2024 UNAF U-17 Tournament (Morocco)

2024 UNAF U-17 Tournament
Tournament details
CountryMorocco
Dates11–23 November
Teams5
Final positions
Champions Egypt (4th title)
Runners-up Morocco
Third place Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored39 (3.9 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Belal Ateya
(5 goals)
Awards
Best player Belal Ateya

The 2024 UNAF U-17 Tournament officially named TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations - UNAF Qualifiers 2024 was the 20th edition of the UNAF U-17 Tournament. The tournament took place in Morocco, from 11 to 23 November 2024. The tournament also served as the qualifiers for the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.[1] Originally there were 2 qualification spots, but a third spot was added after the competition.[2]

Participants

The five participating teams were:

Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Casablanca Père Jégo Stadium 10,000
Mohammedia El Bachir Stadium 10,000

Squads

Tournament

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 4 3 0 1 13 9 +4 9 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
2  Morocco (H) 4 2 2 0 10 4 +6 8
3  Tunisia 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7
4  Algeria 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
5  Libya 4 0 0 4 4 14 −10 0
Source: UNAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(H) Hosts

Matches

Algeria 0–1 Tunisia
Report
  • Saidi 45'
Morocco 5–1 Egypt
  • El Aoud 20'
  • Mawhoub 67'
  • Ouazane 69'
  • Baha 76'
  • Belmokhtar 90'
Report Atya 89'

Egypt 2–1 Algeria
Report Cherfaoui 45' (pen.)
Tunisia 2–1 Libya
Report
  • Abdulwahab 66'

Morocco 2–2 Tunisia
Report
  • Haj Abdallah 35'
  • Touati 90+2'
Libya 2–3 Algeria
  • El Shawish 25'
  • Abdulwahab 63' (pen.)
Report
  • Fettouche 37'
  • Boudouab 39', 67'

Tunisia 2–3 Egypt
Saidi 4', 20' Report
  • Atya 17'
  • El Zoghbi 81', 86'
Libya 0–2 Morocco
Report

Algeria 1–1 Morocco
Achouri 5' Report Sokrate 58'
Egypt 7–1 Libya
Report
  • Al-Gamati 73'

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 39 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.9 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

  • Youcef Boudouab
  • Abdelaziz Elzoghaby
  • Sanad Abdulwahab
  • Ismail El Aoud

1 goal

  • Abderrahmane Achouri
  • Charaf Eddine Cherfaoui
  • Benaissa Fettouche
  • Almunder Al Qmati
  • Anas Al Shawish
  • Ilies Belmokhtar
  • Adam Jout
  • Ahmed Mawhoub
  • Abdellah Ouazane
  • Bilal Soukrat
  • Seifeddine Abdallah
  • Mohamed Aziz Chaabane
  • Amine Allah Touati

Qualified teams for U-17 Africa Cup of Nations

The following three teams from UNAF qualified for the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in U-17 Africa Cup of Nations1
 Egypt 23 November 2024 3 (1997, 2003, 2011)
 Morocco 23 November 2024 3 (2013, 2019, 2023)
 Tunisia 5 February 2025 3 (1995, 2007, 2013)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

  1. ^ "UNAF : Tirage au sort des éliminatoires U17 et U20". Foot Afrique (in French). APS. 30 September 2024.
  2. ^ Nlebem, Anthony (7 February 2025). "Golden Eaglets miss out on 2025 U17 AFCON, World Cup qualification". Businessday NG. Retrieved 7 February 2025.