{"id":35979,"date":"2026-06-01T15:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=35979"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:20:32","slug":"tanzania-senegal-go-head-to-head-for-u-17-afcon-glory","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/tanzania-senegal-go-head-to-head-for-u-17-afcon-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania, Senegal go head-to-head for U-17 AFCON glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tanzania and Senegal are geared up for a massive Monday night clash at the Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat as they square off in the final of the TotalEnergies Confederation of African Footbal Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the Serengeti Boys of Tanzania are chasing a historic, first-ever continental crown at any level, defending champions Senegal are determined to retain their trophy and further assert their dominance as one of Africa&#8217;s premier youth football powerhouses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both sides reached the showpiece event via dramatic semi-final penalty shootouts. Tanzania displayed immense composure to eliminate Egypt 4-3 on spot-kicks following a tactical goalless stalemate. Meanwhile, Senegal survived a raucous home crowd to edge out hosts Morocco 7-6 on penalties after a frantic 1-1 draw in regulation time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With both teams entering the final completely unbeaten, the highly anticipated encounter promises to be a closely contested battle decided by the narrowest of margins. Regardless of who lifts the ultimate prize, both finalists have already achieved a major milestone by securing qualification for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22848,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-35979","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Tanzania and Senegal are geared up for a massive Monday night clash at the Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat","published_date":"2026-06-01 15:10:36","news_description":"Tanzania and Senegal are geared up for a massive Monday night clash at the Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35980,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35979\/revisions\/35980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=35979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}