Ivory Coast, Senegal target AFCON U17 quarters

by Staff Reporter

Monday Apr 07, 2025. 12:06

With the U17 Africa Cup of Nations heading toward the business end of the competition, the likes of Ivory Coast and Senegal will hope to book their spot in the quarter-finals this week.

Over in Group D, Mali have already cemented their spot in the last eight after bagging two wins in their first two matches. Now though, Mali and 2nd placed Ivory Coast will do battle at Stade Municipal de Berrechid on Monday evening.

As it stands, the Ivorians accumulated four points from their opening set of fixtures and need just one point form their upcoming match to advance to the next phase of the showpiece.

The two nations last met in 2015, with the game ending 1-0 in favour of Mali, while they also made it out of the group alongside South Africa.

Group C is expected to produce fireworks on Monday, given how close Tunisia, Senegal and Gambia are on the table.

Sitting at the top of Group C with four points, Tunisia will face Gambia (on three points) at the same grounds, with their game set to commence at 9:00pm (CAT, GMT+2).

Senegal, who are level on points with Tunisia, will take on Somalia at Stade El Abdi in their adjacent Group C assignment.

Fixtures

Monday, 7 March

Mali vs Ivory Coast

Angola vs Central African Republic

Senegal vs Somalia

Gambia vs Tunisia