U-20 Africa Cup of Nations

The U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, known for short as the U-20 AFCON and for sponsorship purposes as TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, previously known as the African Youth Championship and the African U-20 Championship, is the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CAF for its nations consisting of players under the age of 20. It serves as an African qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Organising bodyCAF
Founded
  • 1979 (qualification)
  • 1991 (tournament)
RegionAfrica
Number of teams12
Current champions Senegal
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Nigeria
(7 titles)
2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Tournaments

History

In 1979, FIFA created a world championship for upcoming footballers, causing CAF to install a home-and-away qualification tournament for African nations called the African Youth Championship which also crowned the tournament's champions. In 1991, CAF upgraded the tournament into a full-scale tournament contested by 8 in a chosen host nation.

CAF changed the name of this competition to the African U-20 Championship for the 2011 edition so as to distinguish it from the U-17 competition. On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the tournament's name to the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in line with the flagship Africa Cup of Nations tournament.[1] However, the name on the official competition logo after 2015 reads as the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

On 21 July 2016, French energy and petroleum giant, Total S.A., renamed TotalEnergies on 28 May 2021, secured an 8-year sponsorship package from CAF to support its competitions.[2]

Since the 2021 edition, the tournament has been contested by 12 teams.[3]

Tournament summary

African Youth Championship (Qualification)
Edition 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
1 1977[4] Home sites
Morocco		 1–0
Guinea
Ivory Coast		 0–1
Egypt
Tunisia
3–0 3–2 (abd)
Edition Year Host nation Final Third Place
Champion Score Second Place
2 1979 Home sites
Algeria		 2–1
Guinea
Ethiopia
Nigeria
2–3
3 1981 Home sites
Egypt		 2–0
Cameroon
Algeria
Nigeria
1–1
4 1983 Home sites
Nigeria		 2–2
Ivory Coast
Algeria
Guinea
2–1
5 1985 Home sites
Nigeria		 1–1
Tunisia
Ivory Coast
Ethiopia
2–1
6 1987 Home sites
Nigeria		 2–1
Togo
Morocco
Somalia
3–0
7 1989 Home sites
Nigeria		 2–0
Mali
Algeria
Ivory Coast
2–1

African Youth Championship (Host)
Edition Year Host nation Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
8 1991  Egypt
Egypt		 2–1
Ivory Coast
Ghana		 2–0
Zambia
9 1993  Mauritius
Ghana		 2–0
Cameroon
Egypt		 3–0
Ethiopia
10 1995  Nigeria
Cameroon		 4–0
Burundi
Nigeria		 1–0
Mali
11 1997  Morocco
Morocco		 1–0
South Africa
Ivory Coast		 2–0
Ghana
12 1999  Ghana
Ghana		 1–0
Nigeria
Cameroon		 2–1
Zambia
13 2001  Ethiopia
Angola		 2–0
Ghana
Egypt		 2–0
Ethiopia
14 2003  Burkina Faso
Egypt		 4–3 (a.e.t.)
Ivory Coast
Mali		 1–1 (5–4 p)
Burkina Faso
15 2005  Benin
Nigeria		 2–0
Egypt
Benin		 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
Morocco
16 2007  Republic of the Congo
Congo		 1–0
Nigeria
Gambia		 3–1
Zambia
17 2009  Rwanda
Ghana		 2–0
Cameroon
Nigeria		 2–1
South Africa

African U-20 Championship
Edition Year Host nation Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
18 2011[5]  South Africa
Nigeria		 3–2 (a.e.t.)
Cameroon
Egypt		 1–0
Mali
19 2013  Algeria
Egypt		 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Ghana
Nigeria		 2–1
Mali
20 2015  Senegal
Nigeria		 1–0
Senegal
Ghana		 3–1
Mali

U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Edition Year Host nation Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
21 2017  Zambia
Zambia		 2–0
Senegal
Guinea		 2–1
South Africa
22 2019  Niger[6]
Mali		 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)
Senegal
South Africa		 0–0
(5–3 p)
Nigeria
23 2021  Mauritania[7][8]
Ghana		 2–0
Uganda
Gambia		 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Tunisia
24 2023  Egypt
Senegal		 2–0
Gambia
Nigeria		 4–0
Tunisia

Performance by nation[9]
Rank Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Semi-finalists
1  Nigeria 7 (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011, 2015) 2 (1999, 2007) 4 (1995*, 2009, 2013, 2023) 1 (2019) 2 (1979, 1981)
2  Ghana 4 (1993, 1999*, 2009, 2021) 2 (2001, 2013) 2 (1991, 2015) 1 (1997) –
3  Egypt 4 (1981, 1991*, 2003, 2013) 1 (2005) 3 (1993, 2001, 2011) – –
4  Cameroon 1 (1995) 4 (1981, 1993, 2009, 2011) 1 (1999) – –
5  Senegal 1 (2023) 3 (2015*, 2017, 2019) – – –
6  Mali 1 (2019) 1 (1989) 1 (2003) 4 (1995, 2011, 2013, 2015) –
7  Zambia 1 (2017*) – – 3 (1991, 1999, 2007) –
8  Algeria 1 (1979) – – – 3 (1981, 1983, 1989)
9  Morocco 1 (1997*) – – 1 (2005) 1 (1987)
10  Angola 1 (2001) – – – –
 Congo 1 (2007*) – – – –
12  Ivory Coast – 3 (1983, 1991, 2003) 1 (1997) – 2 (1985, 1989)
13  Gambia – 1 (2023) 2 (2007, 2021) – –
14  South Africa – 1 (1997) 1 (2019) 2 (2009, 2017) –
15  Guinea – 1 (1979) 1 (2017) – 1 (1983)
16  Tunisia – 1 (1985) – 2 (2021, 2023) –
17  Togo – 1 (1987) – – –
 Burundi – 1 (1995) – – –
 Uganda – 1 (2021) – – –
20  Benin – – 1 (2005*) – –
21  Ethiopia – – – 2 (1993, 2001*) 2 (1979, 1985)
22  Somalia – – – – 1 (1987)
23  Burkina Faso – – – 1 (2003*) –

* = As hosts

Participating nations
Team
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989		 Egypt
1991		 Mauritius
1993		 Nigeria
1995		 Morocco
1997		 Ghana
1999		 Ethiopia
2001		 Burkina Faso
2003		 Benin
2005		 Republic of the Congo
2007		 Rwanda
2009		 South Africa
2011		 Algeria
2013		 Senegal
2015		 Zambia
2017		 Niger
2019		 Mauritania
2021		 Egypt
2023		 Years
 Algeria 1stSFSF1R×SF••••••••••GSו••• 6
 Angola ××1R1R×PR×ו•GS1st•GS••••••••• 6
 Benin ×××××ו×ו×××3rdו•GS•×••QF 3
 Burkina Faso ×××××××ו•×•4th•GS•••••GSQF• 4
 Burundi ××××××××2nd•×•×•••×••GS•• 2
 Cameroon 2R2ndQFQF1R1RGS2nd1st•3rdGS••GS2nd2nd••GS•QF• 16
 Central African Republic ×2R×××××××××××××ו××וQFGS 3
 Congo ××××××××ו×××1st•••GS•••QF 3
 DR Congo ×××××1R××××××××ו•GS••••• 2
 Egypt 1R1stQF1RQFQF1st3rd•GS•3rd1st2ndGSGS3rd1st•GS•×GS 18
 Equatorial Guinea ×2R×××××××ו•×•×•××ו•× 1
 Eswatini ××1R××××××ו••××××ו•••• 1
 Ethiopia SF1R×SF1R×GS4th•••4th•×•××ו•••• 7
 Gabon ×PR1R××QF××ו•GSו••GS•••×× 5
 Gambia ××1RPR×ו×××וו3rd•GSו•3rd2nd 6
 Ghana ×××1RQF3rd1st•4th1st2ndGS••1stGS2nd3rd•GS1st• 14
 Guinea 2nd1RSFQF1R1R×GS•GSו••••••3rd••• 9
 Ivory Coast ××2ndSFQFSF2ndו3rd•×2ndGSGSGS••GS•••• 11
 Kenya 1R×××××ווו×ו••••••× 1
 Lesotho ×××××QF•×•×••×GS••GS×ו••• 3
 Liberia ××××PR×××ו×××וו•••×• 1
 Libya 1R××××××××ו•••••×•••••• 1
 Malawi ×××××××ו×GS•×ו••×•×••• 1
 Mali ×××××2nd••4thGSGSGS3rdGS•GS4th4th4thGS1st•• 13
 Mauritania ×1R××1Rו•×•×××ו•×••••GS• 3
 Mauritius 2R××××××GSGS•×•×ו•••×••×• 3
 Morocco 2R1RQFQFSF1R•GS•1st••4thGS•••••••QF• 11
 Mozambique ×××PRQF××××ו••••••••••GSGS 4
 Namibia ××××××××××ו•••••••••GS• 1
 Niger ×××××וו×××ו•×•••GS•• 1
 Nigeria SFSF1st1st1st1st×GS3rd•2ndGS•1st2nd3rd1st3rd1st•4th•3rd 18
 Rwanda ×××××××××ו×ו•GS•••••×× 1
 Senegal ××PR××PR•GSGS•••••••••2nd2nd2nd•1st 8
 Somalia ××××SF×××××ו••×××ו•••× 1
 South Africa ×××××××ו2nd•GSGS••4thGS•GS4th3rd•• 8
 South Sudan Country didn't exist: part of Sudan××ו•QF 1
 Sudan ××1R1R×××וGS•••••••••GS••• 4
 Tanzania ××××××××ו•••××ו••×•GS• 1
 Togo ×1R1R×2nd×ו•×•×•×•×•×•×••• 3
 Tunisia 2R2R1R2ndQF1R••••••••••••••4th4th 8
 Uganda ×××PRPRו•×ו••×ו••×•2ndQF 4
 Zambia ×××1R1R×4th×GSGS4th•••4th•••GS1st••GS 10
 Zimbabwe ×2RQFQFו•×•×ו•••××ו••× 3
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • PR – Preliminary round
  • 1R – First round
  • 2R – Second round
  • q – Qualified
  •     — Hosts
  •  ×  – Did not enter
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Withdrew before qualification
  •     — 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

After 1991

Player awards
Year Player of the tournament Top goalscorer
1991 Egypt Moustafa Sadek
1993
1995
1997 South Africa Benni McCarthy South Africa Benni McCarthy
1999 Guinea Ousmane Bangoura
2001 Angola Pedro Mantorras
2003 Egypt Emad Moteab
2005 Morocco Mouhcine Iajour
2007 Republic of the Congo Fabrice N'Guessi[10] Zambia Fwayo Tembo
2009 Ghana Ransford Osei Ghana Ransford Osei
2011 Cameroon Edgar Salli Nigeria Uche Nwofor
2013 Egypt Saleh Gomaa Nigeria Aminu Umar
2015 Ghana Yaw Yeboah Nigeria Musa Muhammed
2017 Zambia Patson Daka South Africa Luther Singh
2019 Senegal Moussa N'Diaye Senegal Youssouph Mamadou Badji
2022 Ghana Abdul Fatawu Issahaku Uganda Derrick Kakooza
2023 Senegal Lamine Camara Senegal Pape Diop

FIFA U-20 World Cup performances
TeamTunisia
1977		Japan
1979		Australia
1981		Mexico
1983		Soviet Union
1985		Chile
1987		Saudi Arabia
1989		Portugal
1991		Australia
1993		Qatar
1995		Malaysia
1997		Nigeria
1999		Argentina
2001		United Arab Emirates
2003		Netherlands
2005		Canada
2007		Egypt
2009		Colombia
2011		Turkey
2013		New Zealand
2015		South Korea
2017		Poland
2019		Argentina
2023		Total
 AlgeriaQF1
 AngolaR21
 BeninR11
 Burkina FasoR21
 BurundiR11
 CameroonR1R1QFR2R1R26
 CongoR21
 EgyptQFR13rdR2R1R2R2R18
 EthiopiaR11
 GambiaR2R22
 Ghana2nd4thQF2nd1st3rdR27
 GuineaR1R12
 Ivory CoastR1R1R1R1R25
 MaliR13rdR1R1R13rdQF7
 MoroccoR1R24th3
 NigeriaR13rdR12ndQF2ndQFR2QFR2R2R2QF13
 Senegal4thR2QFR14
 South AfricaR1R2R1R14
 TogoR11
 TunisiaR1R1R23
 ZambiaR1R2QF3
Legend

See also

References
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