Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

Founded	1979
Region	CAF (Africa)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Nigeria (7th title)
Most successful team(s)	Nigeria (7 titles)
2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

The Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (previously known as the African Youth Championship or the African U-20 Championship) is the main international youth football competition for CAF nations, and is competed for by under 20 year olds. It is held every two years with the top 4 teams qualifying for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

From 1979 until 1989, the African representatives were determined purely on a home and away qualifying basis without a final tournament, with the African champions determined through the same qualification. Since 1991 there has been a qualifying stage followed by a final tournament played by 8 teams in a chosen country.

On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African Youth Championship to the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations.^[1]

Tournament summary

African U-21 Qualifying for World Cup

Year	Host nation		Qualification 1				Qualification 2				World Cup host
			To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup		To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup
1977 Details [2]	home & away		Morocco	1 – 0 3 – 0	Guinea		Ivory Coast	0 – 1 3 – 2 abandoned	Egypt		Tunisia

African U-21 Cup of Nations

Year	Host nation		Final				Third Place
			Champion	Score	Second Place
1979 Details	home & away		Algeria	2 – 1 2 – 3	Guinea		Ethiopia	Nigeria
1981 Details	home & away		Egypt	2 – 0 1 – 1	Cameroon		Algeria	Nigeria
1983 Details	home & away		Nigeria	2 – 2 2 – 1	Ivory Coast		Algeria	Guinea
1985 Details	home & away		Nigeria	1 – 1 2 – 1	Tunisia		Ivory Coast	Ethiopia
1987 Details	home & away		Nigeria	2 – 1 3 – 0	Togo		Morocco	Somalia
1989 Details	home & away		Nigeria	2 – 0 2 – 1	Mali		Algeria	Ivory Coast

African U-21 Championship

Year	Host nation		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1991 Details	Egypt		Egypt	2 – 1	Ivory Coast		Ghana	2 – 0	Zambia
1993 Details	Mauritius		Ghana	2 – 0	Cameroon		Egypt	3 – 0	Ethiopia
1995 Details	Nigeria		Cameroon	4 – 0	Burundi		Nigeria	1 – 0	Mali
1997 Details	Morocco		Morocco	1 – 0	South Africa		Ivory Coast	2 – 0	Ghana
1999 Details	Ghana		Ghana	1 – 0	Nigeria		Cameroon	2 – 1	Zambia
2001 Details	Ethiopia		Angola	2 – 0	Ghana		Egypt	2 – 0	Ethiopia

African U-20 Championship

Year	Host nation		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2003 Details	Burkina Faso		Egypt	4 – 3	Ivory Coast		Mali	1 – 1 (5 – 4) on penalties	Burkina Faso
2005 Details	Benin		Nigeria	2 – 0	Egypt		Benin	1 – 1 (5 – 3) on penalties	Morocco
2007 Details	Republic of the Congo		Congo	1 – 0	Nigeria		Gambia	3 – 1	Zambia
2009 Details	Rwanda		Ghana	2 – 0	Cameroon		Nigeria	2 – 1	South Africa
2011[3] Details	South Africa		Nigeria	3 – 2 aet	Cameroon		Egypt	1 – 0	Mali
2013 Details	Algeria		Egypt	1 – 1 (5 – 4) on penalties	Ghana		Nigeria	2 – 1	Mali
2015 Details	Senegal		Nigeria	1 – 0	Senegal		Ghana	3 – 1	Mali

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

Year	Host nation		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2017 Details	Zambia		To be played				To be played
2019 Details	Niger[4]		To be played				To be played

Performance by nation

Rank	Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Semi-finalists
1	Nigeria	7 (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011, 2015)	2 (1999, 2007)	3 (1995, 2009, 2013)	–	2 (1979, 1981)
2	Egypt	4 (1981, 1991, 2003, 2013)	1 (2005)	3 (1993, 2001, 2011)	–	–
3	Ghana	3 (1993, 1999, 2009)	2 (2001, 2013)	2 (1991, 2015)	1 (1997)	–
4	Cameroon	1 (1995)	4 (1981, 1993, 2009, 2011)	1 (1999)	–	–
5	Algeria	1 (1979)	–	–	–	3 (1981, 1983, 1989)
6	Morocco	1 (1997)	–	–	1 (2005)	1 (1987)
7	Angola	1 (2001)	–	–	–	–
	Congo	1 (2007)	–	–	–	–
9	Ivory Coast	–	3 (1983, 1991, 2003)	1 (1997)	–	2 (1985, 1989)
10	Mali	–	1 (1989)	1 (2003)	4 (1995, 2011, 2013, 2015)	–
11	Guinea	–	1 (1979)	–	–	1 (1983)
12	South Africa	–	1 (1997)	–	1 (2009)	–
13	Tunisia	–	1 (1985)	–	–	–
	Togo	–	1 (1987)	–	–	–
	Burundi	–	1 (1995)	–	–	–
	Senegal	–	1 (2015)	–	–	–
17	Benin	–	–	1 (2005)	–	–
	Gambia	–	–	1 (2007)	–	–
19	Zambia	–	–	–	3 (1991, 1999, 2007)	–
20	Ethiopia	–	–	–	2 (1993, 2001)	2 (1979, 1985)
21	Somalia	–	–	–	–	1 (1987)
22	Burkina Faso	–	–	–	1 (2003)	–

Participating nations

Team	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Years
Algeria	1st	SF	SF	1R		SF												GS			6
Angola			1R	1R		PR					GS	1st		GS							6
Benin														3rd				GS			2
Burkina Faso													4th		GS						2
Burundi									2nd												1
Cameroon	2R	2nd	QF	QF	1R	1R	GS	2nd	1st		3rd	GS			GS	2nd	2nd			q	15
Central African Republic		2R																			1
Congo															1st				GS		2
DR Congo						1R												GS			2
Ivory Coast			2nd	SF	QF	SF	2nd			3rd			2nd	GS	GS	GS			GS		11
Egypt	1R	1st	QF	1R	QF	QF	1st	3rd		GS		3rd	1st	2nd	GS	GS	3rd	1st		q	17
Equatorial Guinea		2R	1R																		2
Ethiopia	SF	1R		SF	1R		GS	4th				4th									7
Gabon		PR	1R			QF							GS					GS			5
Gambia			1R	PR											3rd		GS				4
Ghana				1R	1R	QF	3rd	1st		4th	1st	2nd	GS			1st	GS	2nd	3rd		13
Guinea	2nd	1R	SF	QF	1R	1R			GS		GS									q	9
Kenya	1R																				1
Lesotho						QF								GS			GS				1
Liberia						PR															1
Libya	1R																				1
Malawi											GS										1
Mali						2nd			4th	GS	GS	GS	3rd	GS		GS	4th	4th	4th	q	12
Mauritius	2R							GS	GS												3
Mauritania		1R			1R																2
Morocco	2R	1R	QF	QF	SF	1R		GS		1st			4th	GS							10
Mozambique				PR	QF																2
Nigeria	SF	SF	1st	1st	1st	1st		GS	3rd		2nd	GS		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd	1st		16
Rwanda																GS					1
Senegal			PR			PR		GS	GS										2nd	q	6
Somalia					SF																1
South Africa										2nd		GS	GS			4th	GS		GS	q	7
Sudan			1R	1R						GS										q	4
Swaziland			1R																		1
Togo		1R	1R		2nd																3
Tunisia	2R	2R	1R	2nd	QF	1R															6
Uganda				PR	PR																2
Zambia				1R	1R		4th		GS	GS	4th				4th				GS	q	9
Zimbabwe		2R	QF	QF	1R																4

Legend

Participating nations by year of debut

Participating nations by Debut (Until 1989, counted Round 1, after 1991 counting Final 16)

Before 1989

• 1979:  Algeria,  Guinea,  Ethiopia,  Nigeria,  Egypt,  Libya,  Kenya,  Morocco,  Mauritius,  Cameroon,  Tunisia
• 1981:  Togo,  Equatorial Guinea,  Morocco,  Zimbabwe,  Mauritania,  Central African Republic
• 1983:  Gambia,  Sudan,  Gabon,  Swaziland,  Ivory Coast,  Angola
• 1985:  Zambia,  Ghana
• 1987:  Somalia
• 1989:  Congo,  Mali,  Lesotho

After 1991

• 1991:  Ivory Coast,  Cameroon,  Ghana,  Zambia,  Egypt,  Ethiopia
• 1993:  Nigeria,  Mauritius,  Morocco,  Senegal
• 1995:  Guinea,  Burundi,  Mali
• 1997:  South Africa,  Sudan
• 1999:  Malawi,  Angola
• 2003:  Gabon,  Burkina Faso
• 2005:  Lesotho,  Benin
• 2007:  Gambia,  Congo
• 2009:  Rwanda
• 2011: No new team
• 2013:  Algeria,  DR Congo

Player awards

Year		Player of the tournament		Top goalscorer
1991
1993
1995
1997		Benni McCarthy		Benni McCarthy
1999				Ousmane Bangoura
2001				Pedro Mantorras
2003				Emad Moteab
2005				Mouhcine Iajour
2007		Fabrice N'Guessi[6]		Fwayo Tembo
2009		Ransford Osei		Ransford Osei
2011		Edgar Salli		Uche Nwofor
2013		Saleh Gomaa		Aminu Umar

See also

• Africa Cup of Nations
• UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
• AFC U-19 Championship

References

External links

• African Youth Championship at CAF
• Results of all tournaments by RSSSF

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
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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
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