2009 African U-17 Championship

2009 African Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Algeria
City Algiers
Dates 19 March - 2 April 2009
Teams 8 (from CAF confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Gambia
Runners-up  Algeria
Third place  Burkina Faso
Fourth place  Malawi

The 2009 African Under-17 Championship was a football tournament for Under 17 players. It was held in Algeria in 2009.

The competition consisted of three rounds of two legged matches. Some countries received a bye to the First Round. The winners of the Second Round matches qualified for the Finals in Algeria.

Contents

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2009 African Under-17 Championship squads.

Qualification

Main article: 2009 African Under-17 Championship qualification

Qualified teams

Venues

Cities Venues
Zéralda, Algiers Stade de Zéralda
Dar El Beïda, Algiers Stade Dar El Beïda

Group stage

Top two teams from each group qualified for the semi-finals. The 4 semi-finalists qualified for the 2009 U17 World Cup being held in the summer in Nigeria.

Group A

Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Gambia 9 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5
 Algeria 6 3 2 0 1 2 2 0
 Guinea 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 -2
 Cameroon 1 3 0 1 2 0 3 -3
19 March 2009
14:00
 Gambia  1 – 0  Guinea Zéralda, Algeria
Bojang  52' Report
19 March 2009
16:30
 Algeria  1 – 0  Cameroon Zéralda, Algeria
Bendahmane  20' Report
22 March 2009
14:00
 Cameroon  0 – 2  Gambia Zéralda, Algeria
Report Dawda  20'
Alsana  75'
22 March 2009
16:30
 Guinea  0 – 1  Algeria Zéralda, Algeria
Report Bendahmane  15'
25 March 2009
15:00
 Algeria  0 – 2  Gambia Zéralda, Algeria
Nyang  28'
Bojang  90'
25 March 2009
15:00
 Cameroon  0 – 0  Guinea Stade Dar El Beïda, Algeria

Group B

Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Burkina Faso 6 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7
 Malawi 3 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3
 Zimbabwe 0 2 0 0 2 0 10 -10
 Niger1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 Niger were ejected from the competition for fielding a 22-year-old player. Their results were expunged.
2 These matches were expunged after Niger were ejected from the competition.

20 March 2009
14:00
 Burkina Faso  5 – 0  Zimbabwe Stade Dar El Beïda, Algeria
Ouiya  6, 33, 60'
Konseiga  28'
Kabre Wendkouni  81'		 Report
20 March 2009
16:30
 Niger  2 – 12  Malawi Stade Dar El Beïda, Algeria
Ousmane  4'
Sidibe  80'		 Report Milanzi  65'
23 March 2009
14:00
 Zimbabwe  0 – 12  Niger Stade Dar El Beïda, Algeria
Report Ousmane  47'
23 March 2009
16:30
 Malawi  0 – 2  Burkina Faso Stade Dar El Beïda, Algeria
Report Zoungrana  55, 85'
26 March 2009
15:00
 Burkina Faso  1 – 02  Niger Zéralda, Algeria
Adama  87'
26 March 2009
15:15
 Zimbabwe  0 – 5  Malawi Stade Dar El Beïda, Algeria
Simukonda  53'
Milanzi  80'
Robin Ngalande  82, 90'
Phiri  86'

Semifinals

29 March 2009
13:30
 Gambia  4 - 0  Malawi Zéralda, Algeria
Nyang  2'
Camara  18'
Bojang  53'
Gassama  79'
29 March 2009
15:45
 Burkina Faso  0 - 1  Algeria Stade Dar El Beïda, Algeria
Bendahmane  40'

Third place

1 April 2009
15:00
 Malawi  2 - 3  Burkina Faso Zéralda, Algeria
Milanzi  38, 55' Ouiya  46'
Alassane  69, 78'

Final

2 April 2009
15:30
 Gambia  3 - 1  Algeria Stade Dar El Beïda, Algeria
Bojang  7, 85'
Camara  22'		 Bendahmane  41'

Winner

 2009 African Under-17 Championship Winners 

Gambia
Second title

Countries to participate in 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The top 4 teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup:

  •  Gambia (Champion)
  •  Algeria (Runner-up)
  •  Malawi (Semi-finalist)
  •  Burkina Faso (Semi-finalist)

External links

Tournaments
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Squads
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Qualification
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