Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

African Youth Championship
Founded	1979
Region	CAF (Africa)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Egypt (2013)
Most successful team(s)	Nigeria (6 titles)
2015 African U-20 Championship

The African Youth 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.

Tournament summary 1
- African U-21 Qualifying for World Cup 1.1
- African U-21 Cup of Nations 1.2
- African U-21 Championship 1.3
- African U-20 Championship 1.4
Performance by nation 2
Participating nations by year of debut 3
- Before 1989 3.1
- After 1991 3.2
Player awards 4
See also 5
References 6
External links 7

Tournament summary

African U-21 Qualifying for World Cup

Year	Host nation		Qualification 1				Qualification 2				World Cup host
Year	Host nation		To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup		To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup		World Cup host
1977 Details ^[1]	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
Year	Host nation	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third 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
Year	Host nation	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
Year	Host nation	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^[2] 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		–			–
2017 Details	Zambia		–			–

Performance by nation

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

Source for winners and runners-up: RSSSF^[3]

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^[4]	Fwayo Tembo
2009	Ransford Osei	Ransford Osei
2011	Edgar Salli	Uche Nwofor
2013	Saleh Gomaa	Aminu Umar

References

^ "1977 results by RSSSF". Retrieved 3 August 2012.
^ "Nigeria win superb Africa Youth Championship final". BBC. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
^ 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.

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 African Futsal Championship CAF Beach Soccer Championship

Women	African Women's Championship All-Africa Games

Youth competitions

Men	U-23 Championship U-20 Championship U-17 Championship All-Africa 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

Sub-regions

Northern Africa	UNAF

Western Africa	WAFU

Central Africa	UNIFFAC

Eastern Africa	CECAFA

Southern Africa	COSAFA

Arab League	UAFA

CAFOnline.com

African Youth Championship

Tournaments	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

Qualifications	2011 2013 2015

Squads	2005 2007 2009 2011 2013

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Tournaments	Tunisia 1977 Japan 1979 Australia 1981 Mexico 1983 USSR 1985 Chile 1987 Saudi Arabia 1989 Portugal 1991 Australia 1993 Qatar 1995 Malaysia 1997 Nigeria 1999 Argentina 2001 UAE 2003 Netherlands 2005 Canada 2007 Egypt 2009 Colombia 2011 Turkey 2013 New Zealand 2015 South Korea 2017

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Squads	1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013

Team appearances

International association football

FIFA World Cup Confederations Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year FIFA Ballon d'Or Geography Teams Debuts Competitions Federations Codes

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17

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 President's 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 IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations