1999 African U-17 Championship

1999 African U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGuinea
CityConakry
Dates16–30 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (2nd title)
Runners-up Burkina Faso
Third place Mali
Fourth place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored37 (2.31 per match)
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The 1999 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Guinea. The top three teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Qualification

Main article: 1999 African U-17 Championship qualification

Qualified teams

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
 Burkina Faso 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Guinea 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
 Zimbabwe 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1


Guinea 1 – 1 Cameroon
Zimbabwe 0 – 0 Burkina Faso
Cameroon 1 – 1 Burkina Faso
Guinea 4 – 0 Zimbabwe
Cameroon 2 – 1 Zimbabwe
Guinea 1 – 2 Burkina Faso

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mali 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
 Ghana 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
 Nigeria 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
 Angola 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3


Ghana 3 – 0 Angola
Mali 3 – 3 Nigeria
Ghana 0 – 0 Mali
Angola 1 – 0 Nigeria
Angola 1 – 2 Mali
Nigeria 2 – 1 Ghana

Knock-out stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 May - Conakry
 
 
 Cameroon0
 
30 May - Conakry
 
 Ghana1
 
 Ghana3
 
27 May - Conakry
 
 Burkina Faso1
 
 Mali0
 
 
 Burkina Faso1
 
Third place
 
 
30 May - Conakry
 
 
 Cameroon0
 
 
 Mali1

Semi-finals

Cameroon 0–1 Ghana
B. Bortey 38'
Mali 0–1 Burkina Faso
Barro 35'

Third place match

Cameroon 0–1 Mali
Mamadou Diawara 19'

Final

Ghana 3–1 Burkina Faso
K. Mensah 12'
N. Lamptey 33'
B. Bortey 43'		 Barro 63'

Winners

1999 CAF Under-17 Championship
Ghana
Ghana
Second title

Countries to participate in 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The 3 teams which qualified for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.