Sunday 22 February:
Ivory Coast 0 – 1 Mali
South Africa 3- 1 Cameroon
Boubacar Traoré scored the only goal for Mali in the 35th minute.
Cameroon’s Fokem Namekong Achille scored an own goal in the 3rd minute to make it 1 – 0 advantage South Africa before Nelson Maluleke made it 2 – 0 from the penalty spot in the 45th minute. Christian Jol Bayemi pulled one back for Cameroon in the 49th minute while Maluleke hit his brace for South Africa in the 58th minute to make it 3 – 1.
Mali and South Africa has qualified for both the semi finals of this tournament and also the U-17 world cup.
The final group table below:
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
1 | Mali | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
2 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |