2024 UNAF U-20 Tournament

The 2024 UNAF U-20 Tournament officially named TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations - UNAF Qualifiers 2024 was the 17th edition of the UNAF U-20 Tournament. The tournament took place in Egypt, from 14 to 26 November 2024. The tournament also served as the qualifiers for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.^[1]

2024 UNAF U-20 Tournament

Tournament details
Country	Egypt
Dates	14–26 November
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Morocco (3rd title)
Runners-up	Egypt
Third place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	28 (2.8 per match)
← 2023 TBD →

Participants

The five participating teams were:

Algeria  Egypt (hosts)

Libya  Morocco

Tunisia

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Ismailia	Suez Canal Stadium	27,000
	Ismailia Stadium	30,000

Squads

Main article: 2024 UNAF U-20 Tournament squads

Tournament

All times are local, EST, CAT (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10	2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
2	Egypt (H)	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
3	Tunisia	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6
4	Algeria	4	1	2	1	7	4	+3	5
5	Libya	4	0	0	4	2	12	−10	0

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

Matches

Libya	1–2	Tunisia
Omar Al Harak 40'		Sadek Mahmoud 21' Youssef Becha 87' (pen.)

14 November 2024 (2024-11-14)

17:00

Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia

Morocco	2–1	Egypt
Saad El Haddad 40' Othmane Maamma 69'		Mahamed El Bana 50'

14 November 2024 (2024-11-14)

20:00

Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia

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Tunisia	1–2	Morocco
Khalil Ayari 1'		Mouad Dahak 49' Reda Laalaoui 72'

17 November 2024 (2024-11-17)

17:00

Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia

Algeria	1–1	Egypt
Kohili Benahmed 86' (pen.)		Mohamed Zaalouk 57'

17 November 2024 (2024-11-17)

20:00

Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia

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Libya	1–2	Egypt
Abdulaziz Mansour 77'		Ahmed Kabaka 75' (pen.) Abdallah Bostangy 90'

20 November 2024 (2024-11-20)

17:00

Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia

Algeria	1–1	Morocco
Mohamed Zeghadi 14'		Zabiri 86'

20 November 2024 (2024-11-20)

20:00

Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia

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Tunisia	2–1	Algeria
Issam Abdelhamid Naïm 76' (o.g.) Amanallah Mehrezi 90+6'		Islam Abbes 81'

23 November 2024 (2024-11-23)

17:00

Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia

Morocco	4–0	Libya
Mouad Dahak 27' (pen.) Naoufel El Hannach 45+3' Ayman Arguigue 53' Saad El Haddad 72'

23 November 2024 (2024-11-23)

20:00

Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia

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Algeria	4–0	Libya
Lahlou Akhrib 75', 80' Oussama Benattia 78' Mohamed Ramdaoui 84'

26 November 2024 (2024-11-26)

18:00

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

Egypt	1–0	Tunisia
Fares Khaled  40' Ahmed Kabaka 54'

26 November 2024 (2024-11-26)

18:00

Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 28 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.

2 goals

• Lahlou Akhrib
• Ahmed Kabaka
• Mouad Dahak
• Saad El Haddad

1 goal

• Islam Abbes
• Kohili Benahmed
• Oussama Benattia
• Mohamed Ramdaoui
• Mohamed Zeghadi
• Abdallah Bostangy
• Mahamed El Bana
• Mohamed Zaalouk
• Omar Al Harak
• Abdulaziz Mansour
• Ayman Arguigue
• Naoufel El Hannach
• Reda Laalaoui
• Othmane Maamma
• Yassir Zabiri
• Khalil Ayari
• Youssef Becha
• Sadek Mahmoud
• Amanallah Mehrezi

1 own goal

• Issam Abdelhamid Naïm (against Tunisia)

Qualified teams for U-20 Africa Cup of Nations

The following two teams from UNAF qualified for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in U-20 Africa Cup of Nations1
Morocco	23 November 2024	11 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2021)
Egypt	26 November 2024	18 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2023)
Tunisia	10 April 2025	8 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2021, 2023)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.