2009 African Under-17 Championship
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The 2009 African Under-17 Championship
African Under-17 Championship
The African Under 17 Championship is a bi-annual football competition organised by the sport's Africaan governing body, CAF. The competition has been held since 1995...

 was a football tournament for Under 17 players. It was held in Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

 in 2009.

The competition consisted of three rounds of two legged matches. Some countries received a bye to the First Round. The winners of the Second Round matches qualified for the Finals in Algeria.

Venues

Cities Venues
Zéralda
Zéralda
Zeralda is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria....

, Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...

Stade de Zéralda
Dar El Beïda
Dar El Beïda
Dar El Beïda is a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. It is the seat of the district with the same name. During French colonian times, it was officially called with its French name Maison Blanche , which meant the same thing as its current Arabic name: white house. It is pronounced in Classical Arabic...

, Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...

Stade Dar El Beïda
Stade Dar El Beïda
Stade Dar El Beïda is a multi-use stadium located in the Dar El Beïda district of Algiers, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is frequently used by the Algeria A' national football team and the Algerian Under-23 National Team....


Group stage

Top two teams from each group qualified for the semi-finals. The 4 semi-finalists qualified for the 2009 U17 World Cup being held in the summer in Nigeria.

Group A

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Group B

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1 Niger were ejected from the competition for fielding a 22-year-old player. Their results were expunged.

2 These matches were expunged after Niger were ejected from the competition.
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Semifinals

Third place

Final

Countries to participate in 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The top 4 teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from October 24 to November 15, 2009.The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating 1-0 the host team, Nigeria...

: (Champion) (Runner-up) (Semi-finalist) (Semi-finalist)

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