2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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.

2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

Tournament details
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.

Teams

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 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 Cameroon DR Congo Central African Republic Equatorial Guinea Gabon	São Tomé and Príncipe
Central-East Zone (CECAFA)	2 spots	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Sudan Somalia South Sudan Tanzania Uganda
South Zone (COSAFA)	2 spots	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Mozambique Malawi Namibia South Africa Eswatini Zambia Zimbabwe	Mauritius Seychelles

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

West A Zone

The 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

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.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: CAF
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: CAF

Central Zone

The 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

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.

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

First match(es) will be played: 14 September 2024. Source: CAF
(H) Hosts

14 September 2024 (2024-09-14)

14:00

Congo	v	DR Congo

Alphonse Massemba-Débat Stadium, Brazzaville

14 September 2024 (2024-09-14)

17:00

Equatorial Guinea	v	Chad

Alphonse Massemba-Débat Stadium, Brazzaville

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16 September 2024 (2024-09-16)

14:00

Chad	v	DR Congo

Alphonse Massemba-Débat Stadium, Brazzaville

16 September 2024 (2024-09-16)

17:00

Equatorial Guinea	v	Congo

Alphonse Massemba-Débat Stadium, Brazzaville

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18 September 2024 (2024-09-18)

14:00

Congo	v	Chad

Alphonse Massemba-Débat Stadium, Brazzaville

18 September 2024 (2024-09-18)

17:00

DR Congo	v	Equatorial Guinea

Alphonse Massemba-Débat Stadium, Brazzaville

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

First match(es) will be played: 15 September 2024. Source: CAF

15 September 2024 (2024-09-15)

15:00

Central African Republic	v	Gabon

Alphonse Massemba-Débat Stadium, Brazzaville

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17 September 2024 (2024-09-17)

15:00

Cameroon	v	Central African Republic

Alphonse Massemba-Débat Stadium, Brazzaville

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19 September 2024 (2024-09-19)

15:00

Gabon	v	Cameroon

Alphonse Massemba-Débat Stadium, Brazzaville

South Zone

Main article: 2024 COSAFA U-20 Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source:
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source:

See also

• 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification