2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
كأس الأمم الأفريقية تحت 20 سنة 2021; Coupe d'Afrique des nations des moins de 20 ans 2021
Tournament details
Host country	Mauritania
Dates	TBC 2021
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)

The 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations will be the 16th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (23nd edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. In September 2018, it was decided that the tournament would be hosted by Mauritania.[1][2][3][4] This will be the first edition in Africa U-20 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight.[5] The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia as the CAF representatives.

Mali are the defending champions.

Qualification

At the end of the qualification phase, eleven teams will join the hosts Mauritania.

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 2001 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1991.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Mauritania (hosts)	1st	Debut
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Venues

To be confirmed.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CAF qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup¹
	2021
	2021
	2021
	2021

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

Broadcasting

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References

"Can U20 2019: Mauritania officially responsible for organizing the competition". Uneath. 18 February 2019.
"CAN 2019 : un dernier sursis pour le Cameroun ?" (in French). CamFoot. 29 September 2018.
"Mauritania hosts the 2021 Afcon U20". FFRIM official website. 17 February 2019.
"Decisions of CAF Executive Commitee [sic] - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.
"CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final". CAFOnline.com. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

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[1] "Can U20 2019: Mauritania officially responsible for organizing the competition". Uneath. 18 February 2019.

[2] "CAN 2019 : un dernier sursis pour le Cameroun ?" (in French). CamFoot. 29 September 2018.

[3] "Mauritania hosts the 2021 Afcon U20". FFRIM official website. 17 February 2019.

[hosts-4] "Decisions of CAF Executive Commitee [sic] - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.

[5] "CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final". CAFOnline.com. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 21 November 2019.