The triangulaire was where Mauritius had their first game, their first win, and their current biggest win. Mauritius won the Triangulaire 8 years in a row from 1947 to 1954, then again in 1956 and 1957. The Mauritius national under-17 football team is composed of the 20 best national football players, aged 17 years or less, selected from the 4 CTR's (Centre Technique Regional) spread throughout Mauritius. [1] The players in the team are being prepared to join the Mauritius national under-20 football team and the 1st Division Junior National Tournament in the coming years, as well as the Mauritius national football team soon after that. The Mauritius national under-17 football team is composed of the 20 best national football players, aged 17 years or less, selected from the 4 CTR's spread throughout Mauritius. Mauritius won their first 17 games in a row, achieving an ELO ranking of 22 [2]. The team has never qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup or the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, but has won the CJSOI football gold medal twice, in 2008 and in 2010.
[3], Players called for the two leg 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification matches against Botswana in March 2016. The development of women's football in the country and in Africa as a whole faces a number of challenges, with a programme for women's football not being created in the country until 1997. They are controlled by the Mauritius Football Association and are members of FIFA, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations(COSAFA). The Mauritius women's national football team is a women's association football team that represents the country of Mauritius. [13], Women's football was formally established in Mauritius in 1997. As of 2012 the head coach is Yves-Pierre Bodineau. Their only match had been against Réunion on 3 June 2012 in Saint-Denis. Some of these players are Louis Fabrice Pithia, Andy Sophie, Henri Speville, Kersley Appou, Christopher Perle, Ricardo Naboth and Anoop Sharma Pem. They would win 10 of 13 triangulaire tournaments, playing only Réunion and Madagascar until 1967. As of 2009, there was no national or regional women's competition but a school competition existed. This was Mauritius's first result and their first win. [8] Beyond that, they were scheduled to participate in the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup qualification, where they were scheduled to play Zimbabwe in the preliminary round; however, Zimbabwe withdrew from the competition giving Mauritius an automatic bye into the first round. A return match was planned for July 2012 in Mauritius,[4] but this was put back to November 2012. Mauritius national under-20 football team, "Mauritius national U-17 football team victorious in 7th CJSOI games", Mauritius national under-17 football team official page, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mauritius_national_under-17_football_team&oldid=952485618, African national under-17 association football teams, Articles to be expanded from January 2011, Articles with empty sections from January 2011, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 April 2020, at 13:47. The Under-17 Football Team produced a crop of successful players in the past who also played for the Mauritius national under-20 football team and the Mauritius national football team. The following players were named to the Mauritius U-17 squad for the CJSOI games. The Mauritius national football team is the national football team of Mauritius. Mauritius was scheduled to compete in several competitions, which they ended up withdrawing from before playing a single match. The following is a list of matches played by the Mauritius national football team from 1947 to 1968. [16] Between 1991 and 2010 in Mauritius, there was no FIFA FUTURO III regional course for women's coaching, no women's football seminar held in the country and no FIFA MA course held for women/youth football. This match ended in a 3–0 defeat. The following are all matches played by the Mauritius national football team from 2010-2019. FIFA gives money to the Mauritius Football Association, 10% of which is aimed at developing football in the country in areas that include women's football, sport medicine and futsal.