{"id":27393,"date":"2026-02-05T07:38:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T07:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/?p=27393"},"modified":"2026-02-05T07:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T07:38:57","slug":"caf-u-17-afcon-uniffac-qualifiers-set-for-kinshasa-as-defending-champions-cameroon-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/caf-u-17-afcon-uniffac-qualifiers-set-for-kinshasa-as-defending-champions-cameroon-return\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF U-17 AFCON: UNIFFAC Qualifiers Set for Kinshasa as Defending Champions Cameroon Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Angu Lesley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Football Writer,kick442.com-Cameroon<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations UNIFFAC qualifiers will take place in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, from 17 February to 2 March, bringing together six Central African nations in the race for continental qualification.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tournament will be played in a two-group format, with teams drawn into Group A and Group B, as the region battles for places at the U-17 AFCON finals.<\/p>\n<p>Group A comprises DR Congo, Congo, and the Central African Republic, while Group B features defending UNIFFAC champions Cameroon, alongside Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon head into the tournament carrying the weight of recent success, having won the last UNIFFAC U-17 qualifiers on home soil, a campaign that saw them qualify for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations alongside the Central African Republic. That triumph underlined the strength of the young Indomita Lions at youth level and raised expectations ahead of the Kinshasa showdown.<\/p>\n<p>The competition once again offers a vital platform for emerging talent, with scouts and national selectors closely monitoring performances as Central Africa seeks to maintain its growing influence on the continental stage.<\/p>\n<p>With qualification places at stake and regional supremacy on the line, Kinshasa is set to host an intense fortnight of youth football as the road to the CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations continues.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Angu Lesley Football Writer,kick442.com-Cameroon The CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations UNIFFAC qualifiers&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,39,5,38,198],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afcon","category-african-football","category-football","category-lions","category-uniffac"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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