2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Since the 2021 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations was cancelled, this will be the first edition in Africa U-17 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight. Each of the six zones received two spots in the final tournament.

;Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• (H): Qualifying tournament hosts
• (Q): Automatically qualified for final tournament regardless of qualification results
• (W): Withdrew
• (D): Disqualified

The qualifying competition was split into regional competitions, with the teams entering the qualifying tournament of their zone. The schedule of each qualifying zone was as follows.

{{main|2022 UNAF U-17 Tournament}}

The 2022 UNAF U-17 Tournament, which also served as the qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, took place between 8 and 14 November 2022 in Algiers, Algeria. The four teams were placed in one group, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament. Algeria didn't participate in the tournament, as were automatically qualified for the final tournament as hosts.

All times are local, DPRA (UTC+1).

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The WAFU-UFOA Zone A qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations were hosted by Mauritania with the matches played between 1 and 9 October 2022.{{cite web |title=Sierra Leone to open Wafu U17 against host Mauritania |url=https://footballsierraleone.net/2022/09/30/sierra-leone-to-open-wafu-u17-against-host-mauritania/ |date=30 September 2022}} The draw was announced on 21 July 2022.

All times are local, GMT (UTC±0).

The six teams were drawn into two groups of three teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

;Group A

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;Group B

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;Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

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;Final

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The WAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations were hosted by Ghana with the matches played between 11 and 24 June 2022.{{cite web |title=Ghana set to stage WAFU-B U17 Championship, tourney set for Saturday kick off |url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/ghana-set-to-stage-wafu-b-u17-championship-tourney-set-for-saturday-kick-off |access-date=14 June 2022 |date=10 June 2022}} The draw was announced on 15 April 2022.

All times are local, GMT (UTC±0).

The seven teams were drawn into two groups of three and four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

;Group A

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;Group B

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• Ouédraogo {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium = Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

|referee = Julian Nunoo (Ghana)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/burkina-faso-in-fightback-to-defeat-cote-d-ivoire-in-wafu-b-u17-thriller

}}

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes

|21 June – Cape Coast Stadium|{{fbu|17|NGA}}|3|{{fbu|17|CIV}}|1

|21 June – Cape Coast Stadium|{{fbu|17|BFA}}|1|{{fbu|17|GHA}}|0

|24 June – Cape Coast Stadium|{{fbu|17|NGA}}|2|{{fbu|17|BFA}}|1

|24 June – Cape Coast Stadium|{{fbu|17|CIV}}|2|{{fbu|17|GHA}}|3

}}

;Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

{{Football box

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|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|NGA}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|CIV}}

|goals1 =

• Michael {{goal|31||43}}
• Abdullahi {{goal|61}}

|goals2 =

• Diomandé {{goal|2|pen.}}

|stadium = Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

|referee = Sadou Ali Brahamou (Niger)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/nigeria-and-burkina-faso-reach-wafu-b-final-to-qualify-for-totalenergies-u17-afc

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|6|21|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|BFA}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|GHA}}

|goals1 =

• Camara {{goal|65|pen.}}

|stadium = Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

|referee = Gnama Aklesso (Togo)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/nigeria-and-burkina-faso-reach-wafu-b-final-to-qualify-for-totalenergies-u17-afc

}}

;Third place

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|6|24|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CIV}}

|score = 2–3

|team2 = {{fbu|17|GHA}}

|goals1 =

• Diomandé {{goal|6|pen.}}
• Méïté {{goal|72}}

|goals2 =

• Adam {{goal|9|pen.}}
• Apokum {{goal|58}}
• Salifu {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

|referee = Benoît Bado (Burkina Faso)

|report = https://www.ghanafa.org/ghana-defeat-ivory-coast-to-win-bronze-in-wafu-b-u17-tournament

}}

;Final

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|6|24|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|NGA}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|BFA}}

|goals1 =

• Abdullahi {{goal|22||48}}

|goals2 =

• Ouédraogo {{goal|42}}

|stadium = Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

|referee = Julian Nunoo (Ghana)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/abdullahi-brace-helps-nigeria-u17-to-defeat-burkina-faso-to-win-wafu-b-title

}}

The UNIFFAC qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations were planned to be held in Cameroon between 7–12 January 2023 but was postponed and eventually played between 12 and 18 January 2023 due to a number of players being deemed overage by the MRI tests for Chad, DR Congo and Cameroon.{{cite web |title=les u20 et u17 fixes sur leurs adversaires a luniffac|url=https://www.leopardsfoot.com/les-u20-et-u17-fixes-sur-leurs-adversaires-a-luniffac/|publisher=www.leopardsfoot.com|date=30 October 2022}}{{cite web |title=uniffac-u-17-20-pairings-made|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/uniffac-u-17-20-pairings-made|publisher=www.cafonline.com|date=20 November 2022}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=

|name_CGO={{fbu|17|CGO}}

|name_CMR={{fbu|17|CMR}}

|name_CTA={{fbu|17|CTA}}

|update=complete

|win_CGO=1 |draw_CGO=0 |loss_CGO=1 |gf_CGO=3|ga_CGO=2

|win_CMR=2 |draw_CMR=0 |loss_CMR=0 |gf_CMR=6|ga_CMR=0 |status_CMR=H

|win_CTA=0 |draw_CTA=0 |loss_CTA=2 |gf_CTA=0|ga_CTA=7

|team_order=CMR, CGO, CTA

|class_rules=Group tiebreakers

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|1|12|df=y}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CTA}}

|score = 0–4

|team2 = {{fbu |17|CMR}}

|goals2 =

• Akamba {{goal|35}}
• Abib {{goal|56}}
• Yondjo {{goal|70||73}}

|stadium = Limbe Stadium, Limbé

|report = https://fecafoot-officiel.com/2023/01/totalenergies-can-u17-algerie-2023-qualifications-zone-uniffac-les-lions-u17-dominent-la-rca/

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|1|15|df=y}}

|time = 14:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CMR}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbu |17|CGO}}

|goals1 =

• Yondjo {{goal|79}}
• Djibrin {{goal|90+5}}

|stadium = Limbe Stadium, Limbé

|report = https://fecafoot-officiel.com/actualite/uniffac-zonal-qualifiers-u17-lions-qualified-for-the-2023-afcon/2023/01/15/

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|1|18|df=y}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CGO}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fbu |17|CTA}}

|goals1 =

• Bizenga {{goal|36||77}}
• Nzouzi {{goal|53}}

|stadium = Limbe Stadium, Limbé

|report = https://www.adiac-congo.com/content/can-u-17-le-congo-confirme-sa-presence-144894

}}

{{main|2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship}}

The CECAFA qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations were hosted by Ethiopia, with the matches played between 2 and 19 October 2022. The draw was announced on 15 September 2022.{{cite web |title=Uganda to face Rwanda in TotalEnergies U-17 AFCON qualifiers for CECAFA Zone |url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/uganda-to-face-rwanda-in-u-17-afcon-qualifiers-for-cecafa-zone |publisher=CAF |date=15 September 2022}}{{cite web |title=South Africa's Chavani to officiate U-17 AFCON qualifiers for CECAFA |url=https://www.cecafaonline.com/south-africas-chavani-to-officiate-u-17-afcon-qualifiers-for-cecafa/ |publisher=cecafaonline.com |date=30 September 2022}}

All times are local, EAT (UTC+3).

The ten teams were initially drawn into two groups of five teams. Ethiopia, Tanzania, Somalia, South Sudan and Eritrea were drawn into Group A and Uganda, Djibouti, Sudan, Burundi and Rwanda were drawn into Group B. However, on 26 September, Eritrea and Rwanda withdrew from the competition, leaving both the groups with four teams. On 1 October, Djibouti and Sudan were disqualified from the tournament after some of their players failed the MRI test, leaving Group B with only two teams.

A redraw was then conducted on 2 October, with three teams drawn in two groups. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

;Group A

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=

|name_ETH={{fbu|17|ETH}}

|name_TAN={{fbu|17|TAN}}

|name_SOM={{fbu|17|SOM}}

|update=complete

|win_ETH=0 |draw_ETH=0 |loss_ETH=2 |gf_ETH=2 |ga_ETH=4 |status_ETH=H

|win_TAN=2 |draw_TAN=0 |loss_TAN=0 |gf_TAN=5 |ga_TAN=3

|win_SOM=1 |draw_SOM=0 |loss_SOM=1 |gf_SOM=2 |ga_SOM=2

|team_order=TAN, SOM, ETH

|class_rules=Group tiebreakers

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Semi-finals

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|10|3|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ETH}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|SOM}}

|goals2 =

• A. Abdi {{goal|12}}

|stadium = Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

|referee = Djaffari Nduwimana (Burundi)

|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-10-03/ethiopia-u17-vs-somalia-u17/2838571/

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|10|6|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|TAN}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fbu|17|ETH}}

|goals1 =

• Otto {{goal|3||15}}
• Iddi {{goal|87}}

|goals2 =

• Seyoum {{goal|9||20}}

|stadium = Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

|referee = Jelly Chavani (South Africa)

|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-10-06/tanzania-u17-vs-ethiopia-u17/2838572/

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|10|9|df=y}}

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|SOM}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbu|17|TAN}}

|goals1 =

• Bilal {{goal|38}}

|goals2 =

• Otto {{goal|75||79}}

|stadium = Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

|referee = Yasir Abdelaziz (Sudan)

|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-10-09/somalia-u17-vs-tanzania-u17/2838573/

}}

;Group B

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|name_UGA={{fbu|17|UGA}}

|name_BDI={{fbu|17|BDI}}

|name_SSD={{fbu|17|SSD}}

|update=complete

|win_UGA=2 |draw_UGA=0 |loss_UGA=0 |gf_UGA=8 |ga_UGA=1

|win_BDI=0 |draw_BDI=1 |loss_BDI=1 |gf_BDI=1 |ga_BDI=5

|win_SSD=0 |draw_SSD=1 |loss_SSD=1 |gf_SSD=2 |ga_SSD=5

|team_order=UGA, SSD, BDI

|class_rules=Group tiebreakers

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Semi-finals

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|10|3|df=y}}

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|UGA}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|BDI}}

|goals1 =

• Yiga {{goal|17||45}}
• Nkoola {{goal|35}}
• Okello {{goal|55}}

|stadium = Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

|referee = Abdulsalam Kassim (Nigeria)

|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-10-03/uganda-u17-vs-burundi-u17/2838574/

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|10|6|df=y}}

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|SSD}}

|score = 1–4

|team2 = {{fbu|17|UGA}}

|goals1 =

• Okenny {{goal|67}}

|goals2 =

• Nkoola {{goal|25||51}}
• Sembuusi {{goal|37}}
• Walusimbi {{goal|45+1}}

|stadium = Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

|referee = Ahmed Arajiga (Tanzania)

|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-10-06/south-sudan-u17-vs-uganda-u17/2838575/

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|10|9|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|BDI}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|SSD}}

|goals1 =

• Harimbabazi {{goal|65}}

|goals2 =

• Mabil {{goal|83}}

|stadium = Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

|referee = Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-10-09/burundi-u17-vs-south-sudan-u17/2838576/

}}

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes

|12 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium|{{fbu|17|UGA}}|1 (7)|{{fbu|17|SOM}} {{pso}}|1 (8)

|12 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium|{{fbu|17|TAN}}|1 (3)|{{fbu|17|SSD}} {{pso}}|1 (4)

|15 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium|{{fbu|17|SOM}}|3|{{fbu|17|SSD}}|1

|15 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium|{{fbu|17|UGA}}|1 (1)|{{fbu|17|TAN}} {{pso}}|1 (4)

}}

;Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|10|12|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|UGA}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|SOM}}

|goals1 =

• Ssemwogerere {{goal|42}}

|goals2 =

• A. Abdi {{goal|44}}

|penaltyscore=7–8

|penalties1 =

• Yiga {{pengoal}}
• Ssonko {{pengoal}}
• Wandera {{pengoal}}
• Walusimbi {{pengoal}}
• Ssekajugo {{pengoal}}
• Okello {{pengoal}}
• Tumwesigye {{pengoal}}
• Nkoola {{penmiss}}

|penalties2 =

• {{pengoal}} Abdullahi
• {{pengoal}} Abdukadir
• {{pengoal}} Abdalla
• {{pengoal}} Bilal
• {{pengoal}} M. Abdi
• {{pengoal}} A. Abdi
• {{pengoal}} Nor
• {{pengoal}} Ali

|stadium = Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

|referee = Tewodros Mitiku (Ethiopia)

|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-10-12/uganda-u17-vs-somalia-u17/2841041/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|10|12|df=y}}

|time = 15:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|TAN}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|SSD}}

|goals1 =

• Charles {{goal|71}}

|goals2 =

• Gem {{goal|37}}

|penaltyscore=3–4

|penalties1 =

• Omar {{pengoal}}
• Farid {{pengoal}}
• M. Salum {{pengoal}}
• Hamisi {{penmiss}}
• Charles {{penmiss}}

|penalties2 =

• {{penmiss}} Obama
• {{pengoal}} Mabil
• {{pengoal}} Moses
• {{pengoal}} Taban
• {{pengoal}} Gem

|stadium = Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

|referee = Abdulsalam Kassim (Nigeria)

|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-10-12/tanzania-u17-vs-south-sudan-u17/2841042/

}}

;Third place

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|10|15|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|UGA}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|TAN}}

|goals1 =

• Lubega {{goal|45+2}}

|goals2 =

• Omar {{goal|52}}

|penaltyscore=1–4

|penalties1 =

• Yiga {{penmiss}}
• Ssonko {{penmiss}}
• Ouke {{pengoal}}

|penalties2 =

• {{pengoal}} Omar
• {{pengoal}} M. Salum
• {{pengoal}} Kapil
• {{pengoal}} Farid

|stadium = Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

|referee = Nasser Houssein (Djibouti)

|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-10-15/uganda-u17-vs-tanzania-u17/2841048/

}}

;Final

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|10|15|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|SOM}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|SSD}}

|goals1 =

• A. Abdi {{goal|6}}
• Dahir {{goal|59||71}}

|goals2 =

• Minari {{goal|48}}

|stadium = Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

|referee = Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-10-15/somalia-u17-vs-south-sudan-u17/2841049/

}}

{{main|2022 COSAFA Under-17 Championship}}

The COSAFA qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations were played between 2 and 11 December 2022 in Malawi. The draw was announced on 4 November 2022.

All times are local, CAT (UTC+2).

The nine teams were initially drawn into three groups of three teams. Malawi, Botswana and Namibia were drawn into Group A; Angola, South Africa and Mauritius were drawn into Group B; and Zambia, Mozambique and Seychelles were drawn into Group C.

However, a few days later, Mauritius withdrew from the competition, leaving Group B with only two teams. A redraw was then conducted on 29 November, with eight teams drawn into two groups of four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

;Group A

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group A

|source=[https://www.cosafa.com/2022-mens-cosafa-u17/ COSAFA.com]

|name_MWI={{fbu|17|MWI}}

|name_BOT={{fbu|17|BOT}}

|name_NAM={{fbu|17|NAM}}

|name_ANG={{fbu|17|ANG}}

|update=complete

|win_MWI=1 |draw_MWI=1 |loss_MWI=0 |gf_MWI=4 |ga_MWI=3 |status_MWI=H

|win_BOT=1 |draw_BOT=1 |loss_BOT=0 |gf_BOT=3 |ga_BOT=2

|win_NAM=0 |draw_NAM=0 |loss_NAM=2 |gf_NAM=1 |ga_NAM=3

|win_ANG=0 |draw_ANG=0 |loss_ANG=0 |gf_ANG=0 |ga_ANG=0 |status_ANG=D

|team_order=MWI, BOT, NAM, ANG

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO |result4=DQ

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Semi-finals

|col_DQ=black1 |text_DQ=Disqualified |note_res_DQ=On 1 December, Angola were disqualified from the qualifiers after a few of their players failed to pass the MRI test.

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|12|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|MWI}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbu|17|BOT}}

|goals1 =

• Harrison {{goal|32}}
• Mhango {{goal|64}}

|goals2 =

• Ratshukudu {{goal|11}}
• Banda {{goal|47|o.g.}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

|referee = Njaka Raharimanantsoa (Madagascar)

|report = https://www.cosafa.com/malawi-botswana-play-to-draw-in-u17-cosafa-qualifier-opener/

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|12|4|df=y}}

|time = 15:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|MWI}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|NAM}}

|goals1 =

• Kanowa {{goal|37|pen.}}
• Mzunda {{goal|83}}

|goals2 =

• Nanuseb {{goal|27}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

|referee = Wilson Muianga (Mozambique)

|report = https://www.cosafa.com/hosts-malawi-book-semifinal-spot-in-u17-boys-qualifier/

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|12|6|df=y}}

|time = 13:40

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|NAM}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|BOT}}

|goals2 =

• Ratshukudu {{goal|72}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

|referee = Darrio Landry (Seychelles)

|report = https://www.cosafa.com/botswana-join-malawi-in-semifinals-of-boys-u17-qualifier/

}}

;Group B

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group B

|source=[https://www.cosafa.com/2022-mens-cosafa-u17/ COSAFA.com]

|name_ZAM={{fbu|17|ZAM}}

|name_MOZ={{fbu|17|MOZ}}

|name_SEY={{fbu|17|SEY}}

|name_RSA={{fbu|17|RSA}}

|update=complete

|win_ZAM=3 |draw_ZAM=0 |loss_ZAM=0 |gf_ZAM=9 |ga_ZAM=1

|win_MOZ=0 |draw_MOZ=1 |loss_MOZ=2 |gf_MOZ=0 |ga_MOZ=2

|win_SEY=0 |draw_SEY=1 |loss_SEY=2 |gf_SEY=1 |ga_SEY=18

|win_RSA=2 |draw_RSA=0 |loss_RSA=1 |gf_RSA=12|ga_RSA=1

|team_order=ZAM, RSA, MOZ, SEY

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Semi-finals

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|12|3|df=y}}

|time = 15:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|SEY}}

|score = 0–11

|team2 = {{fbu|17|RSA}}

|goals2 =

• Mabena {{goal|4||9||26||45+2||74}}
• Lee {{goal|10}}
• Mokoena {{goal|25}}
• Wallis {{goal|48||52||90+2|pen.}}
• Manyana {{goal|57}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

|referee = Thokozani Dlamini (Eswatini)

|report = https://www.cosafa.com/zambia-south-africa-start-with-group-b-wins-in-boys-u17-qualifiers/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|12|3|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ZAM}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|MOZ}}

|goals1 =

• Zimba {{goal|55}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

|referee = Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

|report = https://www.cosafa.com/zambia-south-africa-start-with-group-b-wins-in-boys-u17-qualifiers/

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|12|5|df=y}}

|time = 15:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|MOZ}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|RSA}}

|goals2 =

• Mabena {{goal|62}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

|referee = Thembinkosi Dlamini (Eswatini)

|report = https://www.cosafa.com/south-africa-zambia-book-semifinal-places-in-caf-u17-qualifier-in-lilongwe/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|12|5|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ZAM}}

|score = 7–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|SEY}}

|goals1 =

• Mwanza {{goal|33||42||74||86||90}}
• Kapowa {{goal|37}}
• Phiri {{goal|64}}

|goals2 =

• Hoareau {{goal|77}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

|referee = Eness Gumbo (Malawi)

|report = https://www.cosafa.com/south-africa-zambia-book-semifinal-places-in-caf-u17-qualifier-in-lilongwe/

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|12|7|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|SEY}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|MOZ}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

|referee = Samuel Nghipandulwa (Namibia)

|report = https://www.cosafa.com/zambia-see-off-south-africa-as-u17-boys-semifinal-line-up-complete/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|12|7|df=y}}

|time = 21:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|RSA}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|ZAM}}

|goals2 =

• Zimba {{goal|49}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

|referee = Wilson Muianga (Mozambique)

|report = https://www.cosafa.com/zambia-see-off-south-africa-as-u17-boys-semifinal-line-up-complete/

}}

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes

|9 December – Bingu National|{{fbu|17|ZAM}}|4|{{fbu|17|BOT}}|2

|9 December – Bingu National|{{fbu|17|MWI}}|1|{{fbu|17|RSA}}|5

|11 December – Bingu National|{{fbu|17|ZAM}}|1|{{fbu|17|RSA}}|0

|11 December – Bingu National|{{fbu|17|BOT}}|2|{{fbu|17|MWI}}|5

}}

;Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|12|9|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ZAM}}

|score = 4–2

|team2 = {{fbu|17|BOT}}

|goals1 =

• Malaya {{goal|31}}
• Kapowa {{goal|45||86}}
• Zimba {{goal|70}}

|goals2 =

• Manapolo {{goal|51|pen.}}
• Ratshukudu {{goal|58}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

|referee = Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

|report = https://www.cosafa.com/zambia-south-africa-book-final-places-in-boys-u17-qualifier-in-lilongwe/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|12|9|df=y}}

|time = 21:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|MWI}}

|score = 1–5

|team2 = {{fbu|17|RSA}}

|goals1 =

• Mkandawire {{goal|52}}

|goals2 =

• Sibiya {{goal|31}}
• Mabena {{goal|46||86|pen.|90}}
• Lee {{goal|74}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

|referee = Wilson Muianga (Mozambique)

|report = https://www.cosafa.com/zambia-south-africa-book-final-places-in-boys-u17-qualifier-in-lilongwe/

}}

;Third place

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|12|11|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|BOT}}

|score = 2–5

|team2 = {{fbu|17|MWI}}

|goals1 =

• Ratshukudu {{goal|58}}
• Matakula {{goal|79}}

|goals2 =

• Mkandawire {{goal|4}}
• Mzunda {{goal|20||66||90}}
• Harrison {{goal|42}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

|referee = Wilson Muianga (Mozambique)

|report = https://www.cosafa.com/zambia-south-africa-both-take-goal-at-region-5-games-lilongwe-2022/

}}

;Final

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2022|12|11|df=y}}

|time = 17:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ZAM}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|RSA}}

|goals1 =

• Phiri {{goal|60}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

|referee = Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

|report = https://www.cosafa.com/zambia-south-africa-both-take-goal-at-region-5-games-lilongwe-2022/

}}

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.{{cite web |title=TotalEnergies U-17 AFCON draw to be conducted on Wednesday 01 February |url=https://www.cafonline.com/press-release/news/totalenergies-u-17-afcon-draw-to-be-conducted-on-wednesday-01-february |publisher=CAF |access-date=1 February 2023 |date=25 January 2023}} However, South Sudan was disqualified from the tournament after 5 players failed the MRI test.{{Cite web |last=Ninrew |first=Chany |date=2023-04-30 |title=South Sudan U17 disqualified in AFCON over age test |url=https://www.eyeradio.org/south-sudan-u17-disqualified-in-afcon-over-age-test/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=Eye Radio |language=en-US}}

:

{{goalscorers|goals=185|matches=52

|9 goals=

• {{fbuicon|17|RSA}} Siyabonga Mabena

|5 goals=

• {{fbuicon|17|BFA}} Ousmane Camara
• {{fbuicon|17|CIV}} Yan Diomandé
• {{fbuicon|17|MLI}} Ibrahim Diarra
• {{fbuicon|17|ZAM}} Emmanuel Mwanza

|4 goals=

• {{fbuicon|17|BOT}} Losika Ratshukudu
• {{fbuicon|17|MWI}} Webster Mzunda
• {{fbuicon|17|TAN}} Sylvester Otto

|3 goals=

• {{fbuicon|17|CMR}} Dorinel Yondjo
• {{fbuicon|17|GHA}} Abdul-Razak Salifu
• {{fbuicon|17|NGA}} Abubakar Abdullahi
• {{fbuicon|17|NGA}} Emmanuel Michael
• {{fbuicon|17|SEN}} Amara Diouf
• {{fbuicon|17|SOM}} Abdihafid Abdi
• {{fbuicon|17|RSA}} Benjamin Wallis
• {{fbuicon|17|UGA}} Arafat Nkoola
• {{fbuicon|17|ZAM}} Lutetekelo Kapowa
• {{fbuicon|17|ZAM}} Marcel Zimba

|2 goals=

• {{fbuicon|17|BEN}} Abdou-Faridou Arouna
• {{fbuicon|17|BEN}} Yamirou Ouorou
• {{fbuicon|17|BFA}} Apollinaire Bougma
• {{fbuicon|17|BFA}} Abdramane Ouédraogo
• {{fbuicon|17|CGO}} Bienvenu Bizenga
• {{fbuicon|17|EGY}} Ayman Abdel-Aziz
• {{fbuicon|17|ETH}} Biruk Seyoum
• {{fbuicon|17|GHA}} Collins Agyemang
• {{fbuicon|17|CIV}} Abdoulaye Doumbia
• {{fbuicon|17|CIV}} Nambagui Soro
• {{fbuicon|17|MWI}} Vincent Harrison
• {{fbuicon|17|MWI}} Lucky Mkandawire
• {{fbuicon|17|MLI}} Aboubacar Diarra
• {{fbuicon|17|MLI}} Ange Tia
• {{fbuicon|17|MAR}} Abdelhamid Maali
• {{fbuicon|17|NIG}} Yanis Issoufou
• {{fbuicon|17|NGA}} Light Eke
• {{fbuicon|17|NGA}} Daniel Sesay
• {{fbuicon|17|SEN}} Mactar Sylla
• {{fbuicon|17|SLE}} Wissam Chaouali
• {{fbuicon|17|SOM}} Abdirahin Dahir
• {{fbuicon|17|RSA}} Dhakier Lee
• {{fbuicon|17|TUN}} Nacim Dendani
• {{fbuicon|17|UGA}} Alex Yiga
• {{fbuicon|17|ZAM}} Kelvin Phiri

|1 goal=

• {{fbuicon|17|BEN}} Taofik Seidou
• {{fbuicon|17|BOT}} Boniface Manapolo
• {{fbuicon|17|BOT}} Boikobo Matakula
• {{fbuicon|17|BFA}} Sie Ouattara
• {{fbuicon|17|BDI}} Ramadhan Harimbabazi
• {{fbuicon|17|CMR}} Tizé Abib
• {{fbuicon|17|CMR}} Collins Akamba
• {{fbuicon|17|CMR}} Harouna Djibrin
• {{fbuicon|17|CGO}} Ayel Nzouzi
• {{fbuicon|17|EGY}} Hossam Abdelkarim
• {{fbuicon|17|EGY}} Omar Moawad
• {{fbuicon|17|EGY}} Omar Mohamed
• {{fbuicon|17|GHA}} Abdul Rashid Adam
• {{fbuicon|17|GHA}} Pius Adua
• {{fbuicon|17|GHA}} Richard Apokum
• {{fbuicon|17|CIV}} Aboubacar Méïté
• {{fbuicon|17|CIV}} Inza Gballou
• {{fbuicon|17|CIV}} Emmanuel N'Goran
• {{fbuicon|17|LBY}} Sanad Kerwash
• {{fbuicon|17|LBY}} Abdel Moamen Al Mabrouk
• {{fbuicon|17|LBY}} Ahmed Al Mesmari
• {{fbuicon|17|LBY}} Marwan Al Zakouzi
• {{fbuicon|17|MWI}} Blessings Kanowa
• {{fbuicon|17|MWI}} Mwisho Mhango
• {{fbuicon|17|MLI}} Mahamoud Barry
• {{fbuicon|17|MLI}} Ibrahim Kanaté
• {{fbuicon|17|MLI}} Modibo Sissoko
• {{fbuicon|17|MAR}} Adam Ashtar
• {{fbuicon|17|MAR}} Ismail Bakhti
• {{fbuicon|17|MAR}} Aiman Nair
• {{fbuicon|17|NAM}} Dorian Nanuseb
• {{fbuicon|17|NIG}} ?
• {{fbuicon|17|NIG}} Mohamed Yacouba
• {{fbuicon|17|NIG}} Ibrahim Djingarey
• {{fbuicon|17|NGA}} Jubril Azeez
• {{fbuicon|17|NGA}} Kevwe Iyede
• {{fbuicon|17|SEN}} Lamine Sadio
• {{fbuicon|17|SEN}} Omar Sall
• {{fbuicon|17|SEN}} Issa Touré
• {{fbuicon|17|SEY}} Lorenzo Hoareau
• {{fbuicon|17|SLE}} Abu Bakarr Bangura
• {{fbuicon|17|SOM}} Idris Bilal
• {{fbuicon|17|RSA}} Xhosa Manyana
• {{fbuicon|17|RSA}} Bennet Mokoena
• {{fbuicon|17|RSA}} Thato Sibiya
• {{fbuicon|17|SSD}} Jonathan Gem
• {{fbuicon|17|SSD}} David Mabil
• {{fbuicon|17|SSD}} Ajo Minari
• {{fbuicon|17|SSD}} Abraham Okenny
• {{fbuicon|17|TAN}} Yasin Charles
• {{fbuicon|17|TAN}} Idrisa Iddi
• {{fbuicon|17|TAN}} Ally Omar
• {{fbuicon|17|TOG}} Komi Ahouankpo
• {{fbuicon|17|TUN}} Anas Amdouni
• {{fbuicon|17|TUN}} Moncef Al Gharbi
• {{fbuicon|17|UGA}} Farouk Lubega
• {{fbuicon|17|UGA}} Richard Okello
• {{fbuicon|17|UGA}} Patrick Sembuusi
• {{fbuicon|17|UGA}} Jamal Ssemwogerere
• {{fbuicon|17|UGA}} Abubakali Walusimbi
• {{fbuicon|17|ZAM}} Samson Malaya

|1 own goal=

• {{fbuicon|17|BEN}} Abdalath Baboni (against Ivory Coast)
• {{fbuicon|17|MWI}} Julius Banda (against Botswana)
• {{fbuicon|17|MLI}} Baye Coulibaly (against Cape Verde)

}}

• 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

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