The quarter-finals of the U17 AFCON are played on Wednesday and Thursday. Senegal, the most impressive team in the first round, will meet South Africa as Algeria, under pressure, face Morocco.
Mali-Congo and Nigeria-Burkina complete the picture. Cameroon, the defending champions, were pitifully eliminated in first round in Algeria and left their throne vacant. The Senegalese U17s dream of lifting the Cup and showed it with three games, three victories, including a convincing 3-0 against Algeria.