2009 African U-17 Championship

بطولة أفريقيا تحت 17 سنة لكرة القدم 2009
Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Algiers
Dates	19 March – 2 April
Teams	8 (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 played	13
Goals scored	33 (2.54 per match)
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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

Squads

Venues

Zéralda, Algiers	Algiers	Dar El Beïda, Algiers
Zéralda Stadium		Omar Benrabah Stadium
Capacity: 8,000		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
Guinea	3	0	1	2	0	2	-2	1
Cameroon	3	0	1	2	0	3	-3	1

19 March 2009

14:00

Gambia	1 – 0	Guinea
Bojang 52'	Report

Stade Zéralda, Algiers

Referee: Martins De Carvalho (Angola)

19 March 2009

16:30

Algeria	1 – 0	Cameroon
Bendahmane 20'	Report

Stade Zéralda, Algiers

Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

22 March 2009

14:00

Cameroon	0 – 2	Gambia
	Report	Dawda 20' Alsana 75'

Stade Zéralda, Algiers

Referee: Abdellah El Achiri (Morocco)

22 March 2009

16:30

Guinea	0 – 1	Algeria
	Report	Bendahmane 15'

Stade Zéralda, Algiers

Referee: Fredrick Kayindi-Ngobi (Uganda)

25 March 2009

15:00

Algeria	0 – 2	Gambia
		Nyang 28' Bojang 90'

Stade Zéralda, Algiers

Referee: Ousmane Karembe (Mali)

25 March 2009

15:00

Cameroon	0 – 0	Guinea

Omar Benrabah Stadium, Algiers

Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

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
Zimbabwe	2	0	0	2	0	10	-10	0

20 March 2009

14:00

Burkina Faso	5 – 0	Zimbabwe
Ouiya 6, 33, 60' Konseiga 28' Kabre Wendkouni 81'	Report

Omar Benrabah Stadium, Algiers

Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

20 March 2009

16:30

Niger	2 – 1[1]	Malawi
Ousmane 4' Sidibe 80'	Report	Milanzi 65'

Omar Benrabah Stadium, Algiers

23 March 2009

14:00

Zimbabwe	0 – 1[1]	Niger
	Report	Ousmane 47'

Omar Benrabah Stadium, Algiers

Referee: Ousmane Karembe (Mali)

23 March 2009

16:30

Malawi	0 – 2	Burkina Faso
	Report	Zoungrana 55, 85'

Omar Benrabah Stadium, Algiers

Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

26 March 2009

15:00

Burkina Faso	1 – 0[1]	Niger
Adama 87'

Stade Zéralda, Algiers

Referee: Abdellah El Achiri (Morocco)

26 March 2009

15:15

Zimbabwe	0 – 5	Malawi
		Simukonda 53' Milanzi 80' Ngalande 82, 90' Phiri 86'

Omar Benrabah Stadium, Algiers

Referee: Abdesslam Khelifi (Algeria)

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

29 March 2009

13:30

Gambia	4 – 0	Malawi
Nyang 2' Camara 18' Bojang 53' Gassama 79'

Stade Zéralda, Algiers

Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

29 March 2009

15:45

Burkina Faso	0 – 1	Algeria
		Bendahmane 40'

Omar Benrabah Stadium, Algiers

Referee: Martins De Carvalho (Angola)

Third place match

1 April 2009

15:00

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

Stade Zéralda, Algiers

Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Final

2 April 2009

15:30

Gambia	3 – 1	Algeria
Bojang 7, 85' Camara 22'		Bendahmane 41'

Omar Benrabah Stadium, Algiers

Referee: Osmane Karembe (Mali)

Winners

2009 CAF Under-17 Championship
Gambia Second title