2011 African U-17 Championship

2011 African Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Rwanda
City Kigali
Dates Jan 8 – 22
Teams 8 (from CAF confederations)
Venue(s) 3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Burkina Faso (1st title)
Runners-up  Rwanda
Third place  Congo
Fourth place  Côte d'Ivoire
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 45 (2.81 per match)

The 2011 African Under-17 Championship, hosted by Rwanda, was a football tournament for Under 17 players. The top 4 teams qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, hosted by Mexico.

Contents

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2011 African Under-17 Championship squads.

Qualification

Main article: 2011 African Under-17 Championship qualification

Qualified teams

The following 8 teams will play at this tournament:

Group stage

Top two teams from each group qualified for the semi-finals. The 4 semi-finalists also qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup being held in Mexico.[1]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Burkina Faso 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
 Rwanda 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
 Senegal 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
 Egypt 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
8 January 2011
15:30
 Rwanda  2 – 1  Burkina Faso Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Martins De Carvalho Helder
Usengimana  3'
Mwesigye  46'		 Report Ouedraogo  55'
8 January 2011
17:30
 Senegal  1 – 2  Egypt Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Normandiez Desire Doue
Ndiaye  21' Report Abdelmonem  66'
Rashad  83'
11 January 2011
13:00
 Burkina Faso  3 – 2  Senegal Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Kacem Bennaceur
Sana  26', 29'
Zerbo  27'		 Report Nassalan  50'
Drame  53'
11 January 2011
15:30
 Egypt  0 – 1  Rwanda Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Solomon Wokoma
Report Usengimana  9'
14 January 2011
15:30
 Rwanda  0 – 1  Senegal Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: El Harach Bouchaib
Report Saliou  85'
14 January 2011
15:30
 Burkina Faso  4 – 0  Egypt Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Kaoma Wellington
Traore  39', 74'
Sana  50'
Ouedraogo  65'		 Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Côte d'Ivoire 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7
 Congo 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
 Gambia 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
 Mali 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
9 January 2011
13:00
 Gambia  0 – 3  Congo Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Munyemana Hundu
Report Samarange  7', 50'
Stévy  10'
9 January 2011
15:30
 Côte d'Ivoire  2 – 1  Mali Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: El Harach Bouchaib
Drissa  46'
Bedi Guy  69'		 Report Tiecoro  24'
12 January 2011
13:00
 Congo  2 – 2  Côte d'Ivoire Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Kaoma Wellington
Bhinief  27'
Stévy  54'		 Report Bedi Guy  57', 89'
12 January 2011
15:30
 Mali  0 – 1  Gambia Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Alioum Neant
Report Dawda  35'
15 January 2011
15:30
 Gambia  1 – 4  Côte d'Ivoire Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Martins De Carvalho Helder
Dawda  70' Report Drissa  12'
Evrard  44'
Lionel  61'
Bedi Guy  74'
15 January 2011
15:30
 Congo  2 – 1  Mali Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Kacem Bennaceur
Christ  50'
Stévy  56'		 Report Malick  87'

Knock-out stage

  Semi-finals Final
18 January– Kigali (Stade Amahoro)
  Burkina Faso (pen.)  1 (4)  
  Congo  1 (2)  
 
22 January – Kigali (Stade Amahoro)
      Burkina Faso  2
    Rwanda  1
Third place
19 January – Kigali (Stade Amahoro) 21 January – Kigali (Stade Régional Nyamirambo)
  Côte d'Ivoire   0   Congo  2
  Rwanda  1     Côte d'Ivoire   1

Semifinals

18 January 2011
15:30
 Burkina Faso  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Congo Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: El Harach Bouchaib
Traore  53' Report Stévy  33'
  Penalties  
4–2
19 January 2011
15:30
 Côte d'Ivoire  0 – 1  Rwanda Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Report Mico  72'

Third place

21 January 2011
15:30
 Congo  2 – 1  Côte d'Ivoire Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Kaoma Wellington
Jim-Fel  6'
Samarange  45+1'		 Report Andres  85'

Final

22 January 2011
15:30
 Burkina Faso  2 – 1  Rwanda Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Martins De Carvalho Helder
Sana  59'
Aziz  72'		 Report Mwesigye  67'

Countries to participate in 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Top 4 teams qualified for 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Goalscorers

Player Goals scored Country
Bedi Guy 4  Côte d'Ivoire
Stévy 4  Congo
Sana 4  Burkina Faso
Samarange 3  Congo
Traore 3  Burkina Faso
Dawda 2  Gambia
Drissa 2  Côte d'Ivoire
Ouedraogo 2  Burkina Faso
Usengimana 2  Rwanda
Mwesigye 2  Rwanda
Abdelmonem 1  Egypt
Aziz 1  Burkina Faso
Bhinief 1  Congo
Christ 1  Congo
Drame 1  Senegal
Evrard 1  Côte d'Ivoire
Jim-Fel 1  Congo
Lionel 1  Côte d'Ivoire
Malick 1  Mali
Mico 1  Rwanda
Andres 1  Côte d'Ivoire
Nassalan 1  Senegal
Ndiaye 1  Senegal
Rashad 1  Egypt
Saliou 1  Senegal
Tiecoro 1  Mali
Zerbo 1  Burkina Faso

Goals scored by Country

Country Goals scored Tournament Placement
 Burkina Faso 11 1st Place
 Congo 10 3rd Place
 Côte d'Ivoire 9 4th Place
 Rwanda 5 2nd place
 Senegal 4 none*
 Egypt 2 none*
 Gambia 2 none*
 Mali 2 none*

References

  1. ^ "Matches and results". Confederation of African Football. http://www.cafonline.com/competition/can-u-17_2011/results. Retrieved 10 January 2011. 

External links

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