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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = African U-17 Championship
| year = 2011
| other_titles = Coupe d'Afrique des nations des moins de 17 ans 2011<br>Igikombe cya Afurika cy’abatarengeje imyaka 17 2011<br>Kombe la Mataifa ya Afrika kwa chini ya miaka 17 2011
| image = 2011 caf u-17 championship.png
| size = 159
| caption =
| city = [[Kigali]]
| country = Rwanda
| dates = 8–22 January 
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = CAF
| venues = 3
| cities = 2
| champion_other = {{fbu|17|BUR}} 
| count = 1
| second_other = {{fbu|17|RWA}} 
| third_other = {{fbu|17|CGO}}
| fourth_other = {{fbu|17|CIV}}
| matches = 16
| goals = 45
| attendance =
| top_scorer =
| player =
| prevseason = [[2009 African U-17 Championship|2009]]
| nextseason = [[2013 African U-17 Championship|2013]]
| updated =
}}

The '''2011 African U-17 Championship''' was a football competition organized by the [[Confederation of African Football]] (CAF). The tournament took place in [[Rwanda]]. The top four teams qualified for the [[2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup]].

==Qualification==
{{Main|2011 African U-17 Championship qualification}}

===Qualified teams===
*{{fbu|17|BFA}}
*{{fbu|17|CGO}}
*{{fbu|17|CIV}}
*{{fbu|17|EGY}}
*{{fbu|17|GAM}}
*{{fbu|17|MLI}}
*{{fbu|17|RWA}}  (Host nation)
*{{fbu|17|SEN}}

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Kigali]]
! [[Kigali]]
! [[Gisenyi]]
|-
| [[Stade Amahoro]]
| [[Stade Régional Nyamirambo]]
| [[Umuganda Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: 35,000
| Capacity: 22,000
| Capacity: 5,000
|-
|}

==Group stage==

===Group A===
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
|-
|width="60%"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=185|Team
!width=20|{{Tooltip| Pld| Played}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| W| Won}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| D| Drawn}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| L| Lost}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| GF| Goals for}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| GA| Goals against}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| GD| Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| Pts| Points}}
!width=391|Status
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|BUR}}
|3||2||0||1||8||4||+4||'''6'''||rowspan=2|Advanced to the semifinals and qualified for the [[2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup]]
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|RWA}}
|3||2||0||1||3||2||+1||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=#FF8888
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|SEN}}
|3||1||0||2||4||5||−1||'''3'''||rowspan=2|Eliminated and missed out on the [[2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup]]
|- bgcolor=#FF8888
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|EGY}}
|3||1||0||2||2||6||−4||'''3'''
|}

{{footballbox
| date       = 8 January 2011
| time       = 15:30
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|RWA}}
| score      = 2 – 1
| report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/Rwanda%20U_17_2011/Match%201%20communiqu.pdf Report]
| team2      = {{fbu|17|BFA}}
| goals1     = [[Faustin Usengimana|Usengimana]] {{goal|3}}<br/>[[Charles Tibingana|Tibingana]] {{goal|46}}
| goals2     = [[Fayçal Ouedraogo|Ouedraogo]] {{goal|55}}
| stadium    = [[Stade Amahoro]], [[Kigali]]
| attendance = 
| referee    = {{flagicon|AGO}} Helder Martins De Carvalho
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date       = 8 January 2011
| time       = 17:30
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|SEN}}
| score      = 1 – 2
| report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/Rwanda%20U_17_2011/Match%202%20communiqu.pdf Report]
| team2      = {{fbu|17|EGY}}
| goals1     = [[Ibrahima Ndiaye (football)|Ndiaye]] {{goal|21}}
| goals2     = [[Mahmoud Abdelmonem|Abdelmonem]] {{goal|66}} <br />[[Mohamed Rashad|Rashad]] {{goal|83}}
| stadium    = [[Stade Amahoro]], [[Kigali]]
| attendance =
| referee    = {{flagicon|CIV}} Normandiez Desire Doue
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date       = 11 January 2011
| time       = 13:00
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|BFA}}
| score      = 3 – 2
| report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/Rwanda%20U_17_2011/Match%205%20communiqu.pdf Report]
| team2      = {{fbu|17|SEN}}
| goals1     = [[Zaniou Sana|Sana]] {{goal|26||29}}<br/>[[Ben Issa Zerbo|Zerbo]] {{goal|27}}
| goals2     = [[Rémy Nassalan|Nassalan]] {{goal|50}}<br/>Drame {{goal|53}}
| stadium    = [[Stade Régional Nyamirambo]], [[Kigali]]
| attendance =
| referee    = {{flagicon|TUN}} Kacem Bennaceur
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date       = 11 January 2011
| time       = 15:30
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|EGY}}
| score      = 0 – 1
| report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/Rwanda%20U_17_2011/Match%206%20communiqu.pdf Report]
| team2      = {{fbu|17|RWA}}
| goals1     =
| goals2     = [[Faustin Usengimana|Usengimana]] {{goal|9}}
| stadium    = [[Stade Régional Nyamirambo]], [[Kigali]]
| attendance =
| referee    = {{flagicon|NIG}} Solomon Wokoma
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date       = 14 January 2011
| time       = 15:30
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|RWA}}
| score      = 0 – 1
| report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/Rwanda%20U_17_2011/Match%209%20communiqu.pdf Report]
| team2      = {{fbu|17|SEN}}
| goals1     =
| goals2     = [[Mamadou Saliou Touré|Touré]] {{goal|85}}
| stadium    = [[Stade Amahoro]], [[Kigali]]
| attendance =
| referee    = {{flagicon|MAR}} Bouchaïb El Ahrach
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date       = 14 January 2011
| time       = 15:30
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|BFA}}
| score      = 4 – 0 
| report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/Rwanda%20U_17_2011/Match%2010%20communiqu.pdf Report]
| team2      = {{fbu|17|EGY}}
| goals1     = [[Bertrand Traoré|Traoré]] {{goal|39||74}} <br> [[Zaniou Sana|Sana]] {{goal|50}} <br> [[Fayçal Ouedraogo|Ouedraogo]] {{goal|65}}
| goals2     =
| stadium    = [[Stade Régional Nyamirambo]], [[Kigali]]
| attendance =
| referee    = {{flagicon|ZMB}} Wellington Kaoma
}}
|-
|}

===Group B===
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
|-
|width="60%"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=185|Team
!width=20|{{Tooltip| Pld| Played}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| W| Won}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| D| Drawn}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| L| Lost}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| GF| Goals for}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| GA| Goals against}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| GD| Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip| Pts| Points}}
!width=391|Status
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|CIV}}
|3||2||1||0||8||4||+4||'''7'''||rowspan=2|Advanced to the semifinals and qualified for the [[2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup]]
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|CGO}}
|3||2||1||0||7||3||+4||'''7'''
|- bgcolor=#FF8888
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|GAM}}
|3||1||0||2||2||7||−5||'''3'''||rowspan=2|Eliminated and missed out on the [[2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup]]
|- bgcolor=#FF8888
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|MLI}}
|3||0||0||3||2||5||−3||'''0'''
|}

{{footballbox
| date       = 9 January 2011
| time       = 13:00
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|GAM}}
| score      = 0 – 3
| report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/Rwanda%20U_17_2011/Match%203%20communiqu.pdf Report]
| team2      = {{fbu|17|CGO}}
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = [[Hardy Binguila|Binguila]] {{goal|7||50}}<br/>[[Stévy Epako|Epako]] {{goal|10}}
| stadium    = [[Umuganda Stadium]], [[Gisenyi]]
| attendance =
| referee    = {{flagicon|RWA}} Hundu Munyemana
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date       = 9 January 2011
| time       = 15:30
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|CIV}}
| score      = 2 – 1
| report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/Rwanda%20U_17_2011/Match%204%20communiqu.pdf Report]
| team2      = {{fbu|17|MLI}}
| goals1     = Diarrassouba {{goal|46}}<br/>[[Guy Bedi|Bedi]] {{goal|69}}
| goals2     = [[Tiécoro Keita|Keita]] {{goal|24}}
| stadium    = [[Umuganda Stadium]], [[Gisenyi]]
| attendance =
| referee    = {{flagicon|MAR}} Bouchaïb El Ahrach
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date       = 12 January 2011
| time       = 13:00
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|CGO}}
| score      = 2 – 2
| report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/Rwanda%20U_17_2011/Match%207%20communiqu.pdf Report]
| team2      = {{fbu|17|CIV}}
| goals1     = [[Ange Sitou|Sitou]] {{goal|27}}<br/>[[Stévy Epako|Epako]] {{goal|54}}
| goals2     = [[Guy Bedi|Bedi]] {{goal|57||89}}
| stadium    = [[Umuganda Stadium]], [[Gisenyi]]
| attendance =
| referee    = {{flagicon|ZMB}} Wellington Kaoma
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date       = 12 January 2011
| time       = 15:30
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|MLI}}
| score      = 0 – 1
| report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/Rwanda%20U_17_2011/Match%208%20communiqu.pdf Report]
| team2      = {{fbu|17|GAM}}
| goals1     =
| goals2     = [[Yusupha Dawda Sarr|Sarr]] {{goal|35}}
| stadium    = [[Umuganda Stadium]], [[Gisenyi]]
| attendance =
| referee    = {{flagicon|CMR}} Néant Alioum
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date       = 15 January 2011
| time       = 15:30
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|GAM}}
| score      = 1 – 4
| report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/Rwanda%20U_17_2011/Match%2011%20communiqu.pdf Report]
| team2      = {{fbu|17|CIV}}
| goals1     = [[Yusupha Dawda Sarr|Sarr]] {{goal|70}}
| goals2     = Diarrassouba {{goal|12}}<br/>[[Jean Evrard Kouassi|Kouassi]] {{goal|44}}<br/>[[Lionel Ange Lago|Lago]] {{goal|61}}<br/>[[Guy Bedi|Bedi]] {{goal|74}}
| stadium    = [[Stade Régional Nyamirambo]], [[Kigali]]
| attendance =
| referee    = {{flagicon|AGO}} Helder Martins De Carvalho
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date       = 15 January 2011
| time       = 15:30
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|CGO}}
| score      = 2 – 1
| report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/Rwanda%20U_17_2011/Match%2012%20communiqu.pdf Report]
| team2      = {{fbu|17|MLI}}
| goals1     = [[Christ Nkounkou|Nkounkou]] {{goal|50}}<br/>[[Stévy Epako|Epako]] {{goal|56}}
| goals2     = [[Malick Berthé|Berthé]] {{goal|87}}
| stadium    = [[Umuganda Stadium]], [[Gisenyi]]
| attendance =
| referee    = {{flagicon|TUN}} Kacem Bennaceur
}}
|-
|}

==Knock-out stage==
{{Round4-with third
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- semi-finals -->
|18 January – [[Kigali]] ([[Stade Amahoro]])|'''{{fbu|17|BUR}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (football)|pen.]])|'''1 (4)'''|{{fbu|17|CGO}}|1 (2)
|19 January – [[Kigali]] ([[Stade Amahoro]])|{{fbu|17|CIV}}| 0|'''{{fbu|17|RWA}}'''|'''1'''
<!-- final -->
|22 January – [[Kigali]] ([[Stade Amahoro]])|'''{{fbu|17|BUR}}'''|'''2'''|{{fbu|17|RWA}}|1
<!-- third place -->
|21 January – [[Kigali]] ([[Stade Régional Nyamirambo]])|'''{{fbu|17|CGO}}'''|'''2'''|{{fbu|17|CIV}}| 1
}}

===Semifinals===
{{footballbox
  | date       = 18 January 2011
  | time       = 15:30
  | team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|BUR}} 
  | score      = 1 – 1
  | aet        = yes
  | report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/MATCH_SUMMARY_CONGO__BURKINA_FASO.jpg Report]
  | team2      = {{fbu|17|CGO}} 
  | goals1     = [[Bertrand Traoré|Traoré]] {{goal|53}}
  | goals2     = [[Stévy Epako|Epako]] {{goal|33}}
  | stadium    = [[Stade Amahoro]], [[Kigali]]
  | attendance =
  | referee    = {{flagicon|MAR}} Bouchaïb El Ahrach
  | penalties1   = 
  | penaltyscore = 4–2
  | penalties2   = 
}}
{{footballbox
  | date       = 19 January 2011
  | time       = 15:30
  | team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|CIV}}
  | score      = 0 – 1
  | report     = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/mobile/football/africa/9365704.stm Report] 
  | team2      = {{fbu|17|RWA}}
  | goals1     =
  | goals2     = [[Justin Mico|Mico]] {{goal|72}} 
  | stadium    = [[Stade Amahoro]], [[Kigali]]
  | attendance =
  | referee    =
}}

===Third place match===
{{footballbox
  | date       = 21 January 2011
  | time       = 15:30
  | team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|CGO}}
  | score      = 2 – 1
  | report     = [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/congociv.jpg Report]
  | team2      = {{fbu|17|CIV}}
  | goals1     = [[Melvan Lekandza|Lekandza]] {{goal|6}}<br/>[[Hardy Binguila|Binguila]] {{goal|45+1}}
  | goals2     = [[Andres Koussounou Kouakou|Kouakou]] {{goal|85}}
  | stadium    = [[Stade Régional Nyamirambo]], [[Kigali]]
  | attendance =
  | referee    = {{flagicon|ZMB}} Wellington Kaoma
}}

===Final===
{{footballbox
  | date       = 22 January 2011
  | time       = 15:30
  | team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|BUR}} 
  | score      = 2 – 1
  | report     = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/mobile/football/africa/9370559.stm Report]
  | team2      = {{fbu|17|RWA}}
  | goals1     = [[Zaniou Sana|Sana]] {{goal|59}}<br/>[[Abdoul Aziz Kaboré|Kaboré]] {{goal|72}}
  | goals2     = [[Charles Tibingana|Tibingana]] {{goal|67}}
  | stadium    = [[Stade Amahoro]], [[Kigali]]
  | attendance =
  | referee    = {{flagicon|AGO}} Helder Martins De Carvalho
}}

==Winners==
{{winners-other|2011 CAF Under-17 Championship|BFA|[[Burkina Faso national under-17 football team|Burkina Faso]]|First}}

==Goalscorers==
;4 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|BFA}} [[Zaniou Sana]]
*{{flagicon|CGO}} [[Stévy Epako]]
*{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Guy Bedi]]
{{div col end}}

;3 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|BFA}} [[Bertrand Traoré]]
*{{flagicon|CGO}} [[Hardy Binguila]]
{{div col end}}

;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|BFA}} [[Fayçal Ouedraogo]]
*{{flagicon|CIV}} Drissa Diarrassouba
*{{flagicon|GAM}} [[Yusupha Dawda Sarr]]
*{{flagicon|RWA}} [[Charles Tibingana]]
*{{flagicon|RWA}} [[Faustin Usengimana]]
{{div col end}}

;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|BFA}} [[Abdoul Aziz Kaboré]]
*{{flagicon|BFA}} [[Ben Issa Zerbo]]
*{{flagicon|CGO}} [[Ange Sitou]]
*{{flagicon|CGO}} [[Christ Nkounkou]]
*{{flagicon|CGO}} [[Melvan Lekandza]]
*{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Andres Koussounou Kouakou]]
*{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Jean Evrard Kouassi]]
*{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Lionel Ange Lago]]
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mahmoud Abdelmonem]]
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamed Rashad]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Malick Berthé]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Tiécoro Keita]]
*{{flagicon|RWA}} [[Justin Mico]]
*{{flagicon|SEN}} Ibrahima Drame
*{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Rémy Nassalan]]
*{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Ibrahima Ndiaye (football)|Ibrahima Ndiaye]]
*{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Mamadou Saliou Touré]]
{{div col end}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110708114404/http://canrwanda2011.com/ www.canrwanda2011.com]
*[http://www.cafonline.com/?lng=1&opt=27&cmpt=1&titre=Results%20&%20fixtures Confederation of African Football]

{{CAF African U-17 Football Championship}}

[[Category:2011 African U-17 Championship| ]]
[[Category:U-17 Africa Cup of Nations]]
[[Category:2011 in African football|Under-17 Championship]]
[[Category:2011 in Rwandan sport|African Under-17 Championship]]
[[Category:International association football competitions hosted by Rwanda]]
[[Category:2011 in youth association football]]