2019 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

Tournament details
Dates	31 March – 12 August 2018
Teams	40 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	149 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abdoul Tapsoba Eric Bekale Biyoghe Steven Mukwala (4 goals each)
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The 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-20 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

Players born 1 January 1999 or later are eligible to participate in the competition. A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Niger who qualified automatically as hosts.^[1]

Teams

Apart from Niger, the remaining 53 members of CAF were eligible to enter the qualifying competition, and a total of 40 national teams were in the qualifying draw, which was announced on 26 February 2018.^[2][3]

Final tournament hosts	Bye to second round (16 teams)	First round entrants (24 teams)
Niger	Angola  Burkina Faso  Cameroon  Congo  Egypt  Gambia  Ghana  Guinea  Ivory Coast  Libya  Mali  Nigeria  Senegal  Sudan  South Africa  Zambia	Algeria  Benin  Botswana  Burundi  DR Congo  Ethiopia  Gabon  Guinea-Bissau  Kenya  Liberia  Malawi  Mauritania  Morocco  Mozambique  Namibia  Rwanda  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  South Sudan  Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)  Tanzania  Togo  Tunisia  Uganda

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

Format

Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to determine the winner.^[4]

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows.^[3]

Round	Leg	Date
First round	First leg	30 March – 1 April 2018
	Second leg	20–22 April 2018
Second round	First leg	11–13 May 2018
	Second leg	18–20 May 2018
Third round	First leg	13–15 July 2018
	Second leg	20–22 July 2018

Bracket

The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 26 February 2018.^[2][3]

The seven winners of the third round qualify for the final tournament.

	First round						Second round						Third round
	Mauritania	2	0	2
	Morocco	0	1	1
							Mauritania	1	2	3 (a)
							Guinea	0	3	3 (a)
	Guinea			Bye
													Mauritania	1	0	1
													Nigeria	1	5	6
	Guinea-Bissau	1	0	1
	Sierra Leone	0	0	0
							Guinea-Bissau	2	0	2
							Nigeria	2	1	3
	Nigeria			Bye

	First round						Second round						Third round
	Algeria	3	2	5
	Tunisia	1	1	2
							Algeria	0	0	0
							Ghana	0	2	2
	Ghana			Bye
													Ghana	3	1	4
													Benin	1	1	2
	Gambia			Bye
							Gambia	2	0	2
							Benin	1	2	3
	Liberia	—	—
	Benin	—	—	w/o

	First round						Second round						Third round
	Burkina Faso			Bye
							Burkina Faso	3	3	6
							Libya	1	3	4
	Libya			Bye
													Burkina Faso	3	1	4
													Gabon	1	0	1
	Gabon	4	1	5
	Togo	0	2	2
							Gabon	3	0	3
							Ivory Coast	0	2	2
	Ivory Coast			Bye

	First round						Second round						Third round
	Kenya	1	0	1 (a)
	Rwanda	1	0	1 (a)
							Rwanda	0	1	1
							Zambia	2	1	3
	Zambia			Bye
													Zambia	1	0	1
													Burundi	0	3	3
	Ethiopia	0	0	0
	Burundi	2	1	3
							Burundi	1	2	3
							Sudan	1	0	1
	Sudan			Bye

	First round						Second round						Third round
	Uganda	5	3	8
	South Sudan	1	0	1
							Uganda	1	0	1 (4 p)
							Cameroon	0	1	1 (5 p)
	Cameroon			Bye
													Cameroon	1	0	1
													Mali	1	3	4
	Tanzania	0	0	0 (6 p)
	DR Congo	0	0	0 (5 p)
							Tanzania	1	1	2
							Mali	2	4	6
	Mali			Bye

	First round						Second round						Third round
	Seychelles	0	0	0
	Mozambique	0	6	6
							Mozambique	1	0	1
							South Africa	1	3	4
	South Africa			Bye
													South Africa	0	2	2
													Malawi	0	0	0
	Malawi	0	1	1 (a)
	Eswatini	0	1	1 (a)
							Malawi	1	4	5
							Angola	2	1	3
	Angola			Bye

	First round						Second round						Third round
	Botswana	0	1	1 (a)
	Namibia	0	1	1 (a)
							Botswana	1	0	1
							Congo	1	3	4
	Congo			Bye
													Congo	2	1	3
													Senegal	2	4	6
	Senegal			Bye
							Senegal	0	0	0 (7 p)
							Egypt	0	0	0 (6 p)
	Egypt			Bye

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	2–1	Morocco	2–0	0–1
Guinea-Bissau	1–0	Sierra Leone	1–0	0–0
Algeria	5–2	Tunisia	3–1	2–1
Liberia	w/o	Benin	—	—
Gabon	5–2	Togo	4–0	1–2
Kenya	1–1 (a)	Rwanda	1–1	0–0
Ethiopia	0–3	Burundi	0–2	0–1
Uganda	8–1	South Sudan	5–1	3–0
Tanzania	0–0 (6–5 p)	DR Congo	0–0	0–0
Seychelles	0–6	Mozambique	0–0	0–6
Malawi	1–1 (a)	Eswatini	0–0	1–1
Botswana	1–1 (a)	Namibia	0–0	1–1

Mauritania won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Guinea-Bissau won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Algeria won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Benin won on walkover after Liberia withdrew.^[5]

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Gabon won 5–2 on aggregate.

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1–1 on aggregate. Rwanda won on away goals.

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Burundi won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Uganda won 8–1 on aggregate.

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0–0 on aggregate. Tanzania won 6–5 on penalties.

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Mozambique won 6–0 on aggregate.

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1–1 on aggregate. Malawi won on away goals.

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1–1 on aggregate. Botswana won on away goals.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	3–3 (a)	Guinea	1–0	2–3
Guinea-Bissau	2–3	Nigeria	2–2	0–1
Algeria	0–2	Ghana	0–0	0–2
Gambia	2–3	Benin	2–1	0–2
Burkina Faso	6–4	Libya	3–1	3–3
Gabon	3–2	Ivory Coast	3–0	0–2
Rwanda	1–3	Zambia	0–2	1–1
Burundi	3–1	Sudan	1–1	2–0
Uganda	1–1 (4–5 p)	Cameroon	1–0	0–1
Tanzania	2–6	Mali	1–2	1–4
Mozambique	1–4	South Africa	1–1	0–3
Malawi	5–3	Angola	1–2	4–1
Botswana	1–4	Congo	1–1	0–3
Senegal	0–0 (7–6 p)	Egypt	0–0	0–0

3–3 on aggregate. Mauritania won on away goals.

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Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Ghana won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Benin won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Burkina Faso won 6–4 on aggregate.

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Gabon won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Zambia won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Burundi won 3–1 on aggregate.

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1–1 on aggregate. Cameroon won 5–4 on penalties.

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Mali won 6–2 on aggregate.

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South Africa won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Malawi won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Congo won 4–1 on aggregate.

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0–0 on aggregate. Senegal won 7–6 on penalties.

Third round

Winners qualify for 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	1–6	Nigeria	1–1	0–5
Ghana	4–2	Benin	3–1	1–1
Burkina Faso	4–1	Gabon	3–1	1–0
Zambia	1–3	Burundi	1–0	0–3
Cameroon	1–4	Mali	1–1	0–3
South Africa	2–0	Malawi	0–0	2–0
Congo	3–6	Senegal	2–2	1–4

Nigeria won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Ghana won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Burkina Faso won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Burundi won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Mali won 4–1 on aggregate.

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South Africa won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Senegal won 6–3 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Africa U-20 Cup of Nations1 only final tournament era (since 1991)
Niger (hosts)	26 May 2015[1]	0 (debut)
Nigeria	21 July 2018	10 (1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Ghana	12 August 2018	10 (1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Burkina Faso	21 July 2018	2 (2003, 2007)
Burundi	22 July 2018	1 (1995)
Mali	22 July 2018	11 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
South Africa	21 July 2018	7 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Senegal	21 July 2018	4 (1993, 1995, 2015, 2017)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

References

External links

• 21st Edition TOTAL U-20 Africa Cup Of Nations, Niger 2019, CAFonline.com