Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

Founded	2011
Region	CAF (Africa)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Nigeria
Most successful team(s)	Gabon  Nigeria (1 title each)
Website	CAFOnline.com
2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

The Africa U-23 Cup of Nations (known as the CAF U-23 Championship until 2015) is the main international football competition for CAF nations, played by under 23 years old players. It is held every four years with the top three teams qualifying automatically to the Olympic Games and the fourth placed finisher playing in a play-off against a team from the Asian Football Confederation.

On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the CAF U-23 Championship to the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations.^[1]

Results

CAF U-23 Championship

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2011 Details	Morocco		Gabon	2 – 1	Morocco		Egypt	2 – 0	Senegal

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2015 Details	Senegal		Nigeria	2 – 1	Algeria		South Africa	0 – 0 3 – 1 (pen.)	Senegal
2019 Details	Zimbabwe		To be played				To be played

Successful national teams

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Gabon	1 (2011)	–	–	–
Nigeria	1 (2015)	–	–	–
Algeria	–	1 (2015)	–	–
Morocco	–	1 (2011)	–	–
Egypt	–	–	1 (2011)	–
South Africa	–	–	1 (2015)	–
Senegal	–	–	–	2 (2011, 2015)

Participating nations

Team	2011	2015	2019	Years
Algeria	GS	2nd		2
Egypt	3rd	GS		2
Gabon	1st			1
Ivory Coast	GS			1
Mali		GS		1
Morocco	2nd			1
Nigeria	GS	1st		2
Senegal	4th	4th		2
South Africa	GS	3rd		2
Tunisia		GS		1
Zambia		GS		1
Zimbabwe			q	1

Legend

See also

• CAF
• Football at the African Games
• Football at the Summer Olympics

References

External links

• Official page at CAFonline.com
• African Youth Championship (rsssf.com)

Football in Africa (CAF)
National competitions	Men Africa Cup of Nations African Nations Championship Africa Futsal Cup of Nations Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations Women Africa Women Cup of Nations Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament African Games
Youth competitions	Men U-23 Cup of Nations U-20 Cup of Nations U-17 Cup of Nations African Games Women U-20 Cup for Women U-17 Cup for Women
Club competitions	Current Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup Defunct CAF Cup Cup Winners' Cup Afro-Asian Championship
Lists and awards	African Footballer of the Year African Women's Footballer of the Year CAF Awards CAF 5-Year Ranking
Sub-regions	Northern Africa UNAF Western Africa WAFU Central Africa UNIFFAC Eastern Africa CECAFA Southern Africa COSAFA Arab League UAFA
CAFOnline.com

International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)
Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17
Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17
Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
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