Cameroon beat Guinea on penalties 5-3 to be crowned the champions of the Total U17 Africa Cup of Nations 2019 at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam on Sunday.
After a goalless stalemate in normal time, the winner was to be determined in penalty shoot-outs.
Steve Mvoue, Nassourou Ndongo, Leonel Wamba, Toni Nang, and Saidou Moubarak scored for Cameroon whilst Alya Bangoura, Alya Toure and Aboubacar Conte scored for Guinea.
Mohamed Sacko was denied by goalkeeper Manfred Ekoi.
Guniea was looking for a revenge since the clash served as a repeat of the group phase clash between the two teams which Cameroon won 2-0.
This was Cameroon’s second title after their maiden triumph in 2003 in Eswatini (then Swaziland).
Moments after the Cameroon’s 5-3 win over Guinea in the final, the symbolic handing over of the CAF Flag took place on the podium with CAF President Ahmad Ahmad, Wallace Karia (president of Tanzania Football Federation) and His Excellency Abdelilah Benryane (Moroccan Ambassador to Tanzania) as the actors.
CAF President Ahmad Ahmad received the flag from Karia, before handing over to Moroccan Benryane to officially launch the journey to the 14th edition of the biennial cadet championship.
It will be the second Morocco will be hosting the U-17 AFCON after 2013.
Four teams; Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroon and Angola will represent Africa in the 2019 U17 Fifa World Cup.
The 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be the 18th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup and will be hosted in Brazil.
Awards
Total Man of the Competition: Steve Mvoue (Cameroon)
Top scorer: Osvaldo Capemba (Angola) – 4 goals
Fair Play prize: Angola
