The 2025 Africa U-20 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.
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Tunisia (North Zone) Liberia (West A Zone) Togo (West B Zone) Congo (Central Zone) Tanzania (Central-East Zone) Mozambique (South Zone) |
Dates | 14 September–31 October |
Teams | 50 (from 1 confederation) |
Players born 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]
Teams
editZone | Spots | Teams entering qualification | Did not enter |
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North Zone (UNAF) |
2 spots | ||
West A Zone (WAFU-UFOA A) |
2 spots | ||
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.
West A Zone
editThe WAFU-UFOA Zone A qualifiers for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations will be hosted by Liberia with the matches played starting 15 September 2024. The matches will be played at Monrovia, Liberia.
All times are local, GMT (UTC+0).
Group stage
editThe eight teams were drawn into two groups of 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 |
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1 | Liberia (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
2 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
- Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
2 | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Gambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Knockout stage
editCentral Zone
editThe UNIFFAC qualifiers for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations will be hosted by Congo with the matches played starting 14 September 2024. The matches will be played at Brazzaville, Congo.
Group stage
editThe 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.
All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).
- Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Congo (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
2 | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
- Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
2 | Gabon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Zone
editGroup stage
editGroup A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Mozambique (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
2 | Eswatini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible Semi-finals |
3 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Zambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
2 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible Semi-finals |
3 | Namibia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group C
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
2 | Malawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible Semi-finals |
3 | Comoros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |