2013 African U-17 Championship
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.
| بطولة أفريقيا تحت 17 سنة 2013 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Morocco |
| Dates | 13–27 April |
| Teams | 8 (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 played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 56 (3.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Success Isaac (7 goals) Kelechi Iheanacho(5 goals) |
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.
Venues
| Casablanca | |
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| Stade Mohamed V | |
| Capacity: 67,000 | |
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| Marrakech | |
| Stade de Marrakech | |
| Capacity: 45,240 | |
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Match officials
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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:
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Group stage
Each group winner and runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.
- Tiebreakers
- Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams
- Best goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams
- Greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the concerned teams
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
- Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated
- Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee
All times are (UTC±0)
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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| 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 |
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Sakhi  8', 10'Bnou Marzouk 56'Jaadi 90' |
Eyamba 61' (pen.) |
Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)
| Tunisia | 3–1 | Botswana |
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| Belarbi 2', 6' (pen.) Haj Hassen 50' |
Tumisang 20' |
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
| Gabon | 2–4 | Tunisia |
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| 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 |
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| Bnou Marzouk 17', 80' Sakhi 49' |
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)
| Morocco | 1–1 | Tunisia |
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| El Bouazzati 47' |
Haj Hassem 50' |
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
| Botswana | 1–3 | Gabon |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Ngatsongo Obassi 8' |
Landry 27' |
Referee: Med Said Kordi (Tunisia)
| Nigeria | 6–1 | Ghana |
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| Isaac 10', 40', 63' (pen.), 68' Bulbwa 30'Iheanacho 90+5' |
Yeboah 66' |
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
| Ivory Coast | 1–0 | Nigeria |
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| Niangbo 90' |
Referee: Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique)
| Congo | 0–7 | Nigeria |
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| Iheanacho 4', 44', 86' Isaac 27', 33'Yahaya 49'Matthew 60' |
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
| Ivory Coast | 0–0 | Ghana |
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Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)
Knock-out stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 23 April – Casablanca | ||||||
| Morocco | 1 | |||||
| 27 April – Marrakech | ||||||
| Ivory Coast | 2 | |||||
| Ivory Coast | 1(5) | |||||
| 24 April – Marrakech | ||||||
| Nigeria | 1(4) | |||||
| Nigeria | 4 | |||||
| Tunisia | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 26 April – Marrakech | ||||||
| Morocco | 1(10) | |||||
| Tunisia | 1(11) | |||||
Semi-finals
| Morocco | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
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| Sabbar 67' (pen.) |
Bedi 31' Niangbo 39' |
Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)
| Nigeria | 4–2 | Tunisia |
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| 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 |
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| Bnou Marzouk 69' |
Haj Hassan 44' |
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| Penalties | ||
Sabbar  Saoud Jaadi Jbira Bnou Marzouk El-Bouazzati Jellal Achaoui El Azzouzi Belkouch |
10–11 | Samti Sahraoui Hnid Jbeli Slimi Haj Hassan Akrout Abboud Ayadi Sahraoui Samti |
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Winners
| 2013 CAF Under-17 Championship |
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Ivory Coast First title |
Goalscorers
- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- Firas Belarbi
- Younes Bnou Marzouk
- Hazem Haj Hassen
- 3 goals
- Yahaya Umar
- Hamza Sakhi
- Mac Leod Eyamba
- 2 goals
- Kevine Bouanga Owane
- Yaw Yeboah
- Junior Landry
- 1 goal
- Orebonye Tumisang
- Bersyl Ngatsongo Obassi
- Kader Bidimbou
- Guy Bedi
- Prince Izu Omego
- Nabil Jaadi
- Ifeanyi Matthew
- Kabelano Mooketsane
- Walid Sabar
- Bernard Bulbwa
- Moez Abboud
- Mohamed El Boauzzati
- Chris Bile Bedia
- Own goal
- Wilnod Allogho (against Tunisia)
- Yasser Sellimi (against Gabon)
References
- "CAF U-17 and U-20 Championships Final Draws set for Cairo". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 19 November 2012.
- "CAF U-17 Championship: Draw result". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 12 December 2012.
- Al-Smith, Gary (13 April 2013). "Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Congo caught cheating". Supersport.com. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- "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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