2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

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2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Dates31 March – 12 August 2018
Teams40 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played64
Goals scored149 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)Burkina Faso Abdoul Tapsoba
Gabon
Uganda (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)
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
  1 0 1  
  0 0 0  
    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  
  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
                                   
  0 0 0  
 Mozambique 0 6 6  
   Mozambique 1 0 1  
   South Africa 1 3 4  
 South Africa Bye
 
   South Africa 0 2 2
    0 0 0
  0 1 1 (a)  
  0 1 1 (a)  
    1 4 5
   Angola 2 1 3  
 Angola Bye
 
  First round Second round Third round
                                   
  0 1 1 (a)  
 Namibia 0 1 1 (a)  
    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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mauritania  2–1  Morocco 2–0 0–1
  1–0   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   5–1 3–0
Tanzania  0–0 (6–5 p)  DR Congo 0–0 0–0
  0–6  Mozambique 0–0 0–6
  1–1 (a)   0–0 1–1
  1–1 (a)  Namibia 0–0 1–1
Mauritania 2–0 Morocco
  • Goal 17'
  • Goal 70'
 Report
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Referee: Mohamed Eid Mansour (Egypt)
Morocco 1–0 Mauritania
  • Khalid Goal 76' (pen.)
 Report
, Rabat
Referee: Bakary Camara (Gambia)

Mauritania won 2–1 on aggregate.

 1–0 
  • Goal 13'
 Report
Referee: Alioune Sow Sandigui (Senegal)
 0–0 
Report
Referee: Ayensu Afful Isaka (Ghana)

Guinea-Bissau won 1–0 on aggregate.

Algeria 3–1 Tunisia
 Report
  • Goal 41'
Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)
Tunisia 1–2 Algeria
  • Goal 45'
 Report
Referee: Abdulwahid Huraywidah (Libya)

Algeria won 5–2 on aggregate.

Liberia Cancelled Benin
Report
Referee: Thomas Kangoma (Sierra Leone)
Benin Cancelled Liberia
Report
Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)

Benin won on walkover after Liberia withdrew.[5]

Gabon 4–0 Togo
 Report
Referee: Numbi Pierre Kibingo (DR Congo)
Togo 2–1 Gabon
  • Goal 72'
  • Goal 76'
 Report
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

Gabon won 5–2 on aggregate.

Kenya 1–1 Rwanda
 Report
, Machakos
Referee: Biruk Yemanabran Kassaun (Ethiopia)
Rwanda 0–0 Kenya
Report
Referee: Tsegay Mogos Teklu (Eritrea)

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

Ethiopia 0–2 Burundi
Report
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Mohamed Nur Muhudin (Somalia)
Burundi 1–0 Ethiopia
 Report
Referee: Saddam Houssein Mansour (Djibouti)

Burundi won 3–0 on aggregate.

Uganda 5–1 
  • Kizza Goal 25' (pen.)
  • Goal 65'
  • Goal 69'
  • Goal 87'
  • Okello Goal 89'
 Report
  • Goal 30' (o.g.)
, Kampala
Referee: Adel Mukhtar Adam (Sudan)
 0–3 Uganda
Report
  • Goal 52', 70'
  • Okello Goal 74'
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)

Uganda won 8–1 on aggregate.

Tanzania 0–0 DR Congo
Report
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: William Oloya (Uganda)
DR Congo 0–0 Tanzania
Report
Penalties
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty missed
 5–6
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
Referee: Fitial Charel Kokolo (Congo)

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

 0–0 Mozambique
Report
Stade Linité, Victoria
Referee: Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius)
Mozambique 6–0 
  • Goal 5', 25'
  • Goal 7'
  • Goal 38'
  • Cumbane Goal 63'
  • Goal 83'
 Report
Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

Mozambique won 6–0 on aggregate.

 0–0 
Report
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Referee: Pilan Ncube (Zimbabwe)
 1–1 
 Report
  • Goal 14'
Referee: Nelson Emile Fred (Seychelles)

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

 0–0 Namibia
Report
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)
Namibia 1–1 
  • Goal 77'
 Report
  • Goal 47'
Referee: Retselisitsoe Molise (Lesotho)

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

Second round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mauritania  3–3 (a)  Guinea 1–0 2–3
  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
  5–3  Angola 1–2 4–1
  1–4  Congo 1–1 0–3
Senegal  0–0 (7–6 p)  Egypt 0–0 0–0
Mauritania 1–0 Guinea
  • Goal 27'
 Report
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Referee: Jerry S. Yekeh (Liberia)
Guinea 3–2 Mauritania
 Report
Referee: Slim Belkhouas (Tunisia)

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

 2–2 Nigeria
  • Goal 53', 62'
 Report
  • Goal 28', 34'
Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)
Nigeria 1–0 
 Report
Referee: Kouassi Attisso Attiogbe (Togo)

Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate.

Algeria 0–0 Ghana
Report
Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers
Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)
Ghana 2–0 Algeria
 Report
Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)

Ghana won 2–0 on aggregate.

Gambia 2–1 Benin
 Report
Referee: Reinaldo Domingos Barbosa (Guinea-Bissau)
Benin 2–0 Gambia
 Report
Referee: Babacar Sarr (Mauritania)

Benin won 3–2 on aggregate.

Burkina Faso 3–1 Libya
 Report
  • Goal 32'
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Referee: Raymond Coker (Sierra Leone)
Libya 3–3 Burkina Faso
  • Goal 23', 64'
  • Goal 60' (pen.)
 Report
Referee: Elsiddig Mohamed Eltreefe (Sudan)

Burkina Faso won 6–4 on aggregate.

Gabon 3–0 Ivory Coast
 Report
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
Ivory Coast 2–0 Gabon
  • Goal 4' (o.g.)
  • Singo Goal 85'
 Report
Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)

Gabon won 3–2 on aggregate.

Rwanda 0–2 Zambia
Report
Referee: Jean Marc Ganamandji (Central African Republic)
Zambia 1–1 Rwanda
 Report
  • Goal 70'
Referee: Christopher Harrison (South Africa)

Zambia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Burundi 1–1 Sudan
  • Goal 23'
 Report
Referee: Mihindou Mbina Gauthier (Gabon)
Sudan 0–2 Burundi
Report
Referee: Adissa Abdul Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

Burundi won 3–1 on aggregate.

Uganda 1–0 Cameroon
  • Goal 44'
 Report
, Kampala
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Cameroon 1–0 Uganda
 Report
Penalties
 5–4
  • Penalty scored Kizza
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored Okello
  • Penalty missed
Referee: Adaari Abdul Latif (Ghana)

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

Tanzania 1–2 Mali
  • Goal 43'
 Report
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Soulaimane Ansudane (Comoros)
Mali 4–1 Tanzania
 Report
  • Goal 61'
Referee: Lotfi Bekoussa (Algeria)

Mali won 6–2 on aggregate.

Mozambique 1–1 South Africa
 Report
Referee: Messie Jessie Oved Nkounkou Mvoutou (Congo)
South Africa 3–0 Mozambique
 Report
Referee: Mfaume Ali Nassoro (Tanzania)

South Africa won 4–1 on aggregate.

 1–2 Angola
 Report
  • Goal 1'
  • Goal 65'
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Referee: Ring Nyier Akech Malong (South Sudan)
Angola 1–4 
  • Goal 48'
 Report
Referee: Abdullahi Shuaibu (Nigeria)

Malawi won 5–3 on aggregate.

 1–1 Congo
  • Goal 18'
 Report
  • Goal 89'
Referee: Antonio Caluassi Dungula (Angola)
Congo 3–0 
  • Goal 2' (o.g.)
  • Goal 49'
  • Goal 54'
 Report
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

Congo won 4–1 on aggregate.

Senegal 0–0 Egypt
Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Egypt 0–0 Senegal
Report
Penalties
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty missed
 6–7
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

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. 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   0–0 2–0
Congo  3–6  Senegal 2–2 1–4
Mauritania 1–1 Nigeria
  • Goal 11'
 Report
  • Goal 8'
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Referee: Messie Jessie Oved Nkounkou Mvoutou (Congo)
Nigeria 5–0 Mauritania
  • Goal 12'
  • Goal 33', 46'
  • Okon Goal 67'
  • Afeez Goal 90+1' (pen.)
 Report

Nigeria won 6–1 on aggregate.

Ghana 3–1 Benin
 Report
  • Goal 28'
Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa (Algeria)
Benin 1–1 Ghana
  • Goal 55'
 Report
Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)

Ghana won 4–2 on aggregate.

Burkina Faso 3–1 Gabon
 Report
  • Goal 33'
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)
Gabon 0–1 Burkina Faso
Report
Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

Burkina Faso won 4–1 on aggregate.

Zambia 1–0 Burundi
 Report
Referee: Antoine Effa Essouma (Cameroon)
Burundi 3–0 Zambia
 Report
Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda)

Burundi won 3–1 on aggregate.

Cameroon 1–1 Mali
 Report
Referee: Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius)
Mali 3–0 Cameroon
 Report
Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

Mali won 4–1 on aggregate.

South Africa 0–0 
Report
Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)
 0–2 South Africa
Report
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

South Africa won 2–0 on aggregate.

Congo 2–2 Senegal
 Report
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
Senegal 4–1 Congo
 Report
  • Goal 88'
Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

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
  • Botswana (against Congo)
  • Gabon (against Ivory Coast)
  • Tunisia (against Algeria)
  • Uganda (against South Sudan)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Libya played their home leg in Tunisia due to the Libyan Civil War.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b The first leg between Ghana and Benin was postponed to 4 August due to the impasse between the Ghana Football Association and the government. The second leg was also moved to the following weekend.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DECISIONS OF 26 MAY 2015". www.cafonline.com. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Fixtures of Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Niger 2019 qualifiers". cafonline.com. 26 February 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Fixtures of Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Niger 2019 qualifiers" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  4. ^ "Regulations of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAFonline.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. ^ HEM, Jp (26 March 2018). "le Liberia forfait offre le second tour au Bénin". beninwebtv.com (in French). Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Éliminatoires Aller de la Can U20 Le match Ghana vs Bénin programmé pour le 04 Août". footy-ghana.com. 17 July 2018.

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