2009 African U-17 Championship
# 2009 African U-17 Championship

The 2009 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Algeria. The top four teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Nigeria, automatically qualified as the hosts, didn't qualify for the Finals, although if they qualified for the Finals and went on to reach the semi-finals, then the teams who finished third in their respective groups would have met in a playoff for the fourth and final place in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

## Qualification

### Qualified teams

* Algeria (host nation)
* Burkina Faso
* Cameroon
* Gambia
* Guinea
* Malawi
* Niger
* Zimbabwe

## Venues

| Zéralda, Algiers | Algiers | Dar El Beïda, Algiers |
| - | - | - |
| Zéralda Stadium | Algiers | Omar Benrabah Stadium |
| Capacity: 8,000 | Algiers | Capacity: 5,000 |

## Group stage

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gambia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advanced to the semifinals and qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| Algeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | Advanced to the semifinals and qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| Guinea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |

### Group B

After the group ended, Niger was ejected from the competition for fielding an over-aged player. Their results were expunged from the standings.

Original group standings

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| Niger | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| Malawi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 0 |

Corrected standings

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | Advanced to the semifinals and qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| Malawi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | Advanced to the semifinals and qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 0 |

## Winners

* 2009 CAF Under-17 Championship
* Gambia Second title
