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) | – |
Source for winners and runners-up: RSSSF[5]
Participating nations
| Team |  1979 |
1981 |
1983 |
1985 |
1987 |
1989 |
1991 |
1993 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
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 | 14 | |||||
 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 | 16 | |||
 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 | 8 | |||||||||||
 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 | 11 | ||||||||
| 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 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Somalia |
SF | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa |
2nd | GS | GS | 4th | GS | GS | 6 | |||||||||||||
 Sudan |
1R | 1R | GS | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 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 | 8 | |||||||||||
 Zimbabwe |
2R | QF | QF | 1R | 4 | |||||||||||||||
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- SF – Semi-final
- QF – Quarter Finals
- GS – Group stage
- PR – Preleminary round
- 1R – First round
- 2R – Second round
- q – Qualified
- — Hosts
- — Withdrew after qualification
- — Disqualified after qualification
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,
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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:
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Zambia, Ghana - 1987: Somalia
- 1989:
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Lesotho
After 1991
- 1991: Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Ghana, Zambia, Egypt,
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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
References
- ↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "1977 results by RSSSF". Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ↑ "Nigeria win superb Africa Youth Championship final". BBC. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "CAF Executive Committee decisions of 26 May 2015". CAF. 27 May 2015.
- ↑ José Luis Pierrend (15 July 2011). "African Youth Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ↑ "Ambitious Ondama targets Congolese triumph". FIFA.com. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
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