The 2027 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes or 2027 U17 AFCON for short, is the 17th edition (22nd if editions without hosts are included) of the biennial African youth football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below.
Morocco was chosen as the host of this edition on 10 August 2026. The top 10 teams qualified for the 2027 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the CAF representatives.
Senegal are the defending champions.
Qualification
Player eligibility Players born on 1 January 2010 or later were eligible to participate in this tournament edition.
Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the tournament.
Team Zone Date of qualificationAppearance Last appearance Previous best performance (hosts) North Zone 6th 2026 (2025) West A Zone West B Zone Central Zone Central-East Zone South Zone
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
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 Ranking criteriaFor teams eliminated in the same knockout round, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings: Goal difference in round eliminated; Goals scored in round eliminated; If teams eliminated in the semi-finals or quarter-finals are tied, the above criteria are reapplied for the previous knockout round, with this process repeated once more should two semi-finalists remain tied; Points in group stage; Goal difference in group stage; Goals scored in group stage; Disciplinary points.
For teams eliminated in the group stage, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings Position in group; Points; Goal difference; Goals scored; Disciplinary points.
| colspan="11"| Eliminated in the quarter-finals
| colspan="11"| Eliminated in the group stage
Notes
See also 2027 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
References