2007 African U-17 Championship

2007 African Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Togo
City	Lomé
Dates	March 10 - 25
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up	Togo
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	49 (3.06 per match)
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The 2007 African Under-17 Football Championship was the seventh edition of the CAF's African Under-17 Football Championship, held in Togo from March 10 to March 25, 2007. In the final, Nigeria defeated Togo by 1–0, and achieved their second under-17 African title.

Qualification

Main article: 2007 African Under-17 Championship Qualification

Teams

• Eritrea
• Gabon
• South Africa
• Tunisia
• Togo (Host)
• Nigeria
• Burkina Faso
• Ghana

Squads

For the complete list of players, see 2007 African Under-17 Championship squads.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Togo	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Tunisia	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
South Africa	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Gabon	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	1

March 10, 2007

Togo	2 - 0	South Africa

Gabon	0 - 0	Tunisia

March 13, 2007

South Africa	3 - 1	Gabon

Tunisia	3 - 0	Togo

March 16, 2007

South Africa	2 - 2	Tunisia

Togo	2 - 1	Gabon

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9
Ghana	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
Burkina Faso	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
Eritrea	3	0	0	3	0	17	-17	0

March 11, 2007

Ghana	3 - 1	Burkina Faso

Nigeria	8 - 0	Eritrea

March 14, 2007

Burkina Faso	1 - 2	Nigeria

Eritrea	0 - 6	Ghana

March 17, 2007

Burkina Faso	3 - 0	Eritrea

Ghana	0 - 2	Nigeria

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

March 20, 2007

Togo	2 - 1	Ghana

Nigeria	2 - 0	Tunisia

Third place play-off

March 24, 2007

Ghana	1 - 0	Tunisia

Final

March 25, 2007

Togo	0 - 1	Nigeria

Winner

2007 African U-17 Championship Winners
Nigeria Second title

Qualified for 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

• Togo
• Nigeria
• Ghana
• Tunisia

External links

• RSSSF.com: African U-17 Championship 2007
• CAF.com