# 2017 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

The qualification phase of the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations decided the participating teams of the final tournament. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament, to be hosted by Zambia.
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 | Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Comoros  Djibouti  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Guinea-Bissau  Madagascar  São Tomé and Príncipe  Seychelles  South Sudan  Tanzania  Togo | 13 |
| First round entrants | Algeria  Angola  Botswana  Burundi  Chad  DR Congo  Ethiopia  Gambia  Guinea  Kenya  Liberia  Mauritania  Mauritius  Mozambique  Namibia  Niger  Rwanda  Sierra Leone  Somalia  Sudan  Swaziland  Tunisia  Uganda  Zimbabwe | 24 |
| Second round entrants | Benin  Burkina Faso  Cameroon  Congo  Egypt  Gabon  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Lesotho  Libya  Malawi  Mali  Morocco  Nigeria  Senegal  South Africa | 16 |
| Final tournament entrants | Zambia (hosts) | 1 |

## 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 were played on 1, 2 and 3 April, and the second legs were played on 22, 23 and 24 April 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tunisia | 4–1 | Niger | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Ethiopia | 4–1 | Somalia | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Sierra Leone | 0–4 | Gambia | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Liberia | 1–3 | Guinea | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Algeria | 2–3 | Mauritania | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Sudan | awd. | Kenya | 1–1 | Cancelled |
| Burundi | w/o | DR Congo | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Rwanda | awd. | Uganda | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Angola | w/o | Chad | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Mozambique | 2–2 (a) | Mauritius | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Swaziland | 2–4 | Namibia | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Zimbabwe | 2–1 | Botswana | 0–1 | 2–0 |
Tunisia won 4–1 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won 4–1 on aggregate.
Gambia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Guinea won 3–1 on aggregate.
Mauritania won 3–2 on aggregate.
Sudan advanced after Kenya were disqualified.
Burundi advanced after DR Congo withdrew.
Uganda won 3–2 on aggregate. However, Rwanda advanced after Uganda were disqualified.
Angola advanced after Chad withdrew.
2–2 on aggregate. Mozambique won on away goals.
Namibia won 4–2 on aggregate.
Zimbabwe won 2–1 on aggregate.

### Notes

* ↑ Kenya were disqualified after fielding five over-age players (Erick Ouma Otieno, Nicholas Kipkirui, Boniface Muchiri, Eugene Moses Mukangula and Theodore Kibet Kilele) in the first leg against Sudan.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000014-QINU`"'
* ↑ Uganda were disqualified after fielding a player (James Aheebwa) whose date of birth on his passport was different to the date of birth on his CAF Inter-Clubs license, an occurrence prohibited within CAF regulations.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000001A-QINU`"'
* ↑ Somalia played their home leg in Djibouti due to the Somali Civil War.

## Second round

The first legs were played on 20, 21 and 22 May, and the second legs were played on 10, 11, 12 and 13 June 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tunisia | 1–4 | Senegal | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Ethiopia | 2–5 | Ghana | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| Gambia | 1–1 (7–6 p) | Morocco | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Ivory Coast | 2–2 (a) | Guinea | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Burkina Faso | 3–3 (a) | Congo | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Mauritania | 1–7 | Mali | 0–3 | 1–4 |
| Sudan | w/o | Malawi | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Burundi | 1–3 | Nigeria | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Rwanda | 1–1 (2–3 p) | Egypt | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Angola | 3–1 | Gabon | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Mozambique | 1–2 | Lesotho | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Namibia | 0–2 | South Africa | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Zimbabwe | 0–3 | Cameroon | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Libya | w/o | Benin | Cancelled | Cancelled |
Senegal won 4–1 on aggregate.
Ghana won 5–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Gambia won 7–6 on penalties.
2–2 on aggregate. Guinea won on away goals.
3–3 on aggregate. Burkina Faso won on away goals.
Mali won 7–1 on aggregate.
Sudan advanced after Malawi withdrew.
Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Egypt won 3–2 on penalties.
Angola won 3–1 on aggregate.
Lesotho won 2–1 on aggregate.
South Africa won 2–0 on aggregate.
Cameroon won 3–0 on aggregate.
Libya advanced due to FIFA's suspension of Benin.

## Third round

The first legs were played on 8, 9 and 10 July, and the second legs were played on 22, 23 and 24 July 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Senegal | 3–2 | Ghana | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Gambia | 1–2 | Guinea | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Burkina Faso | 0–2 | Mali | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Sudan | 5–5 (a) | Nigeria | 1–2 | 4–3 |
| Egypt | 5–0 | Angola | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Lesotho | 0–5 | South Africa | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Cameroon | 3–1 | Libya | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Senegal won 3–2 on aggregate.
Guinea won 2–1 on aggregate.
Mali won 2–0 on aggregate.
5–5 on aggregate. Sudan won on away goals.
Egypt won 5–0 on aggregate.
South Africa won 5–0 on aggregate.
Cameroon won 3–1 on aggregate.