2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

The 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification is a men's under-20 football competition which decide the participating teams of the 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Host countries(North Zone)
(West A Zone)
(West B Zone)
(Central Zone)
(Central-East Zone)
(South Zone)
Dates2022
Teams (from 1 confederation)

Players born 1 January 2003 or later are eligible to participate in the competition. A total of twelve teams qualify to play in the final tournament, including Egypt who qualified automatically as hosts.[1]

Teams

This was the first edition in Africa U-20 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight. Each of the six zones received two spots in the final tournament.[2]

Zone Spots Teams entering qualification Did not enter
North Zone
(UNAF)		 1 spot
+ hosts
West A Zone
(WAFU-UFOA A)		 2 spot
West B Zone
(WAFU-UFOA B)		 2 spots
Central Zone
(UNIFFAC)		 2 spots
Central-East Zone
(CECAFA)		 2 spots
South Zone
(COSAFA)		 2 spots
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualifying tournament hosts
  • (Q): Automatically qualified for final tournament regardless of qualification results

Schedule

The qualifying competition was split into regional competitions, with the teams entering the qualifying tournament of their zone.[3] The schedule of each qualifying zone was as follows.

Zone Group stage Knockout stage
South Zone 6–16 October 6–16 October
Central-East Zone TBD TBD
West B Zone May 7 to May 20 May 7 to May 20
North Zone 20-30 December 2022
Central Zone TBD TBD
West A Zone TBD TBD

North Zone

xxxx will hoste the 2022 UNAF U-20 Tournament, which also served as the qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, between 20 to 30 December 2022.[4] The five teams will be placed in one group, with the winners and the runners-up will qualify for the final tournament.

West B Zone

The WAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations is planned to be hosted by Niger with the matches scheduled to be played between 07 -20 May 2022.The draw was announced on 15 April 2022.[5]

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

Group stage

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.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Niger (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Benin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Host


Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

Central-East Zone
Main article: 2022 CECAFA U-20 Championship

The CECAFA qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations is planned to be hosted by Sudan in xxxx 2022 .[6]

South Zone

The COSAFA qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations is planned to be hosted by Eswatini withdrew as hosts with the matches scheduled to be played between 6–16 October 2022.[7]

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Zone Qualified on Previous appearances in Africa U-20 Cup of Nations1
only final tournament era (since 1991)
 Egypt (hosts)North Zone28 September 2018[1]Champions (1991, 2003, 2013)
North Zone
West A Zone
West A Zone
West B Zone
West B Zone
Central Zone
Central Zone
Central-East Zone
Central-East Zone
South Zone
South Zone
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

See also

2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification

Notes

    References
    1. . africatopsports. 29 September 2021 https://www.africatopsports.com/2021/05/16/caf-la-can-u17-en-algerie-la-can-u20-en-egypte/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    2. "CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final". CAFOnline.com. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
    3. "CAF Newsletter" (PDF). CAF. 5 April 2020. p. 3.
    4. "UNAF tournament fixtures revealed". lagazettedufennec. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
    5. Chukwu, Tochukwu (16 April 2022). "Draw Niger u20 2022". Retrieved 15 April 2022.
    6. . africatopsports. 16 April 2022 https://en.africatopsports.com/2022/04/09/sudan-confirmed-to-host-cecafa-tournament/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    7. Schütz, Helge (16 April 2022). "Cosafa confirms tournament". zambianfootball. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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