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The 2025 U-20 Africa 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.

Players born on 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

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• (W): Withdrew after draw

North Zone

The 2024 UNAF U-20 Tournament, which also serves as the qualifiers for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, will take place between 14 and 26 November in Egypt. The five teams will be placed in one group, with the winner and the runner-up qualifying for the final tournament.

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

West A Zone

The WAFU-UFOA Zone A qualifiers for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations were hosted by Liberia with the matches played between 15 and 28 September 2024. The matches were played at Monrovia, Liberia.

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	Sierra Leone	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Semi-finals
2	Guinea	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Liberia (H)	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Guinea-Bissau	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Liberia	1–0	Guinea-Bissau
Zohn 29'	Report

Guinea	0–0	Sierra Leone
	Report

Guinea-Bissau	1–3	Guinea
Baldé 57'	Report	Bangoura 42' Youla 60' Condé 78'

Sierra Leone	3–1	Liberia
Kamara 37', 68' Fornah 50'	Report	Koroma 62'

Liberia	1–1	Guinea
Zubah 90+5'	Report	Camara 29'

Guinea-Bissau	0–1	Sierra Leone
	Report	Jalloh 45'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Semi-finals
2	Gambia	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Mali	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

 Mauritania was also drawn into this group, but withdrew before playing.

Senegal	2–0	Mali
Diouf 26' Dia 63'	Report

Gambia	2–2	Senegal
Sillah 52' Badjie 59'	Report	Thiam 42' Dia 77'

Mali	0–0	Gambia
	Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 September – Monrovia
	Sierra Leone	3
					28 September – Monrovia
	Gambia	0
					Sierra Leone	0
	25 September – Monrovia
					Senegal	2
	Senegal	2
	Guinea	0
					Third place play-off
					28 September – Monrovia
					Gambia	3
					Guinea	0

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

Sierra Leone	3–0	Gambia
Sesay 6' Ghandi 79' Kamara 86'	Report

Senegal	2–0	Guinea
Diouf 88' (pen.) Thiam 90+3'	Report

Third place play-off

Gambia	3–0	Guinea
Wally 45' Sillah 62' Camara 82'

Final

Sierra Leone	0–2	Senegal
	Report	Thiam 13' Dieng 24'

West B Zone

The WAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations were hosted by Togo with the matches played between 17 and 30 October 2024. The matches were played at Lomé, Togo. The draw was announced on 26 September 2024.

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	Ghana	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Semi-finals
2	Niger	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Togo (H)	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Benin	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Togo	2–2	Niger
	Report

Ghana	2–2	Benin
	Report

Niger	0–2	Ghana
	Report

Benin	0–0	Togo
	Report

Togo	1–1	Ghana
	Report

Niger	1–0	Benin
	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Semi-finals
2	Ivory Coast	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Burkina Faso	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3

Nigeria	0–1	Burkina Faso
	Report

Burkina Faso	0–1	Ivory Coast
	Report

Ivory Coast	1–2	Nigeria
	Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 October – Lomé
	Ghana	2
					30 October – Lomé
	Ivory Coast	1
					Ghana	1
	27 October – Lomé
					Nigeria	2
	Nigeria	3
	Niger	1
					Third place play-off
					30 October – Lomé
					Ivory Coast	2
					Niger	1

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ghana	2–1	Ivory Coast
	Report

Nigeria	3–1	Niger
	Report

Third place play-off

Ivory Coast	2–1	Niger
	Report

Final

Ghana	1–2	Nigeria
	Report

Central Zone

The UNIFFAC qualifiers for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations were hosted by Congo with the matches played between 24 September and 3 October 2024. The matches were 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.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Congo (H)	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Semi-finals
2	DR Congo	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Equatorial Guinea	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

 Chad was also drawn into this group, but withdrew before playing.

Congo	1–0	DR Congo
Moussavou 28'	Report

Equatorial Guinea	0–2	Congo
	Report	Lendambi 57', 75'

DR Congo	3–1	Equatorial Guinea

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Semi-finals
2	Central African Republic	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
3	Gabon	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0

Central African Republic	2–1	Gabon
Kondja 44' Mbaigoto 63'	Report	Mbélé 58'

Cameroon	4–0	Central African Republic
Douala 9' Nana 49' Djibrin 65' Essounga 87'	Report

Gabon	1–3	Cameroon

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 October –
	Congo	2
					3 October –
	Central African Republic	0
					Congo	1
	1 October -
					DR Congo	2
	Cameroon	1 (3)
	DR Congo (p)	1 (4)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

Congo	2–0	Central African Republic
Prince 47' Ledambi 90'

Cameroon	1–1	DR Congo
Yondjo 35' (pen.)		Talasi 7'
Penalties
	3–4

Final

Congo	1–2	DR Congo
Ledambi 90'		Talasi 6', 53'

Central-East Zone

The CECAFA qualifiers for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations were hosted by Tanzania between 6 and 20 October 2024.

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

Group stage

The nine teams were drawn into two groups of four and five teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kenya	4	3	1	0	10	1	+9	10	Semi-finals
2	Tanzania (H)	4	3	0	1	12	2	+10	9
3	Sudan	4	2	0	2	4	6	−2	6
4	Rwanda	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4
5	Djibouti	4	0	0	4	2	19	−17	0

Tanzania	1–2	Kenya
Mkinyange 77'		Wanganya 26' Omondi 67'

Sudan	3–1	Djibouti
Khmies 3' Musa 62' Shamselden 73'		Daher 54'

Tanzania	7–0	Djibouti
Mashaka 21', 76', 90+6' (pen.) Kondo 58', 90+1' Jimmy 62' Mosha 70'

Sudan	1–0	Rwanda
Khmies 6'

Rwanda	0–0	Kenya

Tanzania	1–0	Sudan
Khamis 76'

Djibouti	0–4	Kenya
		Kitsao 6' Wangaya 10', 26' Okoth 49'

Tanzania	3–0	Rwanda
Sereri 3' Kondo 71', 83'

Rwanda	5–1	Djibouti
Sindi 9' Ndayishimiye 23' Iradukunda 44' Petry 52' (pen.) Yangiriyeneza 74'		Ahmed Dini Hassan 90+4' (pen.)

Sudan	0–4	Kenya
		Kibet 3', 41', 90+2' Wangaya 68'

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Semi-finals
2	Burundi	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6
3	South Sudan	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Ethiopia	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

South Sudan	0–1	Burundi
		Ndayikengurukiye 8'

Uganda	3–0	Ethiopia
Sekibengo 24' Mpasa 40' Babulo 90' (o.g.)

Uganda	4–1	Burundi
Oyirwoth 2' Dembe 18', 22' Hakizimana 59' (o.g.)		Ndayikengurukiye 62'

South Sudan	2–1	Ethiopia
Garang 14' Bichiok 75'		Thurbiel 83'

Burundi	3–2	Ethiopia
Ndayikengurukiye 7' (pen.), 34' Mariniho 87'		Tefera 25' Iwali 28'

Uganda	2–2	South Sudan
Dembe 16', 21'		Swoka 31' Oleo 90'

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 October –
	Uganda	1
					20 October –
	Tanzania (a.e.t.)	2
					Tanzania	2
	18 October –
					Kenya	1
	Kenya	4
	Burundi	0
					Third place play-off
					20 October –
					Uganda	3
					Burundi	1

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

Uganda	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Tanzania
Majub 47'		Maguda 74' (o.g.) Simba 120'

Kenya	4–0	Burundi
Okoth 52' Beja 68' Kibet 70' Ingavi 90+5'

Third place play-off

Uganda	3–1	Burundi
Walusimbi 45+1' Dembe 62', 78'		Hakizimana 6'

Final

Tanzania	2–1	Kenya
Mashaka 63' Khamis 79'		Beja 47'

South Zone

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zimbabwe	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Semi-finals
2	Botswana	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Eswatini	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
4	Mozambique (H)	3	0	0	3	5	8	−3	0

Zimbabwe	1–1	Botswana
Moyo 30'	Report	Kaku 74'

Mozambique	4–5	Eswatini
Neves 20', 62' Jose 59' (pen.) Seia 90+5'	Report	Dube 36' Mdluli 38', 53' Mazibuko 47' Gwebu 77'

Eswatini	0–3	Zimbabwe
	Report	Cherera 26' Muzenda 50' (pen.) Ndhlovu 86'

Mozambique	1–2	Botswana
Neves 42'	Report	Japane 68' Ratshukudu 77' (pen.)

Eswatini	0–0	Botswana
	Report

Mozambique	0–1	Zimbabwe
	Report	Moyo 47'

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Semi-finals
2	Zambia	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	Namibia	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0

 Madagascar was also drawn into this group but withdrew before playing.

Zambia	1–3	Angola
Mwale 72'	Report	Haidara 28' Pedro 31' Chanda 90+3' (o.g.)

Angola	1–0	Namibia
Quissequel 89'	Report

Zambia	2–1	Namibia
Mwanza 37' Simukonda 62'	Report	Goagoseb 65'

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Semi-finals
2	Comoros	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
3	Malawi	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Lesotho	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3

Comoros	1–0	Lesotho
Bacar 81'	Report

South Africa	5–0	Malawi
April 36', 45' Ahshene 49' Lethlaku 68' Mbokazi 74'	Report

Malawi	2–1	Comoros
Kaduya 11', 79'	Report	Ahamada 27'

South Africa	6–0	Lesotho
Ahshene 17' Campbell 25', 75' Mofoko 42' (o.g.) Lethlaku 50' Timba 56'	Report

Malawi	2–3	Lesotho
Masinja 64' Mhango 85' (pen.)	Report	Maile 5' (pen.) 58' Nthaka 43'

Comoros	0–2	South Africa
	Report	Mabena 46' Kgosana 83'

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 October - Matola
	Angola	0
					5 October - Matola
	South Africa	1
					South Africa	2
	3 October - Matola
					Zambia	0
	Zimbabwe	2 (5)
	Zambia (p)	2 (6)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

Angola	0–1	South Africa
		Ahshene 25'

Zimbabwe	2–2	Zambia
Ndhlovu 62', 75'		Mwale 25' Simukonda 25'
Penalties
	5–6

Final

South Africa	2–0	Zambia
Campbell 5' Ahshene 45'

Qualified teams

Goalscorers

There were 65 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.71 goals per match.

3 goals

• Kelvio Neves
• Cheikh Thiam
• Momoh Kamara

2 goals

• Bonaventure Lendambi
• Alakhe Mdluli
• Lamin Sillah
• Shakeel April
• Abdourahmane Dia
• Fallou Diouf

1 goal

• Amado Haidara
• Simão Pedro
• Gaone Japane
• Losika Ratshukudu
• Philip Kaku
• Dechan Moussavou
• Harouna Djibrin
• Laurent Essounga
• Wilfried Nathan Douala
• Yvan Nana
• Malaik Bacar
• Chérubin Kondja
• Jaures Mbaigoto
• Malwande Gwebu
• Njongo Mazibuko
• Phiwayinkhosi Dube
• Ben Kabina Mbélé
• Alasana Badjie
• Alagie Wally
• Amara Camara
• Demba Baldé
• Allahssane Camara
• Lamine Youla
• Mouhamed Bangoura
• Tidiane Condé
• Clément Zubah
• Mohamed Koroma
• Nuch Zohn
• Fernando Jose
• Yuran Seia
• Lee Jody Ashane
• Kutlwana Lethlaku
• Mbekezeli Mbokazi
• Ibrahima Dieng
• Idrissa Sesay
• Nathaniel Jalloh
• Samuel Ghandi
• Santigie Fornah
• Mumba Mwale
• Enock Moyo
• Tanaka Cherera
• Nisbet Muzenda
• Prince Ndhlovu

1 own goal

• Fostino Chanda (Against Angola)

See also

• 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Notes

References

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2. "CAF opens bid for three competitions". 22 June 2024.
3. "History of the TotalEnergies U20 Africa Cup of Nations 2025 | COSAFA Qualifier". 4 September 2024.
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