2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations

2025 CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryIvory Coast
Dates26 April – 18 May
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the 2025 U20 AFCON or 2025 AFCON U20 for short and as the 2025 TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes, is the 18th edition (25th if editions of the tournament without hosts are included) of the biennial African international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football.[1][2][3]

This edition of the tournament also doubles as the African qualifiers for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile where teams who reached the semi-finals stage qualified automatically.

Senegal are the defending champions.

Qualification

Main article: 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 2005 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the group stages:

All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of the full host-nation tournament in 1991.
Team Zone Date of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Morocco North Zone 23 November 2024 6th 2021 Champions (1997)
 Egypt 26 November 2024 13th 2023 Champions (1991, 2003, 2013)
 Senegal West A Zone 25 September 2024 7th 2023 Champions (2023)
 Sierra Leone 25 September 2024 1st None Debut
 Ghana West B Zone 27 October 2024 13th 2021 Champions (1993, 1999, 2009, 2021)
 Nigeria 27 October 2024 13th 2023 Champions (2005, 2011, 2015)
 Congo Central Zone 1 October 2024 4th 2023 Champions (2007)
 DR Congo 1 October 2024 2nd 2013 Group stage (2013)
 Kenya Central-East Zone 18 October 2024 1st None Debut
 Tanzania 18 October 2024 2nd 2021 Group stage (2021)
 South Africa South Zone 3 October 2024 9th 2019 Runners-up (1997)
 Zambia 3 October 2024 9th 2023 Champions (2017)

Venues

The host country for the final stage of the edition was set to be appointed during the General Assembly held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 22 October 2024 but neither the dates nor host has yet been announced.[4][5] until the annual 2024 CAF Executive Committee meeting along the CAF Awards in Marrakesh, Morocco where CAF appointed Ivory Coast as hosts.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mozambique To Host 2024 COSAFA U-20 Championship". 3 September 2024.
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  4. ^ "CAF Executive Committee announces dates of CAF TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations ("AFCON") Morocco 2025 and CAF TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations 2024". 21 June 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. ^ "CAF Confirms Date for the 46th CAF Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia". 20 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  6. ^ "CAF Executive Committee approves 2025 Competition Calendar and TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Final Draw Date". 16 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.