2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations

Player eligibility Players born on 1 January 2008 or later were eligible to participate in this tournament edition. Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the tournament. ==Match officials==

The host country for the final tournament is Morocco, appointed during the General Assembly held in Marrakech, Morocco on 16 December 2024. The Royal Moroccan Football Federation choose four venues in four cities across the host nation Morocco: Casablanca, El Jadida, Mohammedia and Berrechid. ==Squads==

The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 21 players with an option of up to 5 more additional players, including three goalkeepers. Only players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible to be registered in these squads. ==Draw==

The draw procedure was announced on 10 February 2025, with the draw to occur on 13 February 2025 in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Teams are seeded according to their performance in the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations. Hosts Morocco were automatically assigned to Position A1 in the draw. Previous edition winners Senegal were assigned to Position C1 with Burkina Faso and Mali assigned to positions B1 and D1 respectively. The rest of the field were placed in Pot 1 to be drawn into the remaining positions. ==Group stage==

Tiebreakers Teams were ranked according to the three points for a win system (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: • Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; • Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; • Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; • If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, if two teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are applied exclusively to these two teams; • Goal difference in all group matches; • Goals scored in all group matches; • Drawing of lots. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- == FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off ==

Winners qualified for 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup. == Knockout stage ==

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-outs are used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 75). Bracket Quarter-finals ---- Semi-finals Third place match Final == Tournament rankings ==

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: == Qualified teams for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup ==

The following teams from CAF qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar. 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. == Notes ==