2003 African Under-17 Championship

2003 African Under-17 Championship
African U-17 Championship 2003
Tournament details
Host country  Swaziland
Dates 25 May – 8 June
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Cameroon (1st title)
Runners-up  Sierra Leone
Third place  Nigeria
Fourth place  Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 44 (2.75 per match)

The 5th African Under-17 Championship was held between May 25 and June 8, 2003 in Swaziland. The first three qualified for FIFA U-17 World Championship 2003.

Contents

Group stage

Group A

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
 Sierra Leone 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
 Guinea 3 1 1 1 9 4 +5 4
 Swaziland 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9 0
May 25 Swaziland  0 - 1  Egypt
Sierra Leone  3 - 3  Guinea
May 28 Egypt  1 - 0  Guinea
Sierra Leone  2 - 0  Swaziland
May 31 Egypt  0 - 0  Sierra Leone
Guinea  6 - 0  Swaziland

Group B

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9
 Cameroon 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
 Gambia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
 Ethiopia 3 0 0 3 3 11 -8 0
May 26 Nigeria  1 - 0  Cameroon
Gambia  2 - 0  Ethiopia
May 29 Cameroon  5 - 3  Ethiopia
Nigeria  1 - 0  Gambia
June 1 Cameroon  2 - 2  Gambia
Nigeria  4 - 0  Ethiopia

Knockout stage

Semifinals

June 5 Egypt  1 - 2  Cameroon
Nigeria  0 - 1  Sierra Leone

Third place play-off

June 7 Nigeria  3 - 1  Egypt

Final

June 8 Cameroon  1 - 0  Sierra Leone

Winners

 2003 African U-17 Championship Winners 

Cameroon
First title

External links

Tournaments
Mali 1995 · Botswana 1997 · Guinea 1999 · Seychelles 2001 · Swaziland 2003 · Gambia 2005 · Togo 2007 · Algeria 2009 · Rwanda 2011
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