1999 African U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Guinea
City	Conakry
Dates	16–30 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (2nd title)
Runners-up	Burkina Faso
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	37 (2.31 per match)
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The 1999 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Guinea. The top three teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Qualification

Qualified teams

•  Angola
•  Burkina Faso
•  Cameroon
•  Ghana
•  Guinea (host nation)
•  Mali
•  Nigeria
•  Zimbabwe

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Cameroon 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5  Burkina Faso 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5  Guinea 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4  Zimbabwe 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1 16 May 1999 Guinea  1 – 1  Cameroon Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 16 May 1999 Zimbabwe  0 – 0  Burkina Faso Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 19 May 1999 Cameroon  1 – 1  Burkina Faso Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 19 May 1999 Guinea  4 – 0  Zimbabwe Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 22 May 1999 Cameroon  2 – 1  Zimbabwe Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 22 May 1999 Guinea  1 – 2  Burkina Faso Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Mali 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5  Ghana 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4  Angola 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3 17 May 1999 Ghana  3 – 0  Angola Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 17 May 1999 Mali  3 – 3  Nigeria Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 20 May 1999 Ghana  0 – 0  Mali Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 20 May 1999 Angola  1 – 0  Nigeria Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 23 May 1999 Angola  1 – 2  Mali Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 23 May 1999 Nigeria  2 – 1  Ghana Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 May - Conakry
	Cameroon	0
					30 May - Conakry
	Ghana	1
					Ghana	3
	27 May - Conakry
					Burkina Faso	1
	Mali	0
	Burkina Faso	1
					Third place
					30 May - Conakry
					Cameroon	0
					Mali	1

Semi-finals

27 May 1999

Cameroon	0–1	Ghana
		B. Bortey 38'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

27 May 1999

Mali	0–1	Burkina Faso
		Barro 35'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Third place match

30 May 1999

Cameroon	0–1	Mali
		Mamadou Diawara 19'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Final

30 May 1999

Ghana	3–1	Burkina Faso
K. Mensah 12' N. Lamptey 33' B. Bortey 43'		Barro 63'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Winners

1999 CAF Under-17 Championship
Ghana Second title

Countries to participate in 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The 3 teams which qualified for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

•  Ghana
•  Burkina Faso
•  Mali