The qualification phase of the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations decided the participating teams of the final tournament. A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, hosted by Gabon.
The draws were conducted during the CAF Executive Committee meeting held on Friday, 5 February 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda.
Note: Madagascar were originally to qualify automatically as hosts, but had their hosting rights withdrawn and were replaced by Gabon (which played in the qualifiers and were eliminated in the third round).
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).
The seven winners of the third round qualified for the final tournament.
The first legs are scheduled for 24âÂÂ26 June 2016, and the second legs are scheduled for 1âÂÂ3 July 2016.
Ghana advanced after Liberia withdrew.
Benin advanced after Sierra Leone withdrew.
4âÂÂ4 on aggregate. Algeria won on away goals.
Chad advanced after DR Congo withdrew.
Morocco won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Sudan won 16âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Kenya advanced after Malawi withdrew.
Tanzania won 9âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. Namibia won on away goals.
Mauritius advanced after Lesotho withdrew.
Comoros advanced after Zimbabwe withdrew.
The first legs are scheduled for 5âÂÂ7 August 2016, and the second legs are scheduled for 19âÂÂ21 August 2016.
Ghana won 6âÂÂ5 on aggregate.
Ivory Coast won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Niger won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Gabon won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Mali advanced after Chad withdrew from the second leg.
Ethiopia won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Senegal won 6âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. Guinea won 3âÂÂ2 on penalties.
Sudan won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Cameroon won 9âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Tanzania won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Congo won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Angola won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Comoros won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
The first legs were scheduled for 16âÂÂ18 September 2016, and the second legs were scheduled for 30 September â 2 October 2016.Winners Qualify for the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.
Ghana won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Niger won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Mali won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Guinea won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Cameroon won 7âÂÂ5 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. Congo won on away goals.
Later Congo were disqualified from the main tournament as a player failed to show up magnetic resonance imaging test, and therefore Tanzania are qualified instead.
Angola won 7âÂÂ0 on aggregate.