| Tourney Name: | African U-17 Championship |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Other Titles: | بطولة أفريقيا تحت 17 سنة 2013 |
| Size: | 159 |
| Country: |  Morocco |
| Dates: | 13–27 April |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Champion: | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Nigeria |
| Third: | Tunisia |
| Fourth: | Morocco |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 56 |
| Top Scorer: | Success Isaac (7 goals) Kelechi Iheanacho (5 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2015 |
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.
See main article: 2013 African U-17 Championship 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.
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The draw for the tournament was held on 9 December 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.[1] [2]
Redouane Jiyed
Med Said Kordi
Davies Ogenche Omweno
Wiish Hagi Yabarow
Samuel Chirindza
Mahamadou Keita
Ali Mohamed Adelaid
Joshua Bondo
Rainhold Shikongo
Maguette Ndiaye
Juste Ephrem Zio Bouazza Rouani
Eldrick Adelaide
Sidiki Sidibe
Mark Ssonko
Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos
Mothibidi Stevens Khumalo
Abderahmane Warr
Babadjide Bienvenu Dina
Yahaya Mahamadou Arsénio Chadreque Marengula
Kindie Mussie
Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue Seydou TiamaAll 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:
Willy Britto Dagou (DF) Abdoul Diarrassouba (DF) Sidiki Dembele (MF)Each group winner and runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.
All times are (UTC±0)
| width=185 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=391 | Status | ||||||||
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 3 | Eliminated and missed out on the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 0 |
| width=185 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=391 | Status | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 | Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 2 | Eliminated and missed out on the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 2 |
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Firas Belarbi Younes Bnou Marzouk Hazem Haj Hassen Hamza Sakhi
Mac Leod Eyamba Kevine Bouanga Owane
Yaw Yeboah Junior Landry Guy Bedi Nabil Jaadi Walid Sabar Moez Abboud Mohamed El Boauzzati Chris Bile Bedia Wilnod Allogho (against Tunisia) Yasser Sellimi (against Gabon)