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U-20 Africa Cup of Nations

{{short description|African tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup}}

{{Infobox football tournament

| logo = TotalEnergies U-20 Afron - logo.png

| organiser = CAF

| founded = {{ubl|1979 (qualification)|1991 (tournament)}}

| region = Africa

| number of teams = 12

| current champions = {{fbu|20|SEN}} {{nowrap|(1st title)}}

| most successful team = {{fbu|20|NGA}} {{nowrap|(7 titles)}}

| current = 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations

}}

{{Season sidebar

| title = Tournament editions

| list =

}}

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 the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for its nations consisting of players under the age of 20. It serves as the African qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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.{{cite web|date=9 August 2015|title=Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/decisions-of-caf-executive-committee-on-6-august-2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915142306/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/decisions-of-caf-executive-committee-on-6-august-2015|archive-date=15 September 2022|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=9 August 2022}} 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 TotalEnergies (formerly Total S.A.) secured an 8-year sponsorship package from CAF to support its competitions.{{cite web|date=21 July 2016|title=Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/total-title-sponsor-of-the-africa-cup-of-nations-and-partner-of-african-football|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620191516/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/total-title-sponsor-of-the-africa-cup-of-nations-and-partner-of-african-football|archive-date=20 June 2023|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=3 June 2022}}{{cite web|date=21 July 2016|title=Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years|url=http://www.africanews.com/2016/07/21/total-to-sponsor-caf-competitions-for-the-next-eight-years/|website=africanews|access-date=21 July 2016}}

Since the 2021 edition, the tournament has been contested by 12 teams.{{cite web|date=21 November 2019|title=CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/la-caf-a-tenu-ce-jour-au-caire-la-seconde-reunion-statutaire-de-son-comite-execu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122040616/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/la-caf-a-tenu-ce-jour-au-caire-la-seconde-reunion-statutaire-de-son-comite-execu|archive-date=22 November 2019|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=21 November 2019|quote=New formats for youth and women’s competitions based on 12 teams were approved.}}

Tournament summary

=African Youth Championship (Qualification)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%; text-align:center;"
rowspan=2 width="3%"|Edition

!rowspan=2 width="5%"|Year

!rowspan=2 width="15%"|Host nation

!width=1% rowspan=14|

!colspan=3|Final

!width=1% rowspan=14|

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Third Place

width="15%"|Champion

!width="10%"|Score

!width="15%"|Second Place

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|rowspan=2|2

|rowspan=2|1979

|rowspan=2|20px Home sites

|rowspan=2|{{fbu-big|20|ALG}}

|2–1

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|GUI}}

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|ETH|1975}}

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|2–3

rowspan=2|3

|rowspan=2|1981

|rowspan=2|20px Home sites

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|EGY|1972}}

|2–0

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|CMR}}

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|ALG}}

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

1–1
style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|rowspan=2|4

|rowspan=2|1983

|rowspan=2|20px Home sites

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

|2–2

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|CIV}}

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|ALG}}

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|GUI}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|2–1

rowspan=2|5

|rowspan=2|1985

|rowspan=2|20px Home sites

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

|1–1

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|TUN|1959}}

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|CIV}}

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|ETH|1975}}

2–1
style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|rowspan=2|6

|rowspan=2|1987

|rowspan=2|20px Home sites

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

|2–1

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|TOG}}

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|MAR}}

|rowspan=2|{{fb-big|SOM}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|3–0

rowspan=2|7

|rowspan=2|1989

|rowspan=2|20px Home sites

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

|2–0

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|MLI}}

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|ALG}}

|rowspan=2|{{Fbu-big|20|CIV}}

2–1

=African Youth Championship (Host)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%; text-align:center;"
rowspan=2 width="3%"|Edition

!rowspan=2 width="5%"|Year

!rowspan=2 width="15%"|Host nation

!width=1% rowspan=8|

!colspan=3|Final

!width=1% rowspan=8|

!colspan=3|Third Place Match

width="15%"|Champion

!width="10%"|Score

!width="15%"|Second Place

!width="15%"|Third Place

!width="10%"|Score

!width="15%"|Fourth Place

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|8

|1991

|align=left|{{Flag|Egypt}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|EGY}}

|2–1

|{{Fbu-big|20|CIV}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|GHA}}

|2–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|ZAM|1964}}

9

|1993

|align=left|{{Flag|Mauritius}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|GHA}}

|2–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|CMR}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|EGY}}

|3–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|ETH|1991}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|10

|1995

|align=left|{{Flag|Nigeria}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|CMR}}

|4–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|BDI}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

|1–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|MLI}}

11

|1997

|align=left|{{Flag|Morocco}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|MAR}}

|1–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|RSA}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|CIV}}

|2–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|GHA}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|12

|1999

|align=left|{{Flag|Ghana}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|GHA}}

|1–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|CMR}}

|2–1

|{{Fbu-big|20|ZAM}}

13

|2001

|align=left|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|ANG}}

|2–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|GHA}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|EGY}}

|2–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|ETH}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|14

|2003

|align=left|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}

|

|{{Fbu-big|20|EGY}}

|4–3 {{aet}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|CIV}}

|

|{{Fbu-big|20|MLI}}

|1–1 {{pen|5–4}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|BFA}}

15

|2005''

|align=left|{{Flag|Benin}}

|

|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

|2–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|EGY}}

|

|{{Fbu-big|20|BEN}}

|1–1 {{aet}}
{{pen|5–3}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|MAR}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|16

|2007

|align=left|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}

|

|{{Fbu-big|20|CGO}}

|1–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

|

|{{Fbu-big|20|GAM}}

|3–1

|{{Fbu-big|20|ZAM}}

17

|2009

|align=left|{{Flag|Rwanda}}

|

|{{Fbu-big|20|GHA}}

|2–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|CMR}}

|

|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

|2–1

|{{Fbu-big|20|RSA}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

=African U-20 Championship=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%; text-align:center;"
rowspan=2 width="3%"|Edition

!rowspan=2 width="5%"|Year

!rowspan=2 width="15%"|Host nation

!width=1% rowspan=5|

!colspan=3|Final

!width=1% rowspan=5|

!colspan=3|Third Place Match

width="15%"|Champion

!width="10%"|Score

!width="15%"|Second Place

!width="15%"|Third Place

!width="10%"|Score

!width="15%"|Fourth Place

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|18

|2011{{cite web|date=28 April 2011|title=Nigeria win superb Africa Youth Championship final|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9470711.stm|website=BBC Sport|access-date=5 April 2012|quote=Nigeria will play Cameroon in the final of the (2011) African Youth Championship in South Africa on Sunday.}}

|align=left|{{Flag|South Africa}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

|3–2 {{aet}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|CMR}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|EGY}}

|1–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|MLI}}

19

|2013

|align=left|{{Flag|Algeria}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|EGY}}

|1–1 {{aet}}
{{pen|5–4}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|GHA}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

|2–1

|{{Fbu-big|20|MLI}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|20

|2015

|align=left|{{Flag|Senegal}}{{cite web|title=Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on hosting of Junior and Senior CAF Competitions|url=http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/11521-decisions-of-caf-executive-committee-on-hosting-of-junior-and-senior-caf-competitions.html|publisher=CAF|accessdate=11 November 2012|date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101122928/http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/11521-decisions-of-caf-executive-committee-on-hosting-of-junior-and-senior-caf-competitions.html|archivedate=January 1, 2012}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

|1–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|SEN}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|GHA}}

|3–1

|{{Fbu-big|20|MLI}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

=U-20 Africa Cup of Nations=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%; text-align:center;"
rowspan=2 width="3%"|Edition

!rowspan=2 width="5%"|Year

!rowspan=2 width="15%"|Host nation

!width=1% rowspan=7|

!colspan=3|Final

!width=1% rowspan=7|

!colspan=3|Third Place Match

width="15%"|Champion

!width="10%"|Score

!width="15%"|Second Place

!width="15%"|Third Place

!width="10%"|Score

!width="15%"|Fourth Place

21

|2017

|align=left|{{Flag|Zambia}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|ZAM}}

|2–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|SEN}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|GUI}}

|2–1

|{{Fbu-big|20|RSA}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|22

|2019

|align=left|{{Flag|Niger}}{{cite web|date=27 May 2015|title=CAF Executive Committee decisions of 26 May 2015|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/caf-executive-committee-decisions-of-26-may-2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206203849/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/caf-executive-committee-decisions-of-26-may-2015|archive-date=6 February 2023|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=23 October 2020|quote=Furthermore, the CAF Executive Committee ruled favourably on the request of the request of Niger for the CAF U-20 Championship the same year.}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|MLI}}

|1–1 {{aet}}
{{pen|3–2}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|SEN}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|RSA}}

|0–0
{{pen|5–3}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

23

|2021

|align=left|{{Flag|Mauritania}}{{cite web|date=29 September 2018|title=CAN 2019 : un dernier sursis pour le Cameroun ?|trans-title=CAN 2019: a last reprieve for Cameroon?|url=https://www.camfoot.com/actualites/can-2019-un-dernier-sursis-pour-le-cameroun,29217.html|website=CamFoot|access-date=23 October 2020|quote=Designation of host countries for future competitions c. CAN Total U20 2021 : Mauritanie|language=fr-FR}}{{cite web|date=29 September 2018|title=Decisions of CAF Executive Committee - 27 & 28 September 2018|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/decisions-of-caf-executive-commitee-27-28-september-2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207205305/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/decisions-of-caf-executive-commitee-27-28-september-2018|archive-date=7 February 2023|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=23 October 2020|quote=Designation of host countries for upcoming competitions: Total U-20 AFCON 2021 : Mauritania}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|GHA}}

|2–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|UGA}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|GAM}}

|0–0 {{aet}}
{{pen|4–2}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|TUN}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|24

|2023

|align=left|{{Flag|Egypt}}{{cite web|date=16 December 2022|title=Central Africa Republic and Congo Brazzaville complete TotalEnergies U20 AFCON Egypt 2023 list|url=https://www.cafonline.com/total-u20-africa-cup-of-nations/2023/news/central-africa-republic-and-congo-brazzaville-complete-totalenergies-u20-afcon-e|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223181118/https://www.cafonline.com/total-u20-africa-cup-of-nations/2023/news/central-africa-republic-and-congo-brazzaville-complete-totalenergies-u20-afcon-e|archive-date=23 December 2022|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=21 January 2023|quote=The TotalEnergies U20 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2023 will be played between 19 February and 11 March 2023.}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|SEN}}

|2–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|GAM}}

|{{Fbu-big|20|NGA}}

|4–0

|{{Fbu-big|20|TUN}}

25

|2025

|align=left|{{Flag|Egypt}}

|

|–

|

|

|–

|

Performance by nation

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Team

!Champions

!Runners-up

!Third-place

!Fourth-place

!Semi-finalists

1

|{{fbu|20|NGA}}

|style="background:gold"|7 (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011, 2015)

|2 (1999, 2007)

|4 (1995*, 2009, 2013, 2023)

|1 (2019)

|2 (1979, 1981)

2

|{{fbu|20|GHA}}

|style="background:gold"|4 (1993, 1999*, 2009, 2021)

|2 (2001, 2013)

|2 (1991, 2015)

|1 (1997)

| –

3

|{{fbu|20|EGY}}

|style="background:gold"|4 (1981, 1991*, 2003, 2013)

|1 (2005)

|3 (1993, 2001, 2011)

| –

| –

4

|{{fbu|20|CMR}}

|style="background:gold"|1 (1995)

|4 (1981, 1993, 2009, 2011)

|1 (1999)

| –

| –

5

|{{fbu|20|SEN}}

|style="background:gold"|1 (2023)

|3 (2015*, 2017, 2019)

| –

| –

| –

6

|{{fbu|20|MLI}}

|style="background:gold"|1 (2019)

|1 (1989)

|1 (2003)

|4 (1995, 2011, 2013, 2015)

| –

7

|{{fbu|20|ZAM}}

|style="background:gold"|1 (2017*)

| –

| –

|3 (1991, 1999, 2007)

| –

8

|{{fbu|20|ALG}}

|style="background:gold"|1 (1979)

| –

| –

| –

|3 (1981, 1983, 1989)

9

|{{fbu|20|MAR}}

|style="background:gold"|1 (1997*)

| –

| –

|1 (2005)

|1 (1987)

rowspan=2| 10

|{{fbu|20|ANG}}

|style="background:gold"|1 (2001)

| –

| –

| –

| –

{{fbu|20|CGO}}

|style="background:gold"|1 (2007*)

| –

| –

| –

| –

12

|{{fbu|20|CIV}}

| –

|3 (1983, 1991, 2003)

|1 (1997)

| –

|2 (1985, 1989)

13

|{{fbu|20|GAM}}

| –

|1 (2023)

|2 (2007, 2021)

| –

| –

14

|{{fbu|20|RSA}}

| –

|1 (1997)

|1 (2019)

|2 (2009, 2017)

| –

15

|{{fbu|20|GUI}}

| –

|1 (1979)

|1 (2017)

| –

|1 (1983)

16

|{{fbu|20|TUN}}

| –

|1 (1985)

| –

|2 (2021, 2023)

| –

rowspan=3| 17

|{{fbu|20|TOG}}

| –

|1 (1987)

| –

| –

| –

{{fbu|20|BDI}}

| –

|1 (1995)

| –

| –

| –

{{fbu|20|UGA}}

| –

|1 (2021)

| –

| –

| –

20

|{{fbu|20|BEN}}

| –

| –

|1 (2005*)

| –

| –

21

|{{fbu|20|ETH}}

| –

| –

| –

|2 (1993, 2001*)

|2 (1979, 1985)

22

|{{fbu|20|SOM}}

| –

| –

| –

| –

|1 (1987)

23

|{{fbu|20|BFA}}

| –

| –

| –

|1 (2003*)

| –

* = As hosts

Participating nations

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! width=170|Team

! {{flagicon}}
1979

! {{flagicon}}
1981

! {{flagicon}}
1983

! {{flagicon}}
1985

! {{flagicon}}
1987

! {{flagicon}}
1989

! {{flagicon|EGY}}
1991

! {{flagicon|MRI}}
1993

! {{flagicon|NGA}}
1995

! {{flagicon|MAR}}
1997

! {{flagicon|GHA}}
1999

! {{flagicon|ETH}}
2001

! {{flagicon|BFA}}
2003

! {{flagicon|BEN}}
2005

! {{flagicon|CGO}}
2007

! {{flagicon|RWA}}
2009

! {{flagicon|RSA}}
2011

! {{flagicon|ALG}}
2013

! {{flagicon|SEN}}
2015

! {{flagicon|ZAM}}
2017

! {{flagicon|NIG}}
2019

! {{flagicon|MTN}}
2021

! {{flagicon|EGY}}
2023

! {{flagicon|EGY}}
2025

! Years

align=left|{{fbu|20|ALG|size=20px}}

|bgcolor=Gold| 1st

bgcolor=#81c846| SFbgcolor=#81c846| SF1R×bgcolor=#81c846| SFbgcolor=Black|••••••••••style="border: 3px solid darkred"| GSו••••

! 6

align=left|{{fbu|20|ANG|size=20px}}

| ×

×1R1R×PR×ו•GSbgcolor=Gold| 1st•GS••••••••••

! 6

align=left|{{fbu|20|BEN|size=20px}}

| ×

××××ו×ו×××style="border: 3px solid darkred" bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rdו•GS•×••QF•

! 3

align=left|{{fbu|20|BFA|size=20px}}

| ×

××××××ו•×•style="border: 3px solid darkred" bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th•GS•••••GSQF••

! 4

align=left|{{fbu|20|BDI|size=20px}}

| ×

×××××××bgcolor=Silver| 2ndbgcolor=darkred|•×•×•••×••GS•••

! 2

align=left|{{fbu|20|CMR|size=20px}}

| 2R

bgcolor=Silver| 2ndQFQF1R1RGSbgcolor=Silver| 2ndbgcolor=Gold| 1st•bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rdGS••GSbgcolor=Silver| 2ndbgcolor=Silver| 2nd••GS•QF••

! 16

align=left|{{fbu|20|CTA|size=20px}}

| ×

2R×××××××××××××ו××וQFGSq

! 4

align=left|{{fbu|20|CGO|size=20px}}

| ×

××××××bgcolor=darkred|×ו×××style="border: 3px solid darkred" bgcolor=Gold| 1st•••GS•••QFbgcolor=darkred|

! 3

align=left|{{fbu|20|COD|size=20px}}

| ×

××××1R××××××××ו•GS•••••q

! 3

align=left|{{fbu|20|EGY|size=20px}}

| 1R

bgcolor=Gold| 1stQF1RQFQFstyle="border: 3px solid darkred" bgcolor=Gold| 1stbgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd•GS•bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rdbgcolor=Gold| 1stbgcolor=Silver| 2ndGSGSbgcolor=#cc9966| 3rdbgcolor=Gold| 1st•GS•×style="border: 3px solid darkred"| GSstyle="border: 3px solid darkred" | q

! 19

align=left|{{fbu|20|EQG|size=20px}}

| ×

2Rbgcolor=darkred|×××××××ו•×•×•××ו•×•

! 1

align=left|{{fbu|20|SWZ|size=20px}}

| ×

×1R××××××ו••××××ו•••••

! 1

align=left|{{fbu|20|ETH|size=20px}}

|bgcolor=#81c846| SF

1R×bgcolor=#81c846| SF1R×GSbgcolor=#9acdff| 4th•••style="border: 3px solid darkred" bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th•×•××ו•••••

! 7

align=left|{{fbu|20|GAB|size=20px}}

| ×

PR1R××QFbgcolor=darkred|××ו•GSו••GS•••×ו

! 5

align=left|{{fbu|20|GAM|size=20px}}

|×

×1RPR×ו×××ווbgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd•GS×bgcolor=darkred|••bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rdbgcolor=Silver| 2nd•

! 6

align=left|{{fbu|20|GHA|size=20px}}

| ×

××1Rbgcolor=darkred|QFbgcolor=#cc9966| 3rdbgcolor=Gold| 1st•bgcolor=#9acdff| 4thstyle="border: 3px solid darkred" bgcolor=Gold| 1stbgcolor=Silver| 2ndGS••bgcolor=Gold| 1stGSbgcolor=Silver| 2ndbgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd•GSbgcolor=Gold| 1st•q

! 15

align=left|{{fbu|20|GUI|size=20px}}

|bgcolor=Silver| 2nd

1Rbgcolor=#81c846| SFQF1R1Rbgcolor=darkred|×GS•GSו••••••bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd••••

! 9

align=left|{{fbu|20|CIV|size=20px}}

|×

×bgcolor=Silver| 2ndbgcolor=#81c846| SFQFbgcolor=#81c846| SFbgcolor=Silver| 2ndוbgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd•×bgcolor=Silver| 2ndGSGSGS••GS•••••

! 11

align=left|{{fbu|20|KEN|size=20px}}

| 1R

×××××ווו×ו••••bgcolor=darkred|••×q

! 2

align=left|{{fbu|20|LES|size=20px}}

| ×

××××QF•×•×••×GS••GS×ו••••

! 3

align=left|{{fbu|20|LBR|size=20px}}

| ×

×bgcolor=darkred|××PR×××ו×××וו•••×••

! 1

align=left|{{fbu|20|LBY|size=20px}}

| 1R

××××××××ו•••••×•••••••

! 1

align=left|{{fbu|20|MWI|size=20px}}

|×

××××××ו×GS•×ו••×•×••••

! 1

align=left|{{fbu|20|MLI|size=20px}}

|×

××××bgcolor=Silver| 2nd••bgcolor=#9acdff| 4thGSGSGSbgcolor=#cc9966| 3rdGS•GSbgcolor=#9acdff| 4thbgcolor=#9acdff| 4thbgcolor=#9acdff| 4thGSbgcolor=Gold| 1st•••

! 13

align=left|{{fbu|20|MTN|size=20px}}

| ×

1R××1Rו•×•×××ו•×••••style="border: 3px solid darkred"| GS•×

! 3

align=left|{{fbu|20|MRI|size=20px}}

| 2R

××××××style="border: 3px solid darkred"| GSGS•×•×ו•••×••×•×

! 3

align=left|{{fbu|20|MAR|size=20px}}

| 2R

1RQFQFbgcolor=#81c846| SF1R•GS•style="border: 3px solid darkred" bgcolor=Gold| 1st••bgcolor=#9acdff| 4thGS•••••••QF•q

! 12

align=left|{{fbu|20|MOZ|size=20px}}

| ×

××PRQF××××ו••••••••••GSGS•

! 4

align=left|{{fbu|20|NAM|size=20px}}

| ×

×××××××××ו•••••••••GS••

! 1

align=left|{{fbu|20|NIG|size=20px}}

| ×

××××וו××××bgcolor=darkred|••×•••style="border: 3px solid darkred"| GS•••

! 1

align=left|{{fbu|20|NGA|size=20px}}

|bgcolor=#81c846| SF

bgcolor=#81c846| SFbgcolor=Gold| 1stbgcolor=Gold| 1stbgcolor=Gold| 1stbgcolor=Gold| 1st×GSstyle="border: 3px solid darkred" bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd•bgcolor=Silver| 2ndGS•bgcolor=Gold| 1stbgcolor=Silver| 2ndbgcolor=#cc9966| 3rdbgcolor=Gold| 1stbgcolor=#cc9966| 3rdbgcolor=Gold| 1st•bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th•bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rdq

! 19

align=left|{{fbu|20|RWA|size=20px}}

| ×

××××××××ו×ו•style="border: 3px solid darkred"| GS•••••×ו

! 1

align=left|{{fbu|20|SEN|size=20px}}

|×

×PR××PR•GSGS•••••••••style="border: 3px solid darkred" bgcolor=Silver| 2ndbgcolor=Silver| 2ndbgcolor=Silver| 2nd•bgcolor=Gold| 1stq

! 9

align=left|{{fbu|20|SLE|size=20px}}

| ×

××××ו××ו×ו•••••••••q

! 1

align=left|{{fbu|20|SOM|size=20px}}

| ×

×××bgcolor=#81c846| SF×××××ו••×××ו•••××

! 1

align=left|{{fbu|20|RSA|size=20px}}

| ×

××××××וbgcolor=Silver| 2nd•GSGS••bgcolor=#9acdff| 4thstyle="border: 3px solid darkred"| GS•GSbgcolor=#9acdff| 4thbgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd••q

! 9

align=left|{{fbu|20|SSD|size=20px}}

| bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=17|Country didn't exist: part of Sudan

××ו•QF•

! 1

align=left|{{fbu|20|SDN|size=20px}}

| ×

×1R1R×××וGS•••••••••GS••••

! 4

align=left|{{fbu|20|TAN|size=20px}}

| ×

×××××××ו•••××ו••×•GS•q

! 2

align=left|{{fbu|20|TOG|size=20px}}

|×

1R1R×bgcolor=Silver| 2nd×ו•×•×•×•×•×•×••••

! 3

align=left|{{fbu|20|TUN|size=20px}}

| 2R

2R1Rbgcolor=Silver| 2ndQF1Rbgcolor=Black|••••••••••••••bgcolor=#9acdff| 4thbgcolor=#9acdff| 4th•

! 8

align=left|{{fbu|20|UGA|size=20px}}

|×

××PRPRו•×ו••×ו••×bgcolor=darkred|•bgcolor=Silver| 2ndQF•

! 4

align=left|{{fbu|20|ZAM|size=20px}}

| ×

××1R1R×bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th×GSGSbgcolor=#9acdff| 4th•••bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th•••GSstyle="border: 3px solid darkred" bgcolor=Gold| 1st••GSq

! 11

align=left|{{fbu|20|ZIM|size=20px}}

| ×

2RQFQFbgcolor=darkred|ו•×•×ו•••××ו••×•

! 3

;Legend

{{colbegin}}

  • {{bg|gold|1st}} – Champions
  • {{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
  • {{bg|#cc9966|3rd}} – Third place
  • {{bg|#9acdff|4th}} – Fourth place
  • {{bg|#81c846|SF}} – Semi-finals
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • PR – Preliminary round
  • 1R – First round
  • 2R – Second round
  • q – Qualified
  • {{border|width=3px|color=darkred|   }} — Hosts
  •  ×  – Did not enter
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Withdrew before qualification
  • {{bg|black|   }} — Withdrew after qualification
  • {{bg|darkred|   }} — Disqualified after qualification

{{colend}}

Participating nations by year of debut

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

=Before 1989=

  • 1979: {{fbu|20|ALG}}, {{fbu|20|CMR}}, {{fbu|20|EGY|1972}}, {{fbu|20|ETH|1975}}, {{fbu|20|GUI}}, {{fbu|20|KEN}}, {{fbu|20|LBY|1977}}, {{fbu|20|MRI}}, {{fbu|20|MAR}}, {{fbu|20|NGA}}, {{fbu|20|TUN|1959}}
  • 1981: {{fbu|20|CTA}}, {{fbu|20|EQG}}, {{fbu|20|MTN|1959}}, {{fbu|20|TOG}}, {{fbu|20|ZIM}}
  • 1983: {{fbu|20|ANG}}, {{fbu|20|GAB}}, {{fbu|20|GAM}}, {{fbu|20|CIV}}, {{fbu|20|SDN}}, {{fbu|20|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}
  • 1985: {{fbu|20|GHA}}, {{fbu|20|ZAM|1964}}
  • 1987: {{fbu|20|SOM}}
  • 1989: {{fbu|20|CGO|1970}}, {{fbu|20|LES|1987}}, {{fbu|20|MLI}}

=After 1991=

  • 1991: {{fbu|20|CMR}}, {{fbu|20|EGY}} (hosts), {{fbu|20|ETH|1987}}, {{fbu|20|GHA}}, {{fbu|20|CIV}}, {{fbu|20|ZAM|1964}}
  • 1993: {{fbu|20|MRI}} (hosts), {{fbu|20|MAR}}, {{fbu|20|NGA}}, {{fbu|20|SEN}}
  • 1995: {{fbu|20|BDI}}, {{fbu|20|GUI}}, {{fbu|20|MLI}}
  • 1997: {{fbu|20|RSA}}, {{fbu|20|SDN}}
  • 1999: {{fbu|20|ANG}}, {{fbu|20|MWI}}
  • 2003: {{fbu|20|BFA}}, {{fbu|20|GAB}}
  • 2005: {{fbu|20|BEN}} (hosts), {{fbu|20|LES|1987}}
  • 2007: {{fbu|20|CGO}} (hosts), {{fbu|20|GAM}}
  • 2009: {{fbu|20|RWA}} (hosts)
  • 2011: No new team
  • 2013: {{fbu|20|ALG}}, {{fbu|20|COD}}
  • 2015: No new team
  • 2017: No new team
  • 2019: {{fbu|20|NIG}} (hosts)
  • 2021: {{fbu|20|CTA}}, {{fbu|20|MRT}} (hosts), {{fbu|20|MOZ}}, {{fbu|20|NAM}}, {{fbu|20|TAN}}, {{fbu|20|TUN}}, {{fbu|20|UGA}}
  • 2023: {{fbu|20|SSD}}
  • 2025: {{fbu|20|KEN}}, {{fbu|20|SLE}}

=Player awards=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:500px; text-align:left;"
align=center|Year

! rowspan="18" width="1%" |

!align=left|Player of the tournament

! rowspan="18" width="1%" |

!align=center|Top goalscorer

align=center|1991

|

|{{flagicon|EGY}} Moustafa Sadek

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|align=center|1993

|

|

align=center|1995

|

|

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|align=center|1997

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Benni McCarthy

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Benni McCarthy

align=center|1999

|

|{{flagicon|Guinea}} Ousmane Bangoura

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|align=center|2001

|

|{{flagicon|ANG}} Pedro Mantorras

align=center|2003

|

|{{flagicon|EGY}} Emad Moteab

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|align=center|2005

|

|{{flagicon|MAR}} Mouhcine Iajour

align=center|2007

|{{flagicon|CGO}} Fabrice N'Guessi{{cite web|date=30 April 2007|title=Ambitious Ondama targets Congolese triumph|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u20worldcup/canada2007/news/newsid=127721/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130409151145/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u20worldcup/canada2007/news/newsid=127721/index.html|archive-date=9 April 2013|website=FIFA|access-date=12 March 2013}}

|{{flagicon|ZAM}} Fwayo Tembo

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|align=center|2009

|{{flagicon|GHA}} Ransford Osei

|{{flagicon|GHA}} Ransford Osei

align=center|2011

|{{flagicon|CMR}} Edgar Salli

|{{flagicon|NGA}} Uche Nwofor

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|align=center|2013

|{{flagicon|EGY}} Saleh Gomaa

|{{flagicon|NGA}} Aminu Umar

align=center|2015

|{{flagicon|GHA}} Yaw Yeboah

|{{flagicon|NGA}} Musa Muhammed

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|align=center|2017

|{{flagicon|ZAM}} Patson Daka

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Luther Singh

align=center|2019

|{{flagicon|SEN}} Moussa N'Diaye

|{{flagicon|SEN}} Youssouph Mamadou Badji

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|align=center|2021

|{{flagicon|GHA}} Abdul Fatawu Issahaku

|{{flagicon|UGA}} Derrick Kakooza

align=center|2023

|{{flagicon|SEN}} Lamine Camara

|{{flagicon|SEN}} Pape Diop

FIFA U-20 World Cup performances

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Team !! style="border:3px solid darkred"| {{Flagicon|Tunisia|1959}}
1977 !! {{Flagicon|Japan|1947}}
1979 !! {{Flagicon|Australia}}
1981 !! {{Flagicon|Mexico}}
1983 !! {{Flagicon|USSR}}
1985 !! {{Flagicon|Chile}}
1987 !! {{Flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}
1989 !! {{Flagicon|Portugal}}
1991 !! {{Flagicon|Australia}}
1993 !! {{Flagicon|Qatar}}
1995 !! {{Flagicon|Malaysia}}
1997 !! style="border:3px solid darkred"| {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}
1999 !! {{Flagicon|Argentina}}
2001 !! {{Flagicon|United Arab Emirates}}
2003 !! {{Flagicon|Netherlands}}
2005 !! {{Flagicon|Canada}}
2007 !! style="border:3px solid darkred"| {{Flagicon|Egypt}}
2009 !! {{Flagicon|Colombia}}
2011 !! {{Flagicon|Turkey}}
2013 !! {{Flagicon|New Zealand}}
2015 !! {{Flagicon|South Korea}}
2017 !! {{Flagicon|Poland}}
2019 !! {{Flagicon|Argentina}}
2023 !! {{Flagicon|Chile}}
2025 !! Total

align=left| {{Fbu|20|Algeria}}QF1
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Angola}}R21
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Benin}}R11
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Burkina Faso}}R21
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Burundi}}R11
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Cameroon}}R1R1QFR2R1R26
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Congo}}R21
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Egypt}}QFR1bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rdR2R1style="border: 3px solid darkred"| R2R2R18
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Ethiopia}}R11
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Gambia}}R2R22
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Ghana}}bgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="#9acdff"|4thQFbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rdR27
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Guinea}}R1R12
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Ivory Coast}}R1R1R1R1R25
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Mali}}R1bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rdR1R1R1bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rdQF7
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Morocco}}R1R2bgcolor="#9acdff"|4th3
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Nigeria}}R1bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rdR1bgcolor="silver"|2ndstyle="border: 3px solid darkred"| QFbgcolor="silver"|2ndQFR2QFR2R2R2QF13
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Senegal}}bgcolor="#9acdff"|4thR2QFR14
align=left| {{Fbu|20|South Africa}}R1R2R1R14
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Togo}}R11
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Tunisia}}style="border: 3px solid darkred"| R1R1R23
align=left| {{Fbu|20|Zambia}}R1R2QF3

;Legend

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place

{{col-2}}

  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2
  • R1 – Round 1
  •      – Hosts
  • q – Qualified for upcoming edition

{{col-end}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{official website}}
  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afr-u21.html Tournament records and statistics] at RSSSF ([https://web.archive.org/web/20250119205928/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afr-u21.html Archive1], [https://archive.today/20250310175840/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afr-u21.html Archive2], [https://megalodon.jp/2025-0311-0301-27/https://www.rsssf.org:443/tablesa/afr-u21.html Archive3], [https://ghostarchive.org/archive/i4Khc Archive4])
  • [https://www.cafonline.com/media/4apbpofo/nba6rhha8fe6cd6ohqp7.pdf Regulations -- Edition 2020] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20250303205515/https://www.cafonline.com/media/4apbpofo/nba6rhha8fe6cd6ohqp7.pdf Archive1], [https://archive.today/20250308120527/https://www.cafonline.com/media/4apbpofo/nba6rhha8fe6cd6ohqp7.pdf Archive2], [https://megalodon.jp/2025-0308-2105-12/https://www.cafonline.com:443/media/4apbpofo/nba6rhha8fe6cd6ohqp7.pdf Archive 3])

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