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The 5th African Nations U17 Championship 2003

Champion - Cameroon

May 25 to June 8 2003, Swaziland

Cameroon beat Sierra Leone in the final with Nigeria coming third. All three teams qualified for the FIFA World U17 World Youth Championship hosted by Finland in August 2003.

Seven teams along with host Swaziland qualified for the 2003 U17 African Championship Group Rounds.

  
Final

8 Jun

Sierra Leone

0-1 Cameroon
 
Third-place

7 Jun

Egypt

1-3 Nigeria
 
Semi-finals
4 Jun Egypt 1-2 Cameroon
4 Jun Nigeria 0-1 Sierra Leone
 
Group Rounds
Group A
25 May Swaziland 0-1 Egypt
25 May Sierra Leone 3-3 Guinea
28 May Egypt 1-0 Guinea
28 May Swaziland 0-2 Sierra Leone
31 May Egypt 0-0 Sierra Leone
31 May Guinea 6-0 Swaziland
  P W D L F A P
Egypt 3 2 1 0 2 0 7
Sierra Leone 3 1 2 0 5 3 5
Guinea 3 1 1 1 9 4 4
Swaziland 3 0 0 3 0 9 0
 
Group B
26 May Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
26 May Gambia 1-0 Ethiopia
29 May Cameroon 5-3 Ethiopia
29 May Nigeria 1-0 Gambia
01 Jun Cameroon 2-2 Gambia
01 Jun Ethiopia 0-4 Nigeria
  P W D L F A P
Nigeria 3 3 0 0 6 0 9
Cameroon 3 1 1 1 7 6 4
Gambia 3 1 1 1 3 3 4
Ethiopia 3 0 0 3 3 10 0
Second Round 1L 2L  
2 Feb 03 Ethiopia 2-0 * Kenya  
2 Feb 03 Cameroon 1-0 0-0 Senegal 22 Feb 03
2 Feb 03 Malawi 0-1 0-2 Egypt 23 Feb 03
2 Feb 03 Guinea 3-0 1-2 Mozambique 22 Feb 03
2 Feb 03 Gambia 1-1 1-0 Zambia 22 Feb 03
16 Feb 03 Nigeria (holders) 3-1 1-1 South Africa 1 Mar 03
1 Mar 03 Sierra Leone 1-0 1-1 Tunisia 16 Mar 03
*Ethiopia progress to the Finals after Kenya withdrew from the second leg
 
First Round 1L 2L  
  Sudan
Sudan withdrew
Nigeria (holders)  
21 Dec 02 Somalia 1-4 * Zambia
 
22 Dec 02 Sierra Leone 0-0 1-1 Burkina Faso 16 Feb 03
22 Dec 02 Algeria 0-0 1-2 Tunisia 12 Jan 03
21 Dec 02 Gabon 1-0 0-2 Cameroon 12 Jan 03
22 Dec 02 Senegal 1-0 3-0 Morocco 12 Jan 03
21 Dec 02 Zimbabwe 2-1 0-2 Malawi 11 Jan 03
22 Dec 02 Libya 0-1 0-0 Egypt 12 Jan 03
22 Dec 02 Côte d'Ivoire 0-2 0-1 Guinea 12 Jan 03
22 Dec 02 Angola 2-3 1-0 Mozambique 12 Jan 03
22 Dec 02 Gambia
Gambia won 4-2 pen
0-1 1-0 Mali 12 Jan 03
22 Dec 02 Lesotho 1-1 1-4 South Africa 11 Jan 03
21 Dec 02 Tanzania 1-1 1-5 Ethiopia 12 Jan 03
21 Dec 02 Kenya 2-0 1-2 Ghana 12 Jan 03
* Zambia qualify to second round after just one-leg following Somalia's request for one tie decider due to logistical reasons
 
Preliminary Round 1L 2L  
Uganda
Uganda withdrew
Somalia
Liberia
Liberia withdrew
Sierra Leone
Gabon Togo
Togo withdrew
Senegal Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau withdrew
Libya Niger
Niger withdrew
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea withdrew
Côte d'Ivoire
Algeria Mauritania
Mauritania absent
29 Jun 02 Zimbabwe 5-1 2-0 Mauritius 13 Jul 02
30 Jun 02 Angola 5-0 6-2 São Tomé e Príncipe 14 Jul 02
30 Jun 02 Lesotho 0-0 3-0 Namibia 13 Jul 02
29 Jun 02 Botswana 0-1 0-2 Tanzania 13 Jul 02
29 Jun 02 Eritrea 0-0 1-3 Kenya 13 Jul 02