The2026 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification is a men's under-17football competition that decided the participating teams of the2026 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

Players born on 1 January 2009 or later were eligible to participate in the competition. The host country for the final stage of the edition is Morocco, appointed during the annual CAF Executive Committee meeting along the 2024 CAF Awards ceremony inMarrakesh,Morocco where CAF appointed the country as host.^[1]

Notes

• Teams inbold qualified for the final tournament.
• (W): Withdrew after draw

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2026 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
2	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Libya(H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Morocco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

TheWAFU-UFOA Zone A qualifiers for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations will be hosted by Mali with the matches played starting 5 October 2025. The matches will be played atBamako,Mali.

All times are local,GMT (UTC+0).

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Teams were ranked according to thethree points for a win system (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if two teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 13):^[2]

1. Points in head-to-head matches match between the two tied teams;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Goals scored in all group matches;
4. Drawing of lots.

If more than two teams were tied, the following criteria were applied instead:

1. Points in matches between the tied teams;
2. Goal difference in matches between the tied teams;
3. Goals scored in matches between the tied teams;
4. If after applying all criteria above, two teams were still tied, the above criteria were again applied to matches played between the two teams in question. If this did not resolve the tie, the next three criteria were applied;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Drawing of lots.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guinea-Bissau	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Semi-finals
2	Mali(H)	3	1	2	0	9	3	+6	5
3	Gambia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	Liberia	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

5 October 2025 (2025-10-05)

16:00

Mali	6–0	Liberia
Touré 11' (pen.),24' Kamissoko 20' F. Sidibé 87' Keïta 90+2',90+4'

Stade Mamadou Konaté,Bamako

5 October 2025 (2025-10-05)

19:00

Gambia	0–2	Guinea-Bissau
		J. Balde 30',78'

Stade Mamadou Konaté,Bamako

8 October 2025 (2025-10-08)

16:00

Liberia	0–4	Gambia
		Kanyi 1' Leigh 38' Drammeh 61' (pen.) Loum 90+2'

Koulikoro Stadium,Koulikoro

8 October 2025 (2025-10-08)

19:00

Guinea-Bissau	1–1	Mali
J. Balde 60'		S. Diarra 90+2'

Koulikoro Stadium,Koulikoro

11 October 2025 (2025-10-11)

16:00

Mali	2–2	Gambia
Touré 72' (pen.) Maïga 81'		L. Bojang 50' Leigh 85'

Stade Mamadou Konaté,Bamako

11 October 2025 (2025-10-11)

16:00

Guinea-Bissau	4–1	Liberia
Biai 57' (pen.) Bassague 69',78' Dabo 90+2'		Hyne 6'

Ouezzin-Coulibaly Stadium,Bamako

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guinea	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Semi-finals
2	Senegal	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Mauritania	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Sierra Leone	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

6 October 2025 (2025-10-06)

16:00

Senegal	1–1	Sierra Leone
Faye 53'		Samura 11'

Ouezzin-Coulibaly Stadium,Bamako

6 October 2025 (2025-10-06)

19:00

Mauritania	0–1	Guinea
		M. Sylla 52'

Ouezzin-Coulibaly Stadium,Bamako

9 October 2025 (2025-10-09)

16:00

Sierra Leone	1–2	Mauritania
Kanja 74' (pen.)		Mhaimid 70' El Ide 82'

Ouezzin-Coulibaly Stadium,Bamako

9 October 2025 (2025-10-09)

19:00

Guinea	1–1	Senegal
S. Sylla 88'		Dione 7'

Ouezzin-Coulibaly Stadium,Bamako

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)

15:00

Senegal	1–0	Mauritania
Diallo 47'

Stade Mamadou Konaté,Bamako

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)

15:00

Guinea	3–1	Sierra Leone
Cissé 19' Sano 34',70'		Sidibay 10'

Ouezzin-Coulibaly Stadium,Bamako

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 October –Bamako
	Guinea-Bissau	0
					18 October –Bamako
	Senegal	4
					Senegal	2
	15 October –Bamako
					Mali	0
	Guinea	1
	Mali	2
					Third place
					18 October –Bamako
					Guinea-Bissau(p)	1 (4)
					Guinea	1 (2)

Winners qualified for2026 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

15 October 2025 (2025-10-15)

16:00

Guinea-Bissau	0–4	Senegal
		Ndiaye 34' Faye 43' Niang 50' Ba 90+5'

Stade Mamadou Konaté,Bamako

Referee: Baboucarr Bass (Gambia)

15 October 2025 (2025-10-15)

19:00

Guinea	1–2	Mali
S. Sylla 4'		Sogodogo 45+2' Kamissoko 85'

Stade Mamadou Konaté,Bamako

Referee: Abdelkader M'Bareck (Mauritania)

18 October 2025 (2025-10-18)

16:00

Guinea-Bissau	1–1	Guinea
Ravi Ca 57'		Sano 63' (pen.)
Penalties
Bassague Ravi Ca Danfa Biai	4–2	S. Sylla Sano Chérif Bayo

Stade Mamadou Konaté,Bamako

Referee: Aida Sy (Senegal)

18 October 2025 (2025-10-18)

19:00

Senegal	2–0	Mali
Faye 40',50'

Stade Mamadou Konaté,Bamako

Referee: Sulaiman Kamara (Sierra Leone)

TheWAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations will be hosted by Ivory Coast with the matches played between 20 September and 3 October 2025, the draw was announced on 4 September 2025.^[3]

All times are local,GMT (UTC±0).

The seven teams were drawn into two groups of three and four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Teams were ranked according to thethree points for a win system (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if two teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 13):^[2]

1. Points in head-to-head matches match between the two tied teams;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Goals scored in all group matches;
4. Drawing of lots.

If more than two teams were tied, the following criteria were applied instead:

1. Points in matches between the tied teams;
2. Goal difference in matches between the tied teams;
3. Goals scored in matches between the tied teams;
4. If after applying all criteria above, two teams were still tied, the above criteria were again applied to matches played between the two teams in question. If this did not resolve the tie, the next three criteria were applied;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Drawing of lots.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast(H)	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Semi-finals
2	Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	Niger	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Togo	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

20 September 2025 (2025-09-20)

15:00

Ivory Coast	2–0	Niger
Bamba 73' Doumbia 90+3'

Charles Konan Banny Stadium,Yamoussoukro

Referee: Hamidou Diero (Burkina Faso)

20 September 2025 (2025-09-20)

18:00

Togo	1–1	Ghana
Ganiou 63' (pen.)	Report (GFA)	Narbi 9'

Charles Konan Banny Stadium,Yamoussoukro

23 September 2025 (2025-09-23)

15:00

Niger	3–1	Togo
Touba 42' Moctar 44',50'	Report (FTF)	Amega 3'

Stade Lycée Scientifique,Yamoussoukro

23 September 2025 (2025-09-23)

18:00

Ghana	0–3	Ivory Coast
	Report (GFA)	Doumbia 3' Hubert 48' Bamba 59'

Charles Konan Banny Stadium,Yamoussoukro

26 September 2025 (2025-09-26)

15:00

Ivory Coast	1–1	Togo
Ar. Diabaté 64'	Report (FTF)	Amega 90+3'

Stade Lycée Scientifique,Yamoussoukro

26 September 2025 (2025-09-26)

15:00

Ghana	3–1	Niger
Gavi 2',90+1' Mensah 82'	Report (GFA)	Arbi 7'

Charles Konan Banny Stadium,Yamoussoukro

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4	Semi-finals
2	Burkina Faso	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
3	Benin	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

21 September 2025 (2025-09-21)

15:00

Burkina Faso	1–0	Benin
Koné 49'

Stade Lycée Scientifique,Yamoussoukro

Referee: Mohamed El Baroudi (Morocco)

24 September 2025 (2025-09-24)

15:00

Benin	1–4	Nigeria
Zannou 45'		Agha 4' (pen.),14',31' Edeh 6'

Stade Lycée Scientifique,Yamoussoukro

27 September 2025 (2025-09-27)

15:00

Nigeria	0–0	Burkina Faso

Stade Lycée Scientifique,Yamoussoukro

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 September –Yamoussoukro
	Ivory Coast	2
					3 October –Yamoussoukro
	Burkina Faso	1
					Ivory Coast(p)	0 (4)
	30 September –Yamoussoukro
					Ghana	0 (3)
	Nigeria	0
	Ghana	2
					Third place
					3 October – Yamoussoukro
					Burkina Faso	0
					Nigeria	2

Winners qualified for2026 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

30 September 2025 (2025-09-30)

15:00

Ivory Coast	2–1	Burkina Faso
Tuo 40' Doumbia 58'		Diakité 25'

Charles Konan Banny Stadium,Yamoussoukro

Referee: Mohamed El Baroudi (Morocco)

30 September 2025 (2025-09-30)

19:00

Nigeria	0–2	Ghana
	Report (GFA)	Awuli 21' Gavi 31'

Charles Konan Banny Stadium,Yamoussoukro

Referee: Kossi Fabrice Senyo (Togo)

3 October 2025 (2025-10-03)

15:00

Burkina Faso	0–2	Nigeria
		Yusuf 50' Umole 77'

Stade Lycée Scientifique,Yamoussoukro

Referee: Hugues Modeste Kokora (Ivory Coast)

3 October 2025 (2025-10-03)

19:00

Ivory Coast	0–0	Ghana
Penalties
	4–3

Charles Konan Banny Stadium,Yamoussoukro

Referee: Kossi Fabrice Senyo (Togo)

TheUNIFFAC qualifiers for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations will be held in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo between 17–23 February 2026. The qualifying tournament draw was held on 4 February 2026. Six UNIFFAC members competed in a single round-robin format with the top two teams qualifying for the final tournament.

The six teams were drawn into two groups of three teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Teams were ranked according to thethree points for a win system (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if two teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 13):^[2]

1. Points in head-to-head matches match between the two tied teams;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Goals scored in all group matches;
4. Drawing of lots.

If more than two teams were tied, the following criteria were applied instead:

1. Points in matches between the tied teams;
2. Goal difference in matches between the tied teams;
3. Goals scored in matches between the tied teams;
4. If after applying all criteria above, two teams were still tied, the above criteria were again applied to matches played between the two teams in question. If this did not resolve the tie, the next three criteria were applied;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Drawing of lots.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	DR Congo(H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Central African Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Gabon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ethiopia(H)	4	3	1	0	10	4	+6	10	Semi-finals
2	Kenya	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
3	Somalia	4	1	3	0	9	6	+3	6
4	South Sudan	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	4
5	Rwanda	4	0	0	4	2	9	−7	0

15 November 2025

13:00

Somalia	2–2	South Sudan
An. Mohamed 44' Yusuf 90+3'	Report	David 75' Juo 88'

Abebe Bikila Stadium,Addis Ababa

15 November 2025

16:00

Rwanda	0–2	Ethiopia
	Report	Kassaw 31' Shafi 34'

Abebe Bikila Stadium,Addis Ababa

18 November 2025

13:00

South Sudan	1–4	Ethiopia
Juo 78' (pen.)	Report	Kassaw 13',17',52' Seleshi 56'

Abebe Bikila Stadium,Addis Ababa

Referee: Ismael Said Abdillahi (Djibouti)

18 November 2025

16:00

Somalia	1–1	Kenya
An. Mohamed 55'	Report	Ochieng 31'

Abebe Bikila Stadium,Addis Ababa

Referee: Amro Mohammed (Sudan)

21 November 2025

13:00

Kenya	2–1	Rwanda
Ochola 69' Nasasiro 77'	Report	Nshimiyimana 37'

Abebe Bikila Stadium,Addis Ababa

21 November 2025

16:00

Ethiopia	3–3	Somalia
Kassaw 40',52' (pen.) Alemayehu 85'	Report	Omar 36',87' Yusuf 90+2'

Abebe Bikila Stadium,Addis Ababa

24 November 2025

13:00

Rwanda	0–3	Somalia
	Report	Osman 59',84' Abdulahi 86'

Abebe Bikila Stadium,Addis Ababa

24 November 2025

16:00

Kenya	2–0	South Sudan
Wanyonyi 12' Nasasiro 89'	Report

Abebe Bikila Stadium,Addis Ababa

26 November 2025

13:00

South Sudan	2–1	Rwanda
Lombe 20' Juo 69'	Report	Nshimiyimana 54'

Abebe Bikila Stadium,Addis Ababa

26 November 2025

16:00

Ethiopia	1–0	Kenya
Kassaw 65'	Report

Abebe Bikila Stadium,Addis Ababa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tanzania	4	4	0	0	24	1	+23	12	Semi-finals
2	Uganda	4	3	0	1	20	2	+18	9
3	Sudan	4	2	0	2	4	16	−12	6
4	Burundi	4	1	0	3	1	10	−9	3
5	Djibouti	4	0	0	4	1	21	−20	0

15 November 2025

17:00

Tanzania	6–0	Sudan
Athanasi 10',16' Luzelenga 21' Juma 57' Shabani 74' Baruai 80'	Report

Dire Dawa Stadium,Dire Dawa

15 November 2025

20:00

Burundi	0–4	Uganda
	Report	Ogema 11',28' Mukisa 31',41'

Dire Dawa Stadium,Dire Dawa

18 November 2025

17:00

Sudan	0–9	Uganda
	Report	Mukisa 10',13' Ogema 43' Kombi 55',73' Owino 69' Fahad 78' Babi 81' Kayemba 89'

Dire Dawa Stadium,Dire Dawa

18 November 2025

20:00

Tanzania	11–0	Djibouti
Chole 13' Mbalasalu 18',25',34',52',54' (pen.),72' Hamis 27' Juma 45+1' Athanasi 62' Shabani 71'	Report

Dire Dawa Stadium,Dire Dawa

Referee: Solomon Lokudo (South Sudan)

21 November 2025

17:00

Djibouti	0–1	Burundi
	Report	Irabaruta 30'

Dire Dawa Stadium,Dire Dawa

21 November 2025

20:00

Uganda	1–2	Tanzania
Fahad 15'	Report	Athanasi 26' Shabani 66'

Dire Dawa Stadium,Dire Dawa

24 November 2025

17:00

Burundi	0–5	Tanzania
	Report	Hamis 6',37',55' Kilendemo 8' Likungilo 87'

Dire Dawa Stadium,Dire Dawa

24 November 2025

20:00

Djibouti	1–3	Sudan
Asmar 62' (pen.)	Report	Sami Hassan 38' El-Hassan Hilmi 44',90+2'

Dire Dawa Stadium,Dire Dawa

26 November 2025

17:00

Sudan	1–0	Burundi
Al-Amin Ahmed 34'	Report

Dire Dawa Stadium,Dire Dawa

26 November 2025

20:00

Uganda	6–0	Djibouti
Ogema 15' Jemba 45+2' Kayemba 46' Olwa 51',53' Fahad 72'	Report

Dire Dawa Stadium,Dire Dawa

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 November –Addis Ababa
	Tanzania	3
					2 December –Addis Ababa
	Kenya	1
					Tanzania	3
	30 November –Addis Ababa
					Uganda	2
	Ethiopia	0
	Uganda	3
					Third place
					2 December –Addis Ababa
					Ethiopia	3
					Kenya	0

TheCOSAFA qualifiers for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations were held inHarare,Zimbabwe, from 11 to 20 September 2024. The draw for the groups took place on 5 August 2025.

The qualification structure was as follows:

• Group stage: The 12 teams were divided into three groups, with the group winners and the best runner-up advancing to the knockout stage.
• Knockout stage: The four teams advancing from the second round competed in a three-match knockout round, with the winners of the semifinals qualifying for the final tournament.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mozambique	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Semi-finals
2	Comoros	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Zimbabwe(H)	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
4	Eswatini	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Semi-finals
2	Malawi	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
3	Zambia	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
4	Madagascar	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9	Semi-finals
2	Lesotho	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
3	Botswana	3	0	2	1	1	6	−5	2
4	Mauritius	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	1

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 September – Harare
	South Africa	7
					20 September – Harare
	Comoros	0
					South Africa	2
	18 September – Harare
					Angola	1
	Mozambique	0
	Angola	1
					Third place
					20 September – Harare
					Comoros	0
					Mozambique	3

There have been 156 goals scored in 51 matches, for an average of 3.06 goals per match (as of 18 October 2025).

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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