# 2017 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

The qualification phase of the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations decided the participating teams of the final tournament. A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, hosted by Gabon.
The draws were conducted during the CAF Executive Committee meeting held on Friday, 5 February 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda.

## Participants

| No participation | Teams | Number of teams |
| No participation | Burundi  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Gambia  Guinea-Bissau  Rwanda  São Tomé and Príncipe  Somalia  South Sudan  Swaziland  Togo  Uganda | 14 |
| First round entrants | Algeria  Benin  Botswana  Chad  Comoros  Djibouti  DR Congo  Ghana  Kenya  Lesotho  Liberia  Libya  Malawi  Mauritania  Mauritius  Morocco  Namibia  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  Sudan  Tanzania  Zimbabwe | 22 |
| Second round entrants | Angola  Burkina Faso  Cameroon  Congo  Egypt  Ethiopia  Gabon  Guinea  Ivory Coast  Mali  Mozambique  Niger  Nigeria  Senegal  South Africa  Tunisia  Zambia | 17 |
| Final tournament entrants | Madagascar (hosts) | 1 |
Note: Madagascar were originally to qualify automatically as hosts, but had their hosting rights withdrawn and were replaced by Gabon (which played in the qualifiers and were eliminated in the third round).

## Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).
The seven winners of the third round qualified for the final tournament.

## First round

The first legs are scheduled for 24–26 June 2016, and the second legs are scheduled for 1–3 July 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ghana | w/o | Liberia | — | — |
| Benin | w/o | Sierra Leone | — | — |
| Libya | 4–4 (a) | Algeria | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| DR Congo | w/o | Chad | — | — |
| Mauritania | 1–2 | Morocco | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Sudan | 16–0 | Djibouti | 8–0 | 8–0 |
| Malawi | w/o | Kenya | — | — |
| Tanzania | 9–0 | Seychelles | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| Namibia | 2–2 (a) | Botswana | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Lesotho | w/o | Mauritius | — | — |
| Comoros | w/o | Zimbabwe | — | — |
Ghana advanced after Liberia withdrew.
Benin advanced after Sierra Leone withdrew.
4–4 on aggregate. Algeria won on away goals.
Chad advanced after DR Congo withdrew.
Morocco won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sudan won 16–0 on aggregate.
Kenya advanced after Malawi withdrew.
Tanzania won 9–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Namibia won on away goals.
Mauritius advanced after Lesotho withdrew.
Comoros advanced after Zimbabwe withdrew.

## Second round

The first legs are scheduled for 5–7 August 2016, and the second legs are scheduled for 19–21 August 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ghana | 6–5 | Burkina Faso | 5–1 | 1–4 |
| Benin | 2–4 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Nigeria | 2–3 | Niger | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Algeria | 0–1 | Gabon | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Chad | w/o | Mali | 0–9 | — |
| Egypt | 2–5 | Ethiopia | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Tunisia | 4–6 | Senegal | 2–3 | 2–3 |
| Guinea | 2–2 (3–2 p) | Morocco | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Zambia | 0–1 | Sudan | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Cameroon | 9–1 | Kenya | 7–0 | 2–1 |
| South Africa | 1–3 | Tanzania | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Namibia | 1–5 | Congo | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Mauritius | 0–4 | Angola | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Comoros | 5–1 | Mozambique | 2–1 | 3–0 |
Ghana won 6–5 on aggregate.
Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate.
Niger won 3–2 on aggregate.
Gabon won 1–0 on aggregate.
Mali advanced after Chad withdrew from the second leg.
Ethiopia won 5–2 on aggregate.
Senegal won 6–4 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Guinea won 3–2 on penalties.
Sudan won 2–0 on aggregate.
Cameroon won 9–1 on aggregate.
Tanzania won 3–1 on aggregate.
Congo won 5–1 on aggregate.
Angola won 4–0 on aggregate.
Comoros won 5–1 on aggregate.

## Third round

The first legs were scheduled for 16–18 September 2016, and the second legs were scheduled for 30 September – 2 October 2016.Winners Qualify for the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ghana | 3–1 | Ivory Coast | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Niger | 4–3 | Gabon | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Mali | 4–1 | Ethiopia | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Senegal | 1–2 | Guinea | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Sudan | 5–7 | Cameroon | 4–2 | 1–5 |
| Tanzania | 3–3 (a) | Congo (disqualified) | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Angola | 7–0 | Comoros | 5–0 | 2–0 |
Ghana won 3–1 on aggregate.
Niger won 4–3 on aggregate.
Mali won 4–1 on aggregate.
Guinea won 2–1 on aggregate.
Cameroon won 7–5 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Congo won on away goals.
Later Congo were disqualified from the main tournament as a player failed to show up magnetic resonance imaging test, and therefore Tanzania are qualified instead.
Angola won 7–0 on aggregate.