2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Tournament details
Host countries	Egypt (North Zone) Liberia (West A Zone) Togo (West B Zone) Congo (Central Zone) Tanzania (Central-East Zone) Mozambique (South Zone)
Dates	15 September – 26 November
Teams	48
Tournament statistics
Matches played	79
Goals scored	228 (2.89 per match)
← 2023 2027 → All statistics correct as of 20 November 2024.

The 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification is a men's under-20 football competition that decides the participating teams of the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

Players born on 1 January 2005 or later are eligible to participate in the competition. A total of twelve teams will qualify to play in the final tournament.^[1][2][3]

Zone	Spots	Teams entering qualification	Did not enter
North Zone (UNAF)	2 spots	Algeria  Egypt  Libya  Morocco  Tunisia
West A Zone (WAFU-UFOA A)	2 spots	Gambia  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Liberia  Mali  Mauritania (W)  Senegal  Sierra Leone	Cape Verde
West B Zone (WAFU-UFOA B)	2 spots	Benin  Burkina Faso  Ivory Coast  Ghana  Nigeria  Niger  Togo
Central Zone (UNIFFAC)	2 spots	Congo  Chad (W)  Cameroon  DR Congo  Central African Republic  Equatorial Guinea  Gabon	São Tomé and Príncipe
Central-East Zone (CECAFA)	2 spots	Burundi  Djibouti  Ethiopia  Kenya  Rwanda  Sudan  South Sudan  Tanzania  Uganda	Eritrea  Somalia
South Zone (COSAFA)	2 spots	Angola  Botswana  Comoros  Lesotho  Madagascar (W)  Mozambique  Malawi  Namibia  South Africa  Eswatini  Zambia  Zimbabwe	Mauritius  Seychelles

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• (W): Withdrew after draw

The 2024 UNAF U-20 Tournament, which also serves as the qualifiers for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, will take place between 14 and 26 November in Egypt. The five teams will be placed in one group, with the winner and the runner-up qualifying for the final tournament.

All times are local, EST, CAT (UTC+2).

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10	2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
2	Egypt (H)	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
3	Tunisia	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6
4	Algeria	4	1	2	1	7	4	+3	5
5	Libya	4	0	0	4	2	12	−10	0

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The WAFU-UFOA Zone A qualifiers for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations were hosted by Liberia with the matches played between 15 and 28 September 2024. The matches were played at Monrovia, Liberia.

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sierra Leone	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Semi-finals
2	Guinea	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Liberia (H)	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Guinea-Bissau	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Semi-finals
2	Gambia	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Mali	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

 Mauritania was also drawn into this group, but withdrew before playing.^[4]

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	Semi-finals				Final
	25 September – Monrovia
	Sierra Leone	3
					28 September – Monrovia
	Gambia	0
					Sierra Leone	0
	25 September – Monrovia
					Senegal	2
	Senegal	2
	Guinea	0
					Third place play-off
					28 September – Monrovia
					Gambia	3
					Guinea	0

Winners qualified for 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

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The WAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations were hosted by Togo with the matches played between 17 and 30 October 2024. The matches were played at Lomé, Togo. The draw was announced on 26 September 2024.

The seven teams were drawn into two groups of three and four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Semi-finals
2	Niger	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Togo (H)	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Benin	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Semi-finals
2	Ivory Coast	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Burkina Faso	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3

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	Semi-finals				Final
	27 October – Lomé
	Ghana	2
					30 October – Lomé
	Ivory Coast	1
					Ghana	1
	27 October – Lomé
					Nigeria	2
	Nigeria	3
	Niger	1
					Third place play-off
					30 October – Lomé
					Ivory Coast	2
					Niger	1

Winners qualified for 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

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The UNIFFAC qualifiers for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations were hosted by Congo with the matches played between 24 September and 3 October 2024. The matches were played at Brazzaville, Congo.

The seven teams were drawn into two groups of four and three teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Congo (H)	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Semi-finals
2	DR Congo	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Equatorial Guinea	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

 Chad was also drawn into this group, but withdrew before playing.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Semi-finals
2	Central African Republic	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
3	Gabon	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0

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	Semi-finals				Final
	1 October –
	Congo	2
					3 October –
	Central African Republic	0
					Congo	1
	1 October -
					DR Congo	2
	Cameroon	1 (3)
	DR Congo (p)	1 (4)

Winners qualified for 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

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The CECAFA qualifiers for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations were hosted by Tanzania between 6 and 20 October 2024.

All times are local, EAT (UTC+3).

The nine teams were drawn into two groups of four and five teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kenya	4	3	1	0	10	1	+9	10	Semi-finals
2	Tanzania (H)	4	3	0	1	12	2	+10	9
3	Sudan	4	2	0	2	4	6	−2	6
4	Rwanda	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4
5	Djibouti	4	0	0	4	2	19	−17	0

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Semi-finals
2	Burundi	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6
3	South Sudan	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Ethiopia	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

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	Semi-finals				Final
	18 October –
	Uganda	1
					20 October –
	Tanzania (a.e.t.)	2
					Tanzania	2
	18 October –
					Kenya	1
	Kenya	4
	Burundi	0
					Third place play-off
					20 October –
					Uganda	3
					Burundi	1

Winners qualified for 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zimbabwe	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Semi-finals
2	Botswana	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Eswatini	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
4	Mozambique (H)	3	0	0	3	5	8	−3	0

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Semi-finals
2	Zambia	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	Namibia	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0

 Madagascar was also drawn into this group but withdrew before playing.^[5]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Semi-finals
2	Comoros	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
3	Malawi	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Lesotho	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3

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	Semi-finals				Final
	3 October - Matola
	Angola	0
					5 October - Matola
	South Africa	1
					South Africa	2
	3 October - Matola
					Zambia	0
	Zimbabwe	2 (5)
	Zambia (p)	2 (6)

Winners qualified for 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

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There were 65 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.71 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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