nchanga Rangers and Zanaco, winning th ...
;2 goals * Eric Ayuk * Morlaye Sylla * Ousseynou Diagne * Krépin Diatta *
Ibrahima Niane Ibrahima Niane (born 11 March 1999) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle a ...
* Liam Jordan ;1 goal * Samuel Gouet * Kalvin Ketu * Olivier Mbaizo * Mostafa Abdalla * Karim Nedved * Mohamed Aly Camara * Naby Bangoura * Yamodou Touré * Abdoul Karim Danté *
Moussa Diakité Moussa Diakité (1927 – 4 July 1985) was a Guinean politician during the presidency of Ahmed Sékou Touré. He was a member of the national Politburo. His wife, Tata Keïta, was half sister of the President's wife Andrée, and his son married t ...
* Sékou Koïta * Aliou Badji * Ibrahima Ndiaye * Phakamani Mahlambi * Tercious Malepe * Grant Margeman * Sibongakonke Mbatha * Walaa Mohamed * Hassan Mutwakil * Khaled Osman * Emmanuel Banda *
Enock Mwepu Enock Mwepu (born 1 January 1998) is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Having begun his career in his native Zambia, Mwepu signed for Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg in 2017 before moving Brighton & Hove Alb ...
;Own goal * Katlego Mohamme (against Guinea)


Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CAF qualified for the
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. :
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.


References


External links


Total U-20 Africa Cup Of Nations, Zambia 2017
CAFonline.com {{FIFA U-20 World Cup/Championship U-20 Cup of Nations Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
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International association football competitions hosted by Zambia