16th edition of U-17 AFCON
2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football des moins de 17 ans 2025 Host country Morocco Dates 30 March – 19 April Teams 12 (from 1 confederation)
International football competition
The 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations known as the TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nationssponsorship 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] 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.
All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of the group stages in 1995.
Venues
The host country for the final tournament is Morocco, appointed during the General Assembly held in Marrakech , Morocco on 16 December 2024.[ 2]
See also
References
Qualifying for U-16 World Cup Qualifying for U-17 World Cup African U-17 Championship
Tournaments Qualification Squads
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