2017 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations explained

Tourney Name:Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Year:2017
Num Teams:8
Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:2
Count:1
Matches:16
Goals:50
Top Scorer: Luther Singh
Edward Chilufya
Patson Daka
Player: Patson Daka
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2019

The 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total U-20 Africa Cup Of Nations, Zambia 2017,[1] was the 14th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (21st edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. The tournament was set to take place in Zambia between 26 February – 12 March 2017.[2]

The top four teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Qualification

See main article: 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification.

The qualifiers were played between 1 April and 24 July 2016. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Zambia.

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 1997 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Defending champions Nigeria failed to qualify. Congo and Ghana also failed to qualify, thus the winners of five of the last six tournaments failed to qualify for this tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1991.[3]

TeamAppearancePrevious best appearance
(1995)
(1991, 2003, 2013)
(1995, 1999)
(2003)
(2015)
(1997)
(1997)
(hosts) (1991, 1999, 2007)

Venues

LusakaNdola
National Heroes StadiumLevy Mwanawasa Stadium
Capacity: 60,000Capacity: 50,000

Match officials

A total of 12 referees and 14 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.[4] [5]

Referees
Assistant referees

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 October 2016, 11:00 local time (UTC+2) at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.[6] [7] [8]

The teams were seeded based on the results of the last edition (final tournament and qualifiers).[9]

Squads

Each squad can contain a maximum of 21 players.[10]

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

TiebreakersThe teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[10]
  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

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

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time will be played.[10]

Semi-finals

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Final

Awards

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[11]

Total Man of the Competition
Top scorer
Fair Play Award

CAF Best XI

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[12]

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1
(1999, 2007)
(2015)
(1979)
(1997, 2009)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football . CAF . 21 July 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161229192356/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=z5SPEjKTyig8WgDEfOXGfg%3D%3D . 29 December 2016 .
  2. Web site: Fixtures of U-17 & U-20 AFCON qualifiers released. Cafonline.com. 11 February 2016.
  3. Web site: Total U-20 AFCON: History of the competition. CAF. 23 February 2017.
  4. Web site: Match officials for Total U-20 AFCON Zambia 2017 unveiled. CAF. 14 February 2017.
  5. Web site: SELECTED MATCH OFFICIALS FOR THE TOTAL U-20 AFCON ZAMBIA 2017. CAF.
  6. Web site: Media accreditation for draw of u-17 & u-20 AFCON final tournaments. CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. 3 October 2016.
  7. Web site: Draw Procedure: TOTAL U-17 AFCON & TOTAL U-20 AFCON. CAF. 23 October 2016.
  8. Web site: Results of draw: Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ZAMBIA 2017. CAF. 24 October 2016.
  9. Web site: Procedures of the draw of the 20th Edition TOTAL U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Zambia 2017. CAF.
  10. Web site: Regulations of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. 3 October 2016.
  11. Web site: 12 March 2017. Awards and Statistics. 30 June 2021. cafonline.com. CAF.
  12. Web site: Senegal and South Africa complete Korea Republic 2017 line-up. https://web.archive.org/web/20170302064844/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2017/m=3/news=zambia-stamp-ticket-to-korea-republic-2869049.html. dead. March 2, 2017. FIFA.com. 4 March 2017.

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