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2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football des moins de 17 ans 2025
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	30 March – 19 April
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
	← 2023 2026 →

The 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations known as the TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes or 2025 U17 AFCON for short is the 15th edition (20th if editions without hosts are included) of the biennial African youth football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below.

Morocco was chosen as the host of this edition on 16 December 2024 at the annual CAF Executive Committee meeting along the 2024 CAF Awards ceremony in Marrakesh, Morocco where CAF appointed the country as host.^[1] which it organized from 30 March to 19 April. All eight quarter-finalists will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the CAF representatives.

Senegal are the defending champions.

Qualification

Player eligibility

Players born on 1 January 2008 or later were eligible to participate in this tournament edition.

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the group stage.

Team	Zone	Date of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Egypt	North Zone	23 November 2024	4th	2011	Champions (1997)
Morocco (hosts)	North Zone	23 November 2024	4th	2023	Runners-up (2023)
Mali	West A Zone	1 November 2024	10th	2023	Champions (2015, 2017)
Senegal	West A Zone	1 November 2024	4th	2023	Champions (2023)
Burkina Faso	West B Zone	25 May 2024	8th	2023	Champions (2011)
Ivory Coast	West B Zone	25 May 2024	6th	2015	Champions (2013)
	Central Zone
	Central Zone
Tanzania	Central-East Zone	24 December 2024	3rd	2019	Group stage (2017, 2019)
Uganda	Central-East Zone	24 December 2024	2nd	2019	Group stage (2019)
Angola	South Zone	11 December 2024	5th	2019	Third place (2019)
Zambia	South Zone	11 December 2024	3rd	2023	Group stage (2015, 2023)