2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

The 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-20 football competition which decided the participating teams for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

Tournament details
Host countries	Tunisia (North Zone) Senegal (West A Zone) Benin (West B Zone) Equatorial Guinea (Central Zone) Tanzania (Central-East Zone) South Africa (South Zone)
Dates	20 November – 27 December 2020
Teams	47 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	66
Goals scored	164 (2.48 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abdul Hamisi Suleiman Ivan Bogere (5 goals each)
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Players born 1 January 2001 or later were eligible to participate in the competition. A total of twelve teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Mauritania who qualified automatically as hosts.^[1]

Teams

47 of the 54 CAF members entered the qualifying tournament of their zone, including the hosts Mauritania, which also participated in qualification despite automatically qualified for the final tournament.

This was the first edition in Africa U-20 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight. Each of the six zones received two spots in the final tournament.^[2]

Zone	Spots	Teams entering qualification	Did not enter
North Zone (UNAF)	2 spot	Algeria  Egypt  Libya  Morocco  Tunisia (H)
West A Zone (WAFU-UFOA A)	1 spot + hosts	Gambia  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Mali  Mauritania (Q)  Senegal (H)  Sierra Leone	Cape Verde  Liberia
West B Zone (WAFU-UFOA B)	2 spots	Benin (H)  Burkina Faso  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Niger  Nigeria  Togo
Central Zone (UNIFFAC)	2 spots	Cameroon  Central African Republic  Chad  Congo  DR Congo  Equatorial Guinea (H)	Gabon  São Tomé and Príncipe
Central-East Zone (CECAFA)	2 spots	Burundi  Djibouti  Eritrea  Ethiopia  Kenya  Rwanda  Somalia  South Sudan  Sudan  Tanzania (H)  Uganda
South Zone (COSAFA)	2 spots	Angola  Botswana  Comoros  Eswatini  Lesotho  Malawi  Mozambique  Namibia  South Africa (H)  Zambia  Zimbabwe	Madagascar  Mauritius  Seychelles

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• (H): Qualifying tournament hosts
• (Q): Automatically qualified for final tournament regardless of qualification results

Schedule

The qualifying competition was split into regional competitions, with the teams entering the qualifying tournament of their zone.^[3] The final arrangements of the zonal qualifiers were decided later due to the delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4] The schedule of each qualifying zone was as follows.

Zone	Group stage	Knockout stage
West A Zone	20–25 November 2020	27–29 November 2020
Central-East Zone	22–27 November 2020	30 November–2 December 2020
	Originally set to be played at the beginning of October/November 2020 in Sudan
South Zone	3–9 December 2020	11–13 December 2020
	Originally set to be played in Mauritius in the same time period
West B Zone	5–12 December 2020	15–19 December 2020
	Originally from 12 to 26 September 2020 in Burkina Faso
Central Zone	15–19 December 2020	22 December 2020
	Postponed, originally set to be played at the beginning of/mid October 2020
North Zone	15–27 December 2020	—

North Zone

Main article: 2020 UNAF U-20 Tournament

Tunisia hosted the 2020 UNAF U-20 Tournament, which also served as the qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, between 15 and 27 December 2020. The matches were played at Radès (Stade Olympique de Radès) and Tunis (Stade El Menzah).

The draw for the fixtures was held on 30 November 2020.^[5] The five teams were placed in one group, with the winners and the runners-up qualifying for the final tournament.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
2	Tunisia (H)	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Libya	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Algeria	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
5	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[a]

Source: UNAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. On 19 December 2020, Egypt were forced to withdraw from the competition after they were unable to play their first two matches due to a number of players testing positive for the SARS-2 coronavirus. After their withdrawal from the competition, Egypt's results were deleted from the calculations of the final group rankings.^[6][7]

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15)

14:00

Tunisia	1–1	Algeria
Ben Lamin 33'	Report	Belloumi 12'

Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

Referee: Ahmed El-Ghandour (Egypt)

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15)

14:00

Libya	Voided (2–0 (awarded))[note 1])	Egypt
	Report

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)

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18 December 2020 (2020-12-18)

14:00

Egypt	Voided (0–2 (awarded))[note 1])	Tunisia

Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

18 December 2020 (2020-12-18)

14:00

Algeria	0–1	Morocco
	Report	Maouhoub 76'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)

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21 December 2020 (2020-12-21)

14:00

Morocco	0–0	Tunisia
	Report

Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim Al-Shalmani (Libya)

21 December 2020 (2020-12-21)

14:00

Libya	1–0	Algeria
Bara 17' (o.g.)	Report

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

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24 December 2020 (2020-12-24)

14:00

Algeria	Cancelled	Egypt

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

24 December 2020 (2020-12-24)

14:00

Morocco	1–1	Libya
Targhalline 32' (pen.)	Report	El Khali 48'

Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

Referee: Ahmed El-Ghandour (Egypt)

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27 December 2020 (2020-12-27)

14:00

Tunisia	1–0	Libya
Labidi 85'	Report

Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)

27 December 2020 (2020-12-27)

14:00

Egypt	Cancelled	Morocco

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

West A Zone

Senegal hosted the WAFU-UFOA Zone A U-20 Championship between 20 and 29 November 2020. The matches were played at Thiès (Stade Lat-Dior) and Pikine (Stade Al Djigo).^[9]

All times are local, GMT (UTC±0).

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 November 2020.^[10][11] The seven teams were drawn into two groups of three and 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	Senegal (H)	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4	Semi-finals
2	Gambia	2	1	0	1	3	6	−3	3
3	Sierra Leone	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

20 November 2020 (2020-11-20)

17:00

Senegal	1–1	Sierra Leone
Diallo 68'	Report	Musa 55'

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Ousmane Diakaté (Mali)

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22 November 2020 (2020-11-22)

17:00

Gambia	1–5	Senegal
Bojang 45' (pen.)	Report	Diallo 5' Lopy 45+2' (pen.), 48' Bâ 52' (pen.) Mandefu 89'

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Bonifacio Silva (Guinea-Bissau)

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24 November 2020 (2020-11-24)

17:00

Sierra Leone	1–2	Gambia
A. Conteh 89'	Report	Kanteh 51' Bojang 86'

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Younousa Camara (Guinea)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guinea	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Semi-finals
2	Guinea-Bissau	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Mali	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Mauritania	3	0	0	3	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21)

16:00

Mali	0–2 (awarded)[note 2]	Guinea-Bissau
	Report

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Elhadji Amadou Sy (Senegal)

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21)

19:00

Guinea	1–0	Mauritania
Bah 8'	Report

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Hassan Corneh (Liberia)

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23 November 2020 (2020-11-23)

16:00

Guinea	3–1	Mali
A. Soumah 55' (pen.) Bérété 73', 76'	Report	Diaby 87'

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Lamin Jammeh (Gambia)

23 November 2020 (2020-11-23)

19:00

Mauritania	0–1	Guinea-Bissau
	Report	Sanha 31'

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)

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25 November 2020 (2020-11-25)

16:00

Mali	1–0	Mauritania
Keïta 9'

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: António Rodrigues (Cape Verde)

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25)

19:00

Guinea	2–0	Guinea-Bissau
M. Somah 14' (pen.) Bah 31'	Report

Stade Al Djigo, Pikine

Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 November – Thiès
	Guinea	1
					29 November – Thiès
	Gambia	2
					Gambia (p)	2 (4)
	27 November – Thiès
					Senegal	2 (3)
	Senegal (p)	0 (5)
	Guinea-Bissau	0 (4)

Semi-finals

27 November 2020 (2020-11-27)

16:00

Guinea	1–2	Gambia
Bah 49'	Report	Camara 30' (o.g.) Drammeh 64'

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: António Rodrigues (Cape Verde)

27 November 2020 (2020-11-27)

19:30

Senegal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Guinea-Bissau
	Report
Penalties
Lopy M. L. Camara Bâ Seydi Gueye	5–4	Iala Cassamá Fernandes Correia Monteiro

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Hassan Corneh (Liberia)

Final

Winner qualified for 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

29 November 2020 (2020-11-29)

17:00

Gambia	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Mendy 4' Drammeh 57'	Report	Lopy 43' Gueye 67'
Penalties
Bojang Marr Ceesay Gomez Drammeh Kanteh	4–3	Lopy M. L. Camara Diao Seydi Gueye Dramé

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Mohamed Abdelaziz Bouh (Mauritania)

West B Zone

The WAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations were initially planned to be hosted by Burkina Faso, but were later shifted to Togo due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the matches scheduled to be played between 18 November–2 December. On 7 November, Togo announced that they would not be able to host the tournament due to a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the country, with the outbreak located in the Lomé area.^[13]

On 17 November, it was announced that the regional qualifiers would now be played in Benin between 5 and 19 December. The draw was also announced on the same day. The matches were played at Porto-Novo (Stade Charles de Gaulle) and Cotonou (Stade René Pleven).^[14][15]

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

Group stage

The seven teams were drawn into two groups of three and 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	Niger	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Semi-finals
2	Burkina Faso	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Benin (H)	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
4	Togo	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05)

16:00

Benin	0–1	Niger
	Report	Litnine 40'

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Clement Franklin Kpan (Ivory Coast)

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05)

19:00

Togo	1–1	Burkina Faso
Dermane 38' (pen.)	Report	Botué 64'

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Abubakar Nuruddeen (Nigeria)

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8 December 2020 (2020-12-08)

16:00

Benin	2–0	Togo
Gomez 15', 30'	Report

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Benjamin Sefah (Ghana)

8 December 2020 (2020-12-08)

19:00

Niger	0–0	Burkina Faso
	Report

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Clement Franklin Kpan (Ivory Coast)

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11 December 2020 (2020-12-11)

16:00

Burkina Faso	1–0	Benin
Ouédraogo 54'	Report

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Benjamin Sefah (Ghana)

11 December 2020 (2020-12-11)

16:00

Niger	1–1	Togo
Moustapha 14'	Report	Dermane 59'

Stade René Pleven, Cotonou

Referee: Abubakar Nuruddeen (Nigeria)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Semi-finals
2	Ghana	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Nigeria	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)

16:00

Nigeria	1–1	Ivory Coast
Nwaeze 60'	Report	Bi Broh 90+1'

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Gnama Aklesso (Togo), replaced by Stanislas Ahomlanto (Benin)(46')

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9 December 2020 (2020-12-09)

16:00

Ghana	1–0	Nigeria
Boah 83'	Report

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Vincent Kaboré (Burkina Faso)

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12 December 2020 (2020-12-12)

16:00

Ivory Coast	1–0	Ghana
N'Guessan 63'	Report

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Moussa Ahmadou Alou (Niger)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 December – Stade de Gaulle
	Niger	0 (3)
					19 December – Stade de Gaulle
	Ghana (p)	0 (5)
					Ghana	2
	15 December – Stade de Gaulle
					Burkina Faso	1
	Ivory Coast	1
	Burkina Faso	4
					Third place
					18 December – Stade de Gaulle
					Niger	0
					Ivory Coast	2

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15)

15:30

Niger	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
	Report
Penalties
Ousmane Litnine Moumouni Moustapha	3–5	Essu Mugees Boah Sulemana Boateng

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Stanislas Ahomlanto (Benin)

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15)

19:00

Ivory Coast	1–4	Burkina Faso
Ouattara 29' (pen.)	Report	Ouattara 10' Botué 13' Bancé 73' (pen.) Ouédraogo 86'

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

Third place match

18 December 2020 (2020-12-18)

16:00

Niger	0–2	Ivory Coast
		Ouattara 66' Salifou 70' (o.g.)

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Vincent Kaboré (Burkina Faso)

Final

19 December 2020 (2020-12-19)

16:00

Ghana	2–1	Burkina Faso
Afriyie 21' Boah 78'	Report	Botué 15'

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Clement Franklin Kpan (Ivory Coast)

Central Zone

The UNIFFAC qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations were held in Equatorial Guinea between 15 and 22 December 2020. The matches were played at Malabo (Estadio de Malabo).^[16][17]

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

Group stage

The six teams were drawn into two groups of three teams. The winners of each group qualified for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central African Republic	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3	Final and 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
2	Equatorial Guinea (H)	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
3	Chad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[18]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15)

13:30

Equatorial Guinea	Cancelled	Chad

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

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17 December 2020 (2020-12-17)

16:00

Central African Republic	2–1	Equatorial Guinea
Yawenendji 15' Ngoma 55'	Report	Obiang 82'

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Kabanga Malala (DR Congo)

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19 December 2020 (2020-12-19)

13:00

Chad	Cancelled	Central African Republic

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Final and 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
2	Congo	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	DR Congo	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15)

16:30

Cameroon	1–1	DR Congo
Milla 18'	Report	Mtanga 73'

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Alhadj Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

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17 December 2020 (2020-12-17)

19:30

Congo	1–3	Cameroon
Louamba 28' (pen.)	Report	Bosco 23' Onana 58' Etouga 78'

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Liberato Nve Esimi Avomo (Equatorial Guinea)

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19 December 2020 (2020-12-19)

16:30

DR Congo	1–2	Congo
Mwamba 5' (pen.)	Report	Okouri 34' (pen.) Nzaou 56'

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Final

22 December 2020 (2020-12-22)

15:00

Central African Republic	0–3	Cameroon
	Report	Ibrahim 33' Sunday 64', 76'

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Alhadj Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

Central-East Zone

Main article: 2020 CECAFA U-20 Championship

The CECAFA qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations were initially planned to be hosted by Sudan in October–November 2020 but were then later shifted and held in Tanzania between 22 November–2 December 2020.^[19] The matches were played at Karatu (Black Rhino Academy) and Arusha (Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium).^[20]

All times are local, EAT (UTC+3).

Group stage

All the 11 teams were drawn into 3 groups, 2 groups of 4 teams and 1 group of 3 teams. The winners of each group and the best runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tanzania (H)	2	2	0	0	14	2	+12	6	Semi-finals
2	Djibouti	2	1	0	1	3	7	−4	3
3	Somalia	2	0	0	2	2	10	−8	0
4	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[a]

Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. On 14 November 2020, Rwanda withdrew from the qualifiers after discussions between their sports ministry and the education ministry. The statement issued read that "Since after a long time in break due to the COVID-19, schools have just reopened and the students can't miss the school for the competition. Most of the U-20 players are students who need to be in school."^[21]

22 November 2020 (2020-11-22)

16:00

Tanzania	6–1	Djibouti
Theonasy 52' Suleiman 65', 72', 90+1' (pen.) Hamdoun 82' Haruna 88'	Report	Kamil 14'

Black Rhino Academy, Karatu

Referee: Ring Nyier Akech Malong (South Sudan)

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24 November 2020 (2020-11-24)

16:00

Djibouti	2–1	Somalia
Kamil 49' (pen.) Djama 87'	Report	Iman 4'

Black Rhino Academy, Karatu

Referee: Nsoro Ruzindana (Rwanda)

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26 November 2020 (2020-11-26)

16:00

Somalia	1–8	Tanzania
Muhumed 6'	Report	Suleiman 4' Starkie 15' John 29', 34', 60' Haruna 48' George 65' Jabir 87'

Black Rhino Academy, Karatu

Referee: Mohamed Elsiddig Eltreefe (Sudan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	4	Semi-finals
2	South Sudan	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	4
3	Burundi	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0
4	Eritrea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[20]

Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

23 November 2020 (2020-11-23)

16:00

South Sudan	0–0	Uganda
	Report

Sheikh Amri Abeid, Arusha

Referee: Saddam Mansour (Djibouti)

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25 November 2020 (2020-11-25)

13:00

Uganda	6–1	Burundi
Bogere 43', 51' (pen.) Yiga 45' Mulugusi 52', 81' Kizza 88'	Report	Nkurunziza 90+2'

Sheikh Amri Abeid, Arusha

Referee: Ahmed Hassan Hussein (Somalia)

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27 November 2020 (2020-11-27)

16:00

Burundi	0–4	South Sudan
	Report	Kundu 21' Atari 35' Ntunzwenimana 63' (o.g.) Biajo 89'

Sheikh Amri Abeid, Arusha

Referee: Israel Mpaima (Kenya)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kenya	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Semi-finals
2	Ethiopia	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	3
3	Sudan	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	0

Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

23 November 2020 (2020-11-23)

13:00

Ethiopia	0–3	Kenya
	Report	Omalla 38' Odede 46' Wanyama 85'

Sheikh Amri Abeid, Arusha

Referee: Martin Sanya (Tanzania)

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25 November 2020 (2020-11-25)

16:00

Sudan	2–3	Ethiopia
Yousif 32', 45'	Report	Bayse 58', 79' Balcha 72'

Sheikh Amri Abeid, Arusha

Referee: Florentina Zablon (Tanzania)

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27 November 2020 (2020-11-27)

13:00

Kenya	2–1	Sudan
Omoto 56' Omalla 90+2'	Report	Nooh 84'

Sheikh Amri Abeid, Arusha

Referee: William Oloya (Uganda)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	South Sudan	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	4	Semi-finals
2	C	Ethiopia	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	3
3	A	Djibouti	2	1	0	1	3	7	−4	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 November – Karatu
	Uganda	3
					2 December – Karatu
	Kenya	1
					Uganda	4
	30 November – Karatu
					Tanzania	1
	Tanzania	1
	South Sudan	0
					Third place
					2 December – Karatu
					Kenya	1
					South Sudan	2

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

30 November 2020 (2020-11-30)

12:00

Uganda	3–1	Kenya
Semakula 22' Bogere 26', 64' (pen.)	Report	Wanyama 81'

Black Rhino Academy, Karatu

Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)

30 November 2020 (2020-11-30)

15:30

Tanzania	1–0	South Sudan
Haruna 56'	Report

Black Rhino Academy, Karatu

Referee: Nsoro Ruzindana (Rwanda)

Third place match

2 December 2020 (2020-12-02)

12:00

Kenya	1–2	South Sudan
Ochieng 13'	Report	Biajo 3' Elia 41'

Black Rhino Academy, Karatu

Referee: Martin Saanya (Tanzania)

Final

2 December 2020 (2020-12-02)

15:30

Uganda	4–1	Tanzania
Basangwa 12' Sserwadda 45' Bogere 61' Semakula 72'	Report	Suleiman 30' (pen.)

Black Rhino Academy, Karatu

Referee: Mohamed Elsiddig Eltreefe (Sudan)

South Zone

Main article: 2020 COSAFA U-20 Cup

The COSAFA qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations were initially planned to be hosted by Mauritius, but were later shifted to South Africa after Mauritius withdrew as hosts due to the COVID-19 regulations.^[22] The matches were played at Port Elizabeth (Wolfson Stadium, Gelvandale Stadium and Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium).

All times are local, SAST (UTC+2).

Group stage

The group stage was played in 3 groups as a round-robin, where the group winners and the best runner up advanced to the semi-finals.^[23][24]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mozambique	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Semi-finals
2	South Africa (H)	3	1	2	0	9	2	+7	5
3	Zimbabwe	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
4	Lesotho	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: COSAFA.com
(H) Hosts

3 December 2020 (2020-12-03)

12:30

Mozambique	1–0	Lesotho
Cipriano 9'	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

3 December 2020 (2020-12-03)

15:30

South Africa	2–2	Zimbabwe
Appollis 46' Makola 90+1'	Report	Mutimbanyoka 9' Mujokoro 75'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

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6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)

12:30

Mozambique	2–0	Zimbabwe
Cipriano 58' (pen.) Pinho 85'	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Ishmael Chizinga (Malawi)

6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)

15:30

South Africa	7–0	Lesotho
Mohale 6' (o.g.) Human 17' Mkiva 43', 62', 86' Appollis 46' Myeni 90'	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)

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8 December 2020 (2020-12-08)

15:30

South Africa	0–0	Mozambique
	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Lebalang Mokete (Lesotho)

8 December 2020 (2020-12-08)

15:30

Zimbabwe	4–1	Lesotho
Monyaka 19' (o.g.) Mandinyenya 22' Mangiza 33' Antonio 66'	Report	Lebina 45+2'

Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Semi-finals
2	Namibia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Malawi	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Comoros	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4	0

Source: COSAFA.com

4 December 2020 (2020-12-04)

12:30

Malawi	1–0	Comoros
Mologeni 90+4'	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Mathews Hamalila (Zambia)

4 December 2020 (2020-12-04)

15:30

Zambia	1–0	Namibia
Mashata 62'	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Lebalang Mokete (Lesotho)

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7 December 2020 (2020-12-07)

12:30

Zambia	2–0	Comoros
Chishimba 3' Bulaya 45+4'	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

7 December 2020 (2020-12-07)

15:30

Malawi	1–2	Namibia
Nkhoma 10'	Report	Jantze 14' Kaninab 45+3'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

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9 December 2020 (2020-12-09)

15:30

Zambia	2–0	Malawi
Mukeya 21', 68'	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

9 December 2020 (2020-12-09)

15:30

Namibia	1–0	Comoros
Damaseb 77'	Report

Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3	Semi-finals
2	Eswatini	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Botswana	2	1	0	1	1	4	−3	3

Source: COSAFA.com

4 December 2020 (2020-12-04)

15:30

Angola	0–1	Eswatini
	Report	Ndlovu 77'

Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

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6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)

15:30

Botswana	0–4	Angola
	Report	Zini 43' (pen.), 90+2' Glaudilson 66', 90+4'

Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

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8 December 2020 (2020-12-08)

12:30

Botswana	1–0	Eswatini
Molefe 42'	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Mathews Hamalila (Zambia)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not considered for this ranking.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Namibia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Semi-finals
2	C	Eswatini	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	A	South Africa	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2

Source: COSAFA.com
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 December – Wolfson Stadium
	Angola	0
					13 December – Nelson Mandela Bay
	Namibia	1
					Namibia	0
	11 December – Wolfson Stadium
					Mozambique	1
	Mozambique	0 (5)
	Zambia	0 (4)
					Third place
					13 December – Nelson Mandela Bay
					Angola	2
					Zambia	1

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

11 December 2020 (2020-12-11)

12:00

Angola	0–1	Namibia
	Report	Damaseb 63'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

11 December 2020 (2020-12-11)

15:30

Mozambique	0–0	Zambia
	Report
Penalties
Fumo Novela Martins Dlhakama Augusto	5–4	Mafwenta Chishimba M. Mumba Chabala P. Mumba

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)

Third place match

13 December 2020 (2020-12-13)

12:00

Angola	2–1	Zambia
Afonso 21' Zini 37'	Report	M. Mumba 57' (pen.)

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

Final

13 December 2020 (2020-12-13)

15:00

Namibia	0–1	Mozambique
	Report	Augusto 31'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team	Zone	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Africa U-20 Cup of Nations1 only final tournament era (since 1991)
Mauritania (hosts)	West A Zone	28 September 2018[1]	0 (debut)
Gambia	West A Zone	29 November 2020	2 (2007, 2011)
Uganda	Central-East Zone	30 November 2020	0 (debut)
Tanzania	Central-East Zone	30 November 2020	0 (debut)
Namibia	South Zone	11 December 2020	0 (debut)
Mozambique	South Zone	11 December 2020	0 (debut)
Ghana	West B Zone	15 December 2020	11 (1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019)
Burkina Faso	West B Zone	15 December 2020	3 (2003, 2007, 2019)
Central African Republic	Central Zone	17 December 2020	0 (debut)
Cameroon	Central Zone	19 December 2020	9 (1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)
Morocco	North Zone	24 December 2020	4 (1993, 1997, 2003, 2005)
Tunisia	North Zone	27 December 2020	0 (debut)

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

Goalscorers

There were 164 goals scored in 66 matches, for an average of 2.48 goals per match.

5 goals

• Abdul Hamisi Suleiman
• Ivan Bogere

3 goals

• Zini
• Kouamé Botué
• Abdourahmane Bah
• Dion Lopy
• Sinenjongo Mkiva
• Kassim Haruna
• Kelvin John

2 goals

• Glaudilson
• Charbel Gomez
• Yves Ouédraogo
• Jang Sunday
• Abdourahman Kamil
• Beyene Bayse
• Momodou Bojang
• Kajally Drammeh
• Percious Boah
• Ibrahima Bérété
• Brahima Ouattara
• Benson Omalla
• Enock Wanyama
• Simon Cipriano
• Steven Damaseb
• Samba Diallo
• Oswin Appollis
• Philip Biajo
• Abdelkarim Yousif
• Karim Dermane
• Isma Mulugusi
• Kenneth Semakula
• Jimmy Mukeya

1 goal

• Mohamed Belloumi
• Benvindo Afonso
• Tefo Molefe
• Ibrahim Bancé
• Hamed Ouattara
• Alfred Nkurunziza
• John Bosco
• Saïdou Ibrahim
• Franck Mbella Etouga
• Kevin Prince Milla
• Séverin Onana
• Isaac Ngoma
• Christian Yawenendji
• Racine Louamba
• Sagesse Nzaou
• Roland Okouri
• Linda Mtanga
• Patient Mwamba
• Moktar Djama
• Pedro Obiang
• Majahesibili Ndlovu
• Biruk Balcha
• Adama Kanteh
• Habibou Mendy
• Daniel Afriyie
• Alsény Soumah
• Mohamed Lamine Soumah
• Jamir Sanha
• Evra Dje Bi Broh
• Kouadio N'Guessan
• Nicholas Ochieng
• Ronald Odede
• Fortune Omoto
• Hlomelang Lebina
• Mohamed El Khali
• Yamikani Mologeni
• Lanjesi Nkhoma
• Yoro Diaby
• Naman Keïta
• El Mehdi Maouhoub
• Oussama Targhalline
• Dércio Augusto
• Gabriel Pinho
• Junhino Jantze
• Giovanni Kaninab
• Ibrahim Litnine
• Abdoul Malik Moustapha
• Chris Nwaeze
• Mouhamed Bâ
• Libasse Gueye
• Ahmed Mandefu
• Abdul Conteh
• Abu Musa
• Aweys Iman
• Sahal Muhumed
• Rowan Human
• Mohlala Makola
• Tshepo Myeni
• Khamis Atari
• Nelson Elia
• William Kundu
• Al Gozoti Nooh
• Frank George
• Khelfin Hamdoun
• Anuar Jabir
• Ben Starkie
• Tepsi Theonasy
• Adam Ben Lamin
• Chiheb Labidi
• Richard Basangwa
• Joseph Kizza
• Steven Sserwadda
• Najib Yiga
• Derrick Bulaya
• John Chishimba
• Golden Mashata
• Muma Mumba
• Bill Antonio
• Tapiwa Mandinyenya
• Kelvin Mangiza
• Lexington Mujokoro
• Panashe Mutimbanyoka

1 own goal

• Khalil Bara (against Libya)
• Japhet Ntunzwenimana (against South Sudan)
• Kerfala Camara (against Gambia)
• Thapelo Mohale (against South Africa)
• Siyabonga Monyaka (against Zimbabwe)
• Massoudi Salifou (against Ivory Coast)

Notes

1. The UNAF qualifiers match between Libya and Egypt, and Egypt and Tunisia, to be played on 15 December and 18 December respectively, but were scratched as Egypt were unable to field 15 players due to their squad members testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus. Subsequently, Libya and Tunisia were awarded a technical 2–0 victory by CAF in accordance with the regulations related to COVID-19.^[8]
2. The West A Zone group stage match between Mali and Guinea-Bissau to be played on 21 November 2020, 16:00 GMT, at Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès, could not be played due to eight players from Mali testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus. Mali thus were not able to name the required 15 players for holding the match and subsequently Guinea-Bissau were awarded a technical 2–0 victory by CAF in accordance with the regulations related to COVID-19.^[12]