The U-17 Africa Cup of Nations also called TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsoring reason (previously known as the African U-17 Championship) is a bi-annual football (soccer), football competition organised by the sport's African governing body, Confederation of African Football, CAF. The competition has been held since 1995. Between 1985 and 1993 only qualifying competitions for the FIFA U-17 World Cup were played.

History

After FIFA World Cup qualifying tournaments from 1985 to 1993, the first African championship edition started on 1995. On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African U-17 Championship to the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations. In July 2016, Total S.A., Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions, including the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Champions, renamed Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

Results

African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup

African U-17 Qualifying for World Cup

African U-17 Championship

Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

Total Wins

:* = ''As hosts'' ''Note: no fourth-place finish in 2001 African U-17 Championship, 2001 due to Guinea national under-17 football team, Guinea's disqualification''.

Participating nations

;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place *GS – Group stage *q – Qualified for upcoming tournament * — Hosts * × – Did not enter * • – Did not qualify * × – Withdrew before qualification/Banned * — Withdrew after qualification * — Disqualified after qualification

Men's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers

;Legend *1st – Champions *2nd – Runners-up *3rd – Third place *4th – Fourth place *QF – Quarterfinals *R2 – Round 2 *R1 – Round 1 * – Hosts *q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

References

Notes

External links

African U-17 Championship - ''cafonline.com''
{{International football Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, Confederation of African Football competitions for national teams, U-17 Cup of Nations African championships, U-17 Cup of Nations Under-17 association football