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Benin national under-17 football team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Benin women's national under-17 football team.
Benin U-17
Nickname(s)Les Guépards
(The Cheetahs)
Formerly: Les Ecureuils (The Squirrels)
AssociationBenin Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Home stadiumStade de l'Amitié
FIFA codeBEN
First colours
Second colours
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
AppearancesNone
FIFA U-17 World Cup
AppearancesNone

The Benin national under-17 football team represents Benin at under-17 association football youth international matches and U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.[1]

In September 2018 they were disqualified from the WAFU U-17 Championship,[2] and in October 2018 10 players were jailed, due to age fraud.[3]

Competetive Record

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FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup record

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FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup
Year Round GP W D1 L GS GA
China 1985 Did not qualify
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989
Italy 1991
Japan 1993
Ecuador 1995
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003
Peru 2005
South Korea 2007
Nigeria 2009
Mexico 2011
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015
India 2017
Brazil 2019
Indonesia 2023
Qatar 2025
Qatar 2026 To be determined
Total 0/20 0 0 0 0 0 0

1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Benin - Benin Under 17 - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  2. ^ "10 Benin U-17 players jailed for age cheating". GhanaSoccernet.
  3. ^ "Benin players and ex-FA boss given prison sentences for age cheating". 31 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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