2013 African U-17 Championship

2013 African U-17 Championship
بطولة أفريقيا تحت 17 سنة 2013
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco Morocco
Dates13–27 April
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored56 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Success Isaac
(7 goals)
Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho
(5 goals)
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International football competition

The 2013 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Morocco from 13 to 27 April. The top four teams qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Qualification

The qualifiers began on 7 September 2012 with the preliminary matches taking place, while the final round matches were played on 2 December 2012. At the end of the qualification, seven teams joined the hosts, Morocco.

Qualified teams

Venues

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 9 December 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.[1][2]

Match officials

Referees
  • Morocco Redouane Jiyed
  • Tunisia Med Said Kordi
  • Kenya Davies Ogenche Omweno
  • Somalia Wiish Hagi Yabarow
  • Mozambique Samuel Chirindza
  • Mali Mahamadou Keita
  • Comoros Ali Mohamed Adelaid
  • Botswana Joshua Bondo
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Achille Madila
  • Namibia Rainhold Shikongo
  • Senegal Maguette Ndiaye
  • Burkina Faso Juste Ephrem Zio
Assistant referees
  • Morocco Bouazza Rouani
  • Seychelles Eldrick Adelaide
  • Guinea Sidiki Sidibe
  • Uganda Mark Ssonko
  • Angola Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos
  • South Africa Mothibidi Stevens Khumalo
  • Ivory Coast Marius Donatien Tan
  • Mauritania Abderahmane Warr
  • Benin Babadjide Bienvenu Dina
  • Niger Yahaya Mahamadou
  • Mozambique Arsénio Chadreque Marengula
  • Ethiopia Kindie Mussie
  • Cameroon Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue
  • Burkina Faso Seydou Tiama

Squads

MRI controversy

All players in the competition went through a mandatory MRI test which investigates bony fusion of the left distal radius (wrist). Several players were considered to be over-age by CAF and they were not eligible for the competition. The tests took place on 12 April, one day before the competition began leaving no time for a replacement players to be found. Ivory Coast, Congo and Nigeria each had three players found to be ineligible.[3]

CAF released the names of the players who were found to be over-age:

Côte d'Ivoire
Nigeria
Congo

[4]

Group stage

Each group winner and runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers
  1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams
  2. Best goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams
  3. Greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the concerned teams
  4. Goal difference in all group matches
  5. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated
  7. Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee

All times are (UTC±0)

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Morocco 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Tunisia 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7
 Gabon 3 1 0 2 6 9 –3 3 Eliminated and missed out on the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Botswana 3 0 0 3 2 9 –7 0
Morocco 4–1 Gabon
Sakhi 8', 10'
Bnou Marzouk 56'
Jaadi 90'		 Eyamba 61' (pen.)
Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)
Tunisia 3–1 Botswana
Belarbi 2', 6' (pen.)
Haj Hassen 50'		 Tumisang 20'
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
Gabon 2–4 Tunisia
Bouanga Owane 73'
Sellimi 79' (o.g.)		 Belarbi 32'
Haj Hassen 39'
Abboud 45+2'
Allogho 88' (o.g.)
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
Botswana 0–3 Morocco
Bnou Marzouk 17', 80'
Sakhi 49'
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)
Morocco 1–1 Tunisia
El Bouazzati 47' Haj Hassem 50'
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Botswana 1–3 Gabon
Mooketsane 38' Eyamba 2', 45+2'
Owane 78'
Referee: Achille Madila (DR Congo)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Nigeria 3 2 0 1 13 2 +11 6 Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Ivory Coast 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 Ghana 3 0 2 1 2 7 –5 2 Eliminated and missed out on the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Congo 3 0 2 1 2 9 –7 2
Congo 1–1 Ivory Coast
Ngatsongo Obassi 8' Landry 27'
Referee: Med Said Kordi (Tunisia)
Nigeria 6–1 Ghana
Isaac 10', 40', 63' (pen.), 68'
Bulbwa 30'
Iheanacho 90+5'		 Yeboah 66'
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Ivory Coast 1–0 Nigeria
Niangbo 90'
Referee: Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique)
Ghana 1–1 Congo
Yeboah 38' Bidimbou 3'
Referee: Wiish Hagi Yabarow (Somalia)
Congo 0–7 Nigeria
Iheanacho 4', 44', 86'
Isaac 27', 33'
Yahaya 49'
Matthew 60'
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Ivory Coast 0–0 Ghana
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)

Knock-out stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 April – Casablanca
 
 
 Morocco1
 
27 April – Marrakech
 
 Ivory Coast2
 
 Ivory Coast1(5)
 
24 April – Marrakech
 
 Nigeria1(4)
 
 Nigeria4
 
 
 Tunisia2
 
Third place
 
 
26 April – Marrakech
 
 
 Morocco1(10)
 
 
 Tunisia1(11)

Semi-finals

Morocco 1–2 Ivory Coast
Sabbar 67' (pen.) Bedi 31'
Niangbo 39'
Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)
Nigeria 4–2 Tunisia
Iheanacho 2'
Yahaya 12', 58'
Isaac 21'		 Belarbi 25'
Haj Hassen 30'
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

Third place match

Morocco 1–1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Bnou Marzouk 69' Haj Hassan 44'
Penalties
Sabbar soccer ball with check mark
Saoud soccer ball with check mark
Jaadi soccer ball with check mark
Jbira soccer ball with check mark
Bnou Marzouk soccer ball with check mark
El-Bouazzati soccer ball with check mark
Jellal soccer ball with check mark
Achaoui soccer ball with check mark
El Azzouzi soccer ball with check mark
Belkouch soccer ball with check mark		 10–11 Samti soccer ball with check mark
Sahraoui soccer ball with check mark
Hnid soccer ball with check mark
Jbeli soccer ball with check mark
Slimi soccer ball with check mark
Haj Hassan soccer ball with check mark
Akrout soccer ball with check mark
Abboud soccer ball with check mark
Ayadi soccer ball with check mark
Sahraoui soccer ball with check mark
Samti soccer ball with check mark
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Final

Ivory Coast 1–1 Nigeria
Bile Bedia 26' Report Izu Omego 8'
Penalties
Coulibaly soccer ball with check mark
Diallo soccer ball with check mark
Angban soccer ball with check mark
Ibrahima Keita soccer ball with check mark
Niangbo soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark Issac
soccer ball with red X Nwakali
soccer ball with check mark Ifeanyi
soccer ball with check mark Yahaya
soccer ball with check mark Mohammed
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Winners

2013 CAF Under-17 Championship
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast
First title

Goalscorers

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  • Botswana Orebonye Tumisang
  • Republic of the Congo Bersyl Ngatsongo Obassi
  • Republic of the Congo Kader Bidimbou
  • Ivory Coast Guy Bedi
  • Nigeria Prince Izu Omego
  • Morocco Nabil Jaadi
  • Nigeria Ifeanyi Matthew
  • Botswana Kabelano Mooketsane
  • Morocco Walid Sabar
  • Nigeria Bernard Bulbwa
  • Tunisia Moez Abboud
  • Morocco Mohamed El Boauzzati
  • Ivory Coast Chris Bile Bedia
Own goal
  • Gabon Wilnod Allogho (against Tunisia)
  • Tunisia Yasser Sellimi (against Gabon)

References

  1. ^ "CAF U-17 and U-20 Championships Final Draws set for Cairo". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 19 November 2012.
  2. ^ "CAF U-17 Championship: Draw result". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 12 December 2012.
  3. ^ Al-Smith, Gary (13 April 2013). "Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Congo caught cheating". Supersport.com. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. ^ "U17 CAN: 9 players who failed tests MRI" (in French). CAFonline.com. 13 April 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.

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