2003 African U-17 Championship

The 2003 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Swaziland. The top three teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

2003 African U-17 Championship
African U-17 Championship 2003
Tournament details
Host countrySwaziland
CityMbabane
Dates25 May – 8 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Cameroon (1st title)
Runners-up Sierra Leone
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored44 (2.75 per match)

Qualification
Main article: 2003 African U-17 Championship qualification

Qualified teams

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Egypt 321020+27Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified their under-18s to the 2005 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup
 Sierra Leone 312053+25
 Guinea 311194+54Eliminated and missed out on the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship
 Swaziland 300309−90


Swaziland 0–1 Egypt
Sierra Leone 3–3 Guinea
Egypt 1–0 Guinea
Sierra Leone 2–0 Swaziland
Egypt 0–0 Sierra Leone
Guinea 6–0 Swaziland

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Nigeria 330060+69Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified their under-18s to the 2005 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup
 Cameroon 311176+14
 Gambia 31113304Eliminated and missed out on the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship
 Ethiopia 3003310−70


Nigeria 1–0 Cameroon
Gambia 1–0 Ethiopia
Nigeria 1–0 Gambia
Cameroon 5–3 Ethiopia
Ethiopia 0–4 Nigeria
Cameroon 2–2 Gambia

Knock-out stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 June - Mbabane
 
 
 Egypt1
 
8 June - Mbabane
 
 Cameroon2
 
 Cameroon (a.e.t.)1
 
5 June - Mbabane
 
 Sierra Leone0
 
 Nigeria0
 
 
 Sierra Leone1
 
Third place
 
 
7 June - Mbabane
 
 
 Egypt1
 
 
 Nigeria3

Semi-finals

Egypt 1–2 Cameroon
Nigeria 0–1 Sierra Leone

For winning their semi-finals, Cameroon and Sierra Leone qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Egypt and Nigeria meeting in the third place match for the third and final place in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Third place match

Egypt 1–3 Nigeria

For winning the third place match, Nigeria qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Egypt missing out.

Final

Cameroon 1–0 (a.e.t.) Sierra Leone

References

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