2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations final: Difference between revisions

The '''2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations final''' was a football match that took place on 12 March 2017 at the  [[National Heroes Stadium]] in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]] to determine the [[2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations]] champion. The final was contested by Zambia and Senegal. Zambia won the match 2–0, winning title for the first time. Daka and  Chilufya became the record goalscorer at the 2017 tournament together with South African Striker Luther Singh with 4 goals each. Besides being the second Southern African country after Angola (in 2001) to be crowned champions, Zambia’s feat makes them the fourth host to claim the ultimate after Morocco (1997), Ghana (1999) and Congo (2007)<ref name=Caf>{{cite web|url=http://admin.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=rq%2f%2bZdE8HHttlDQJS9gW1w%3d%3d|title=Zambia beat Senegal 2-0 in the final |date=21 April 2017|work=[[Confederation of African Football|cafonline.com]]}}</ref>.

Before the match, Zambia had only reached the U20 Africa Cup of nation's fourth place three times ( 1991 , 1999 , 2007 ). Senegal had reached one finals and came out as runners-up.