Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
# Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

The U-17 Africa Cup of Nations also called TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsoring reason (previously known as the African U-17 Championship) is a bi-annual football competition organised by the sport's African governing body, CAF. The competition has been held since 1995. Between 1985 and 1993 only qualifying competitions for the FIFA U-17 World Cup were played.

## History

After FIFA World Cup qualifying tournaments from 1985 to 1993, the first African championship edition started on 1995. On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African U-17 Championship to the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations.

In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions, including the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Champions, renamed Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

## Results

### African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup

| Edition | Year | Host | Qualifier teams | Qualifier teams | Qualifier teams |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edition | Year | Host | Winner | Winner | Winner |
| 1 | 1985 Details | Home sites | Congo | Guinea | Nigeria |
| 2 | 1987 Details | Home sites | Ivory Coast | Egypt | Nigeria |
| 3 | 1989 Details | Home sites | Nigeria | Ghana | Guinea |

### African U-17 Qualifying for World Cup

| Edition | Year | Host | Qualifier teams | Qualifier teams | Qualifier teams |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edition | Year | Host | Winner | Winner | Winner |
| 4 | 1991 Details | Home sites | Ghana | Congo | Sudan |
| 5 | 1993 Details | Home sites | Ghana | Nigeria | Tunisia |

### African U-17 Championship

| Edition | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edition | Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 6 | 1995 Details | Mali | Ghana | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Nigeria | Guinea | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Mali |
| 7 | 1997 Details | Botswana | Egypt | 1–0 | Mali | Ghana | 1–0 | Ethiopia |
| 8 | 1999 Details | Guinea | Ghana | 3–1 | Burkina Faso | Mali | 1–0 | Cameroon |
| 9 | 2001 Details | Seychelles | Nigeria | 3–0 | Burkina Faso | Mali | – | Vacant |
| 10 | 2003 Details | Swaziland | Cameroon | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Sierra Leone | Nigeria | 3–1 | Egypt |
| 11 | 2005 Details | Gambia | Gambia | 1–0 | Ghana | Ivory Coast | 1–0 | South Africa |
| 12 | 2007 Details | Togo | Nigeria | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Togo | Ghana | 1–0 | Tunisia |
| 13 | 2009 Details | Algeria | Gambia | 3–1 | Algeria | Burkina Faso | 2–0 | Malawi |
| 14 | 2011 Details | Rwanda | Burkina Faso | 2–1 | Rwanda | Congo | 2–1 | Ivory Coast |
| 15 | 2013 Details | Morocco | Ivory Coast | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Nigeria | Tunisia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (11–10 p) | Morocco |
| 16 | 2015 Details | Niger | Mali | 2–0 | South Africa | Guinea | 3–1 | Nigeria |

### Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

| Edition | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edition | Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 17 | 2017 Details | Gabon | Mali | 1–0 | Ghana | Guinea | 3–1 | Niger |
| 18 | 2019 Details | Tanzania | Cameroon | 0–0 (5–3 p) | Guinea | Angola | 2–1 | Nigeria |
| 19 | 2021 Details | Morocco | Canceled | Canceled | Canceled | Canceled | Canceled | Canceled |
| 19 | 2023 Details | Algeria | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |

## Total Wins

| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghana | 2 (1995, 1999) | 2 (2005, 2017) | 2 (1997, 2007) | – |
| Nigeria | 2 (2001, 2007) | 2 (1995, 2013) | 1 (2003) | 2 (2015, 2019) |
| Mali | 2 (2015, 2017) | 1 (1997) | 2 (1999, 2001) | 1 (1995*) |
| Cameroon | 2 (2003, 2019) | – | – | 1 (1999) |
| Gambia | 2 (2005*, 2009) | – | – | – |
| Burkina Faso | 1 (2011) | 2 (1999, 2001) | 1 (2009) | – |
| Ivory Coast | 1 (2013) | – | 1 (2005) | 1 (2011) |
| Egypt | 1 (1997) | – | – | 1 (2003) |
| Guinea | – | 1 (2019) | 3 (1995, 2015, 2017) | – |
| South Africa | – | 1 (2015) | – | 1 (2005) |
| Sierra Leone | – | 1 (2003) | – | – |
| Togo | – | 1 (2007*) | – | – |
| Algeria | – | 1 (2009*) | – | – |
| Rwanda | – | 1 (2011*) | – | – |
| Tunisia | – | – | 1 (2013) | 1 (2007) |
| Congo | – | – | 1 (2011) | – |
| Angola | – | – | 1 (2019) | – |
| Ethiopia | – | – | – | 1 (1997) |
| Malawi | – | – | – | 1 (2009) |
| Morocco | – | – | – | 1 (2013*) |
| Niger | – | – | – | 1 (2017) |

    * = As hosts

Note: no fourth-place finish in 2001 due to Guinea's disqualification.

## Participating nations

| Team | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2023 | Years |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Algeria | • | • | • | × | • | × | • | 2nd | • | • | × | • | • | q | 2 |
| Angola | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 3rd | × | 4 |
| Botswana | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | GS | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Burkina Faso | × | • | 2nd | 2nd | • | GS | GS | 3rd | 1st | • | • | • | • | q | 7 |
| Cameroon | × | × | 4th | GS | 1st | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | GS | 1st | q | 8 |
| Congo | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | 3rd | GS | • | | • | q | 3 |
| Egypt | • | 1st | • | × | 4th | × | • | × | GS | × | • | • | × | • | 3 |
| Eritrea | × | × | × | • | • | • | GS | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |
| Eswatini | × | × | • | • | GS | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | 1 |
| Ethiopia | × | 4th | • | GS | GS | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Gabon | × | × | • | × | • | × | GS | • | • | GS | • | GS | × | × | 3 |
| Gambia | × | × | × | • | GS | 1st | • | 1st | GS | • | • | × | • | × | 4 |
| Ghana | 1st | 3rd | 1st | • | • | 2nd | 3rd | • | • | GS | | 2nd | • | • | 7 |
| Guinea | 3rd | • | GS | | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | × | 7 |
| Ivory Coast | • | GS | • | × | • | 3rd | • | • | 4th | 1st | GS | • | • | • | 5 |
| Malawi | • | × | • | • | • | × | • | 4th | × | • | × | × | • | • | 1 |
| Mali | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | 1st | 1st | • | q | 9 |
| Morocco | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | 4th | • | • | GS | q | 3 |
| Mozambique | GS | × | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Niger | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | | × | • | GS | 4th | • | • | 2 |
| Nigeria | 2nd | • | GS | 1st | 3rd | GS | 1st | • | • | 2nd | 4th | • | 4th | q | 10 |
| Rwanda | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | × | • | × | 1 |
| Senegal | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | GS | • | • | • | GS | q | 3 |
| Seychelles | × | × | × | GS | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | • | • | × | • | 2nd | • | × | • | • | × | × | × | • | • | 1 |
| Somalia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | q | 1 |
| South Africa | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | GS | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | q | 4 |
| South Sudan | Country didn't exist: part of Sudan | Country didn't exist: part of Sudan | Country didn't exist: part of Sudan | Country didn't exist: part of Sudan | Country didn't exist: part of Sudan | Country didn't exist: part of Sudan | Country didn't exist: part of Sudan | Country didn't exist: part of Sudan | Country didn't exist: part of Sudan | × | × | × | • | q | 1 |
| Sudan | GS | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | × | 1 |
| Tanzania | • | × | × | • | • | | × | × | × | • | • | GS | GS | • | 2 |
| Togo | • | × | • | × | × | × | 2nd | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | 1 |
| Tunisia | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Uganda | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | GS | • | 1 |
| Zambia | | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | q | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | • | GS | GS | • | • | GS | • | GS | × | × | × | × | • | × | 4 |

### Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* GS – Group stage
* q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
* — Hosts
* × – Did not enter
* • – Did not qualify
* × – Withdrew before qualification/Banned
* — Withdrew after qualification
* — Disqualified after qualification

## Men's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers

### Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* QF – Quarterfinals
* R2 – Round 2
* R1 – Round 1
* – Hosts
* q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

| Team | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Algeria | | | | | | | | | | | | | R1 | | | | | | 1 |
| Angola | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R2 | 1 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | | | | R1 | 3rd | | | | R2 | R1 | | | | | 4 |
| Cameroon | | | | | | | | | | R1 | | | | | | | | R1 | 2 |
| Congo | R1 | | | R1 | | | | | | | | | | R2 | | | | | 3 |
| Egypt | | R1 | | | | | QF | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Gambia | | | | | | | | | | | R1 | | R1 | | | | | | 2 |
| Ghana | | | R1 | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | | | R1 | 4th | | | | | QF | | 9 |
| Guinea | 4th | | R1 | | | R1 | | | | | | | | | | R1 | R1 | | 5 |
| Ivory Coast | | 3rd | | | | | | | | | R1 | | | R2 | QF | | | | 4 |
| Malawi | | | | | | | | | | | | | R1 | | | | | | 1 |
| Mali | | | | | | | QF | R1 | QF | | | | | | | 2nd | 4th | | 5 |
| Morocco | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R2 | | | | 1 |
| Niger | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R2 | | 1 |
| Nigeria | 1st | 2nd | QF | | 1st | QF | | | 2nd | R1 | | 1st | 2nd | | 1st | 1st | | R2 | 12 |
| Rwanda | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R1 | | | | | 1 |
| Senegal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R2 | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | | | | | | | | | | R1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| South Africa | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R1 | | | 1 |
| Sudan | | | | R1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Togo | | | | | | | | | | | | R1 | | | | | | | 1 |
| Tunisia | | | | | R1 | | | | | | | R2 | | | R2 | | | | 3 |
