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2007 African U-17 Championship

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2007 African U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryTogo
CityLomé
Dates10–25 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up Togo
Third place Ghana
Fourth place Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored49 (3.06 per match)
2005
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The 2007 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Togo. For the first time, the top four teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup (because of his expansion from 16 teams to 24) instead of three, as it has been on previous tournaments.

Qualification

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Qualified teams

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Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Togo 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6 Advanced to the semifinals and qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Tunisia 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
 South Africa 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 Eliminated and missed out on the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Gabon 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1
Togo 2–0 South Africa

Gabon 0–0 Tunisia

South Africa 3–1 Gabon

Tunisia 3–0 Togo

South Africa 2–2 Tunisia

Togo 2–1 Gabon

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Nigeria 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 Advanced to the semifinals and qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Ghana 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
 Burkina Faso 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3 Eliminated and missed out on the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Eritrea 3 0 0 3 0 17 -17 0
Ghana 3–1 Burkina Faso

Nigeria 8–0 Eritrea

Burkina Faso 1–2 Nigeria

Eritrea 0–6 Ghana

Burkina Faso 3–0 Eritrea

Nigeria 2–0 Ghana

Knock-out stage

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Semifinals

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Togo 2–1 Ghana

Nigeria 2–0 Tunisia

Third place match

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Ghana 1–0 Tunisia

Final

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Togo 0–1 Nigeria

Winners

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2007 CAF Under-17 Championship
Nigeria
Nigeria
Second title
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