2007 African U-17 Championship

2007 African Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Togo
City Lomé
Dates March 10 - 25
Teams (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up  Togo
Third place  Ghana
Fourth place  Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 49 (3.06 per match)
2005
2009

The 2007 African Under-17 Football Championship was the seventh edition of the CAF's African Under-17 Football Championship, held in Togo from March 10 to March 25, 2007. In the final, Nigeria defeated Togo by 1–0, and achieved their second under-17 African title.

Contents

Qualification

Teams

Squads

For the complete list of players, see 2007 African Under-17 Championship squads.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Togo 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
 Tunisia 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
 South Africa 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
 Gabon 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1

March 10, 2007

Togo  2 - 0  South Africa
Gabon  0 - 0  Tunisia

March 13, 2007

South Africa  3 - 1  Gabon
Tunisia  3 - 0  Togo

March 16, 2007

South Africa  2 - 2  Tunisia
Togo  2 - 1  Gabon

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9
 Ghana 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
 Burkina Faso 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
 Eritrea 3 0 0 3 0 17 -17 0

March 11, 2007

Ghana  3 - 1  Burkina Faso
Nigeria  8 - 0  Eritrea

March 14, 2007

Burkina Faso  1 - 2  Nigeria
Eritrea  0 - 6  Ghana

March 17, 2007

Burkina Faso  3 - 0  Eritrea
Ghana  0 - 2  Nigeria

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

March 20, 2007

Togo  2 - 1  Ghana
Nigeria  2 - 0  Tunisia

Third place play-off

March 24, 2007

Ghana  1 - 0  Tunisia

Final

March 25, 2007

Togo  0 - 1  Nigeria

Winner

 2007 African U-17 Championship Winners 

Nigeria
Second title

Qualified for 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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