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.

2009 African U-17 Championship
بطولة أفريقيا تحت 17 سنة لكرة القدم 2009
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
CityAlgiers
Dates19 March – 2 April
Teams8 (from CAF confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gambia
Runners-up Algeria
Third place Burkina Faso
Fourth place Malawi
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored33 (2.54 per match)
2007
2011

Qualification

Qualified teams

Squads

Venues

Zéralda, AlgiersDar El Beïda, Algiers
Zéralda StadiumOmar Benrabah Stadium
Capacity: 8,000Capacity: 5,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PtsStatus
 Gambia330050+59Advanced to the semifinals and qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Algeria32012206
 Guinea301202-21
 Cameroon301203-31
Gambia  1 – 0  Guinea
Bojang 52'Report
Referee: Martins De Carvalho (Angola)
Algeria  1 – 0  Cameroon
Bendahmane 20'Report

Cameroon  0 – 2  Gambia
ReportDawda 20'
Alsana 75'
Referee: Abdellah El Achiri (Morocco)
Guinea  0 – 1  Algeria
ReportBendahmane 15'
Referee: Fredrick Kayindi-Ngobi (Uganda)

Algeria  0 – 2  Gambia
Nyang 28'
Bojang 90'
Referee: Ousmane Karembe (Mali)
Cameroon  0 – 0  Guinea

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 Faso330080+89
 Niger320131+26
 Malawi310264+23
 Zimbabwe3003011-110

Corrected standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PtsStatus
 Burkina Faso220070+76Advanced to the semifinals and qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Malawi210152+33
 Zimbabwe2002010-100
Burkina Faso  5 – 0  Zimbabwe
Ouiya 6, 33, 60'
Konseiga 28'
Kabre Wendkouni 81'
Report
Niger  2 – 1[1]  Malawi
Ousmane 4'
Sidibe 80'
ReportMilanzi 65'

Zimbabwe  0 – 1[1]  Niger
ReportOusmane 47'
Referee: Ousmane Karembe (Mali)
Malawi  0 – 2  Burkina Faso
ReportZoungrana 55, 85'

Burkina Faso  1 – 0[1]  Niger
Adama 87'
Referee: Abdellah El Achiri (Morocco)
Zimbabwe  0 – 5  Malawi
Simukonda 53'
Milanzi 80'
Ngalande 82, 90'
Phiri 86'
Referee: Abdesslam Khelifi (Algeria)

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

Gambia  4 – 0  Malawi
Nyang 2'
Camara 18'
Bojang 53'
Gassama 79'
Burkina Faso  0 – 1  Algeria
Bendahmane 40'
Referee: Martins De Carvalho (Angola)

Third place match

Malawi  2 – 3  Burkina Faso
Milanzi 38, 55'Ouiya 46'
Alassane 69, 78'

Final

Gambia  3 – 1  Algeria
Bojang 7, 85'
Camara 22'
Bendahmane 41'
Referee: Osmane Karembe (Mali)

Winners

2009 CAF Under-17 Championship

Gambia
Second title

References

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