The competition will be hosted by the two beautiful cities of casablanca and marrakech
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria are the overwhelming favorites to win the championship as they were ruthless on the way to the championship.
The Nigerians capped off their impressive qualification campaign which saw them let in just a goal and scoring 21times which saw the Golden Eaglets, make a bold return at the continental fiesta after failing to qualify for the last two editions; 2009 (Algeria) and 2011 (Rwanda).
The tiki taka style of play of the team was a delight to watch at the Aspire training ground in Qatar,(where the team had their training camp for morrocco 2013 ) as the team combined sublime skills with great attacking flair to despatch an Aspire selected side 7 - 1 and their sexy football against As saad fc (a squad which have the great Raul of real madrid in their fold) made many to fall in love with the team which many observers of the game are already tipping to emulate the feat of class of 1985,1993 and 2007 by winning the FIFA U17 World cup in United Arab Emirates in october.
Other teams that one have to watch out for are host Morrocco which have over ten of the young boys playing thier football abroad also the black starlets of Ghana cannot be written off when it comes to age grade competitions.
The top four teams will qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
GROUP A GROUP B
MORROCCO NIGERIA
GABON GHANA
TUNISIA COTE D IVORE
BOTSWANA CONGO
ALL THE FIXTURES
13 April 2013
15:00
Morocco v Gabon Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
13 April 2013
18:00
Tunisia v Botswana Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
16 April 2013
15:30
Gabon v Tunisia Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
16 April 2013
18:30
Botswana v Morocco Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
19 April 2013
18:30
Morocco v Tunisia Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
19 April 2013
18:30
Gabon v Botswana Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
14 April 2013
15:00
Congo v Côte d'Ivoire Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
14 April 2013
18:00
Nigeria v Ghana Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
17 April 2013
15:30
Côte d'Ivoire v Nigeria Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
17 April 2013
18:30
Ghana v Congo Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
20 April 2013
15:00
Congo v Nigeria Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
20 April 2013
15:00
Côte d'Ivoire v Ghana Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Semi-finals
23 April 2013
15:00
Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
24 Aprl 2013
18:30
Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
Third place match
27 April 2013
Loser Semi-final 1 v Loser Semi-final 2 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
