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Egypt's U-17 team, led by Hussein Abdellatif, will kick off their first match at the African Cup of Nations, where they will face their Ethiopian counterpart on the stadiums of the Mohammed VI Academy in Sala, Morocco. This tournament represents a golden opportunity to qualify for the 2026 World Cup in Qatar, where the eight teams that reach the quarter-finals qualify directly for the World Cup.
The Egyptian Under-17 team will kick off today, Wednesday, in its first match in the African Cup of Nations for young people, facing its Ethiopian counterpart at 4 pm at one of the stadiums of the Mohammed VI Academy in the Moroccan city of Salé under the supervision of coach Hussein Abdellatif. The young pharaohs are competing in the first group alongside the Moroccan, Tunisian and Ethiopian teams, where they will face Tunisia in the second round next Saturday, before To conclude their journey in the group stage on May 19 against the Moroccan team owner. This tournament is especially important as it is the main gateway to qualify for the 2026 U-17 World Cup scheduled in Qatar, where the eight teams that reach the quarter-finals qualify directly for the World Cup, while the third-placed teams in their groups will play two play-offs to determine the last two qualifying teams. The Egyptian national team included 23 players distributed Between three goalkeepers, eleven defenders, seven midfielders and four strikers, the team is led by Malek Amr Abdelkhalek, Mohamed Obaid Atef and Abdelaziz Mahmoud. The tournament sees the participation of 16 teams divided into four groups, with the second group including Côte d 'Ivoire, Cameroon, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while the third group includes Mali, Angola, Tanzania and Mozambique, and the fourth group contains Senegal, South Africa, Algeria and Ghana.
Source: Al-Wehda Al-Arabia News Portal
