2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Tournament details
Host countries	Morocco (North Zone) Senegal (West A Zone) Ghana (West B Zone) TBD (Central Zone) TBD (Central-East Zone) Mozambique (South Zone)
Dates	15 May 2024 –
Teams	51
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	64 (2.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Asharaf Tapsoba (5 goals)
← 2023 2027 → All statistics correct as of 4 November 2024.

The 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification is a men's under-17 football competition that decides the participating teams of the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

Players born on 1 January 2008 or later are eligible to participate in the competition. The host country for the final stage of the edition will be appointed during the General Assembly to be held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 10 October 2024.^[1]

Zone	Spots	Teams entering qualification	Did not enter
North Zone (UNAF)	2 spots	Algeria  Egypt  Libya  Morocco  Tunisia
West A Zone (WAFU-UFOA A)	2 spots	Gambia  Guinea (W)  Guinea-Bissau  Liberia  Mali  Mauritania  Senegal  Sierra Leone	Cape Verde
West B Zone (WAFU-UFOA B)	2 spots	Benin  Burkina Faso  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Niger  Nigeria  Togo
Central Zone (UNIFFAC)	2 spots	Cameroon  Central African Republic  Chad  Congo  DR Congo  Equatorial Guinea  Gabon  São Tomé and Príncipe
Central-East Zone (CECAFA)	2 spots	Burundi  Djibouti  Eritrea  Ethiopia  Kenya  Rwanda  Somalia  South Sudan  Sudan  Tanzania  Uganda
South Zone (COSAFA)	2 spots	Angola  Botswana  Comoros  Eswatini  Lesotho  Malawi  Mauritius  Mozambique  Namibia  South Africa  Zambia  Zimbabwe	Madagascar  Seychelles

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• (W): Withdrew after draw

The 2024 UNAF U-17 Tournament, which also served as a qualifier for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, will take place between 11 and 23 November 2024 in Casablanca, Morocco. The five teams were placed in one group, with the winner and the runner-up qualifying for the final tournament.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
2	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Libya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Morocco (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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The WAFU-UFOA Zone A qualifiers for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations will be hosted by Senegal with the matches played starting 22 October 2024. The matches will be played at Dakar, Senegal.

All times are local, GMT (UTC+0).

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals. Guinea withdrew after draw.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal (H)	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Semi-finals
2	Gambia	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
3	Liberia	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Semi-finals
2	Guinea-Bissau	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
3	Sierra Leone	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3
4	Mauritania	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

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	Semi-finals				Final
	1 November – Thiès
	Senegal (p)	0 (4)
					4 November – Thiès
	Guinea-Bissau	0 (3)
					Senegal (p)	3 (5)
	1 November – Thiès
					Mali	3 (4)
	Mali	3
	Gambia	2
					Third place play-off
					4 November – Thiès
					Guinea-Bissau	0 (5)
					Gambia (p)	0 (6)

Winners qualified for 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

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The WAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations were hosted by Ghana with the matches played between 15 and 28 May 2024, the draw was announced on 23 April 2024.^[2]

All times are local, GMT (UTC±0).

The seven teams were drawn into two groups of three and four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana (H)	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Semi-finals
2	Ivory Coast	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
3	Benin	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Semi-finals
2	Burkina Faso	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
3	Niger	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Togo	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

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	Semi-finals				Final
	25 May – Accra
	Ghana	1
					28 May – Accra
	Burkina Faso	2
					Burkina Faso	3
	25 May – Accra
					Ivory Coast	1
	Nigeria	0
	Ivory Coast	1
					Third place play-off
					28 May – Accra
					Ghana	2
					Nigeria	3

Winners qualified for 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

The COSAFA qualifiers for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations will be played in Mozambique between 5 and 14 December 2024. The draw was announced on 5 September 2024.

All times are local, SAST (UTC+2).

The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mozambique (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Malawi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible Semi-finals
3	Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible Semi-finals
3	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Eswatini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible Semi-finals
3	Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Mauritius	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

There were 34 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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