2011 African U-17 Championship

2011 African U-17 Championship

Coupe d'Afrique des nations des moins de 17 ans 2011
Tournament details
Host country	Rwanda
City	Kigali
Dates	Jan 8 – 22
Teams	8 (from CAF confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Burkina Faso (1st title)
Runners-up	Rwanda
Third place	Congo
Fourth place	Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	45 (2.81 per match)

The 2011 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Rwanda. The top four teams qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Qualification

Qualified teams

•  Burkina Faso
•  Congo
•  Ivory Coast
•  Egypt
•  Gambia
•  Mali
•  Rwanda (Host nation)
•  Senegal

Venues

Kigali	Kigali	Gisenyi
Stade Amahoro	Stade Régional Nyamirambo	Umuganda Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 5,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  Burkina Faso 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6 Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup  Rwanda 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6  Senegal 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3 Eliminated and missed out on the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup  Egypt 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3 Rwanda  v  Burkina Faso 8 January 2011 15:30 Rwanda  2 – 1  Burkina Faso Usengimana  3' Tibingana  46' Report Ouedraogo  55' Stade Amahoro, Kigali Referee: Helder Martins De Carvalho Senegal  v  Egypt 8 January 2011 17:30 Senegal  1 – 2  Egypt Ndiaye  21' Report Abdelmonem  66' Rashad  83' Stade Amahoro, Kigali Referee: Normandiez Desire Doue Burkina Faso  v  Senegal 11 January 2011 13:00 Burkina Faso  3 – 2  Senegal Sana  26', 29' Zerbo  27' Report Nassalan  50' Drame  53' Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali Referee: Kacem Bennaceur Egypt  v  Rwanda 11 January 2011 15:30 Egypt  0 – 1  Rwanda Report Usengimana  9' Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali Referee: Solomon Wokoma Rwanda  v  Senegal 14 January 2011 15:30 Rwanda  0 – 1  Senegal Report Touré  85' Stade Amahoro, Kigali Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach Burkina Faso  v  Egypt 14 January 2011 15:30 Burkina Faso  4 – 0  Egypt Traoré  39', 74' Sana  50' Ouedraogo  65' Report Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali Referee: Wellington Kaoma

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 Advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup  Congo 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7  Gambia 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3 Eliminated and missed out on the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup  Mali 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0 Gambia  v  Congo 9 January 2011 13:00 Gambia  0 – 3  Congo Report Binguila  7', 50' Epako  10' Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi Referee: Hundu Munyemana Ivory Coast  v  Mali 9 January 2011 15:30 Ivory Coast  2 – 1  Mali Diarrassouba  46' Bedi  69' Report Keita  24' Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach Congo  v  Ivory Coast 12 January 2011 13:00 Congo  2 – 2  Ivory Coast Sitou  27' Epako  54' Report Bedi  57', 89' Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi Referee: Wellington Kaoma Mali  v  Gambia 12 January 2011 15:30 Mali  0 – 1  Gambia Report Sarr  35' Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi Referee: Néant Alioum Gambia  v  Ivory Coast 15 January 2011 15:30 Gambia  1 – 4  Ivory Coast Sarr  70' Report Diarrassouba  12' Kouassi  44' Lago  61' Bedi  74' Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali Referee: Helder Martins De Carvalho Congo  v  Mali 15 January 2011 15:30 Congo  2 – 1  Mali Nkounkou  50' Epako  56' Report Berthé  87' Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi Referee: Kacem Bennaceur

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 January – Kigali (Stade Amahoro)
	Burkina Faso (pen.)	1 (4)
	Congo	1 (2)
					22 January – Kigali (Stade Amahoro)
					Burkina Faso	2
					Rwanda	1
					Third place
	19 January – Kigali (Stade Amahoro)			21 January – Kigali (Stade Régional Nyamirambo)
	Ivory Coast	0		Congo	2
	Rwanda	1			Ivory Coast	1

Semifinals

Burkina Faso  v  Congo

18 January 2011 15:30

Burkina Faso	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Congo
Traoré  53'	Report	Epako  33'
	Penalties
	4–2

Stade Amahoro, Kigali Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach

Ivory Coast  v  Rwanda

19 January 2011 15:30

Ivory Coast	0 – 1	Rwanda
	Report	Mico  72'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali

Third place match

Congo  v  Ivory Coast

21 January 2011 15:30

Congo	2 – 1	Ivory Coast
Lekandza  6' Binguila  45+1'	Report	Kouakou  85'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali Referee: Wellington Kaoma

Final

Burkina Faso  v  Rwanda

22 January 2011 15:30

Burkina Faso	2 – 1	Rwanda
Sana  59' Kaboré  72'	Report	Tibingana  67'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali Referee: Helder Martins De Carvalho

Winners

2009 CAF Under-17 Championship
Burkina Faso First title

Goalscorers

4 goals

Zaniou Sana

Stévy Epako

Guy Bedi

3 goals

Bertrand Traoré

Hardy Binguila

2 goals

Fayçal Ouedraogo Drissa Diarrassouba

Yusupha Dawda Sarr Charles Tibingana

Faustin Usengimana

1 goal

Abdoul Aziz Kaboré Ben Issa Zerbo Ange Sitou Christ Nkounkou Melvan Lekandza Andres Koussounou Kouakou

Jean Evrard Kouassi Lionel Ange Lago Mahmoud Abdelmonem Mohamed Rashad Malick Berthé Tiécoro Keita

Justin Mico Ibrahima Drame Rémy Nassalan Ibrahima Ndiaye Mamadou Saliou Touré

External links

• www.canrwanda2011.com
• Confederation of African Football