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.
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.[1] 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.[2][3]
Since the 2021 edition, the tournament has been contested by 12 teams.[4]
* = As hosts
Participating nations by Debut (Until 1989, counted Round 1, after 1991 counting Final 16)
New formats for youth and women's competitions based on 12 teams were approved.
Nigeria will play Cameroon in the final of the (2011) African Youth Championship in South Africa on Sunday.
Furthermore, the CAF Executive Committee ruled favourably on the request of the request of Niger for the CAF U-20 Championship the same year.
Designation of host countries for future competitions c. CAN Total U20 2021 : Mauritanie
Designation of host countries for upcoming competitions: Total U-20 AFCON 2021 : Mauritania
The TotalEnergies U20 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2023 will be played between 19 February and 11 March 2023.
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