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2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

Tournament details
Dates	31 March – 12 August 2018
Teams	40 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	149 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abdoul Tapsoba Eric Bekale Biyoghe Steven Mukwala (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.

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.

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

•  Cape Verde
•  Central African Republic
•  Chad
•  Comoros
•  Djibouti
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Eritrea
•  Lesotho
•  Madagascar
•  Mauritius
•  São Tomé and Príncipe
•  Somalia
•  Zimbabwe

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.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows.

Bracket

The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 26 February 2018.

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
	Guinea-Bissau	1	0	1
	Sierra Leone	0	0	0
							Guinea-Bissau	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
	South Sudan	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
	Seychelles	0	0	0
	Mozambique	0	6	6
							Mozambique	1	0	1
							South Africa	1	3	4
	South Africa			Bye
													South Africa	0	2	2
													Malawi	0	0	0
	Malawi	0	1	1 (a)
	Eswatini	0	1	1 (a)
							Malawi	1	4	5
							Angola	2	1	3
	Angola			Bye

	First round						Second round						Third round
	Botswana	0	1	1 (a)
	Namibia	0	1	1 (a)
							Botswana	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	2–1	Morocco	2–0	0–1
Guinea-Bissau	1–0	Sierra Leone	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	South Sudan	5–1	3–0
Tanzania	0–0 (6–5 p)	DR Congo	0–0	0–0
Seychelles	0–6	Mozambique	0–0	0–6
Malawi	1–1 (a)	Eswatini	0–0	1–1
Botswana	1–1 (a)	Namibia	0–0	1–1

Mauritania	2–0	Morocco
Teguedi 17' Kamara 70'	Report

Morocco	1–0	Mauritania
Khalid 76' (pen.)	Report

Mauritania won 2–1 on aggregate.

Guinea-Bissau	1–0	Sierra Leone
Ricciulli 13'	Report

Sierra Leone	0–0	Guinea-Bissau
	Report

Guinea-Bissau won 1–0 on aggregate.

Algeria	3–1	Tunisia
Zorgane 12' (pen.) Zerrouki 40' Khemissi 54' (o.g.)	Report	Hamza 41'

Tunisia	1–2	Algeria
Hamza 45'	Report	Belaïd 15' Zerdoum 82'

Algeria won 5–2 on aggregate.

Liberia	Cancelled	Benin
	Report

Benin	Cancelled	Liberia
	Report

Benin won on walkover after Liberia withdrew.

Gabon	4–0	Togo
Biyoghe 15' Ndong 19', 24' Miyogho 47'	Report

Togo	2–1	Gabon
Yannick 72' Akoro 76'	Report	Biyoghe 89' (pen.)

Gabon won 5–2 on aggregate.

Kenya	1–1	Rwanda
Odada 7'	Report	Byiringiro 90+2'

Rwanda	0–0	Kenya
	Report

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

Ethiopia	0–2	Burundi
	Report	Muhamedi 3' Shaka 22'

Burundi	1–0	Ethiopia
Shaka 84'	Report

Burundi won 3–0 on aggregate.

Uganda	5–1	South Sudan
Kizza 25' (pen.) Mukwala 65' Masereka 69' Tibita 87' Okello 89'	Report	Mujuzi 30' (o.g.)

South Sudan	0–3	Uganda
	Report	Mukwala 52', 70' Okello 74'

Uganda won 8–1 on aggregate.

Tanzania	0–0	DR Congo
	Report

DR Congo	0–0	Tanzania
	Report
Penalties
Patsheli	5–6

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

Seychelles	0–0	Mozambique
	Report

Mozambique	6–0	Seychelles
Pestana 5', 25' Nhantumbo 7' Gimo 38' Kamo-Kamo 63' Rosebette 83'	Report

Mozambique won 6–0 on aggregate.

Malawi	0–0	Swaziland
	Report

Eswatini	1–1	Malawi
Manyisa 36'	Report	Maonga 14'

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

Botswana	0–0	Namibia
	Report

Namibia	1–1	Botswana
Muzeu 77'	Report	Khuduga 47'

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

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	3–3 (a)	Guinea	1–0	2–3
Guinea-Bissau	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
Malawi	5–3	Angola	1–2	4–1
Botswana	1–4	Congo	1–1	0–3
Senegal	0–0 (7–6 p)	Egypt	0–0	0–0

Mauritania	1–0	Guinea
Kamara 27'	Report

Guinea	3–2	Mauritania
S. Camara 16', 52' Ag. Camara 25' (pen.)	Report	El Id 75' (pen.) Traoré 84'

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

Guinea-Bissau	2–2	Nigeria
Pereira 53', 62'	Report	Alalade 28', 34'

Nigeria	1–0	Guinea-Bissau
Alhassan 58' (pen.)	Report

Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate.

Algeria	0–0	Ghana
	Report

Ghana	2–0	Algeria
Kudus 36' Sadiq 46'	Report

Ghana won 2–0 on aggregate.

Gambia	2–1	Benin
Jammeh 1' Colley 34'	Report	Ogoulola 45'

Benin	2–0	Gambia
Akinyoola 11', 49'	Report

Benin won 3–2 on aggregate.

Burkina Faso	3–1	Libya
Tapsoba 10' Diarrassouba 89', 90'	Report	Elkout 32'

Libya	3–3	Burkina Faso
Shaldun 23', 64' Elkout 60' (pen.)	Report	Ouattara 29' (pen.) Ripama 43' Nikiema 62'

Burkina Faso won 6–4 on aggregate.

Gabon	3–0	Ivory Coast
Ndong 9' Miyogho 17' Biyoghe 43'	Report

Ivory Coast	2–0	Gabon
Kombila 4' (o.g.) Singo 85'	Report

Gabon won 3–2 on aggregate.

Rwanda	0–2	Zambia
	Report	Mwepu 33', 79'

Zambia	1–1	Rwanda
Malumo 53'	Report	Marie 70'

Zambia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Burundi	1–1	Sudan
Muhamedi 23'	Report	Yaqoub 29'

Sudan	0–2	Burundi
	Report	Shaka 85' Mavugo 90'

Burundi won 3–1 on aggregate.

Uganda	1–0	Cameroon
Mukwala 44'	Report

Cameroon	1–0	Uganda
Nkeng 67' (pen.)	Report
Penalties
Nkeng	5–4	Kizza Poloto Wasswa Okello Willa

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

Tanzania	1–2	Mali
Kasunda 43'	Report	Diakité 33' Samnadjaré 40'

Mali	4–1	Tanzania
Dramé 38' Samnadjaré 48' (pen.) Samaké 63' Traoré 66'	Report	Kiyombo 61'

Mali won 6–2 on aggregate.

Mozambique	1–1	South Africa
Kamo-Kamo 82'	Report	Matthews 60'

South Africa	3–0	Mozambique
Meyiwa 9' Foster 32', 66'	Report

South Africa won 4–1 on aggregate.

Malawi	1–2	Angola
Banda 77'	Report	Gelson 1' Aisson 65'

Angola	1–4	Malawi
Vanilson 48'	Report	Kadzinje 8' Kadzongola 18' Mbeta 28' (pen.) Banda 45'

Malawi won 5–3 on aggregate.

Botswana	1–1	Congo
Khuduga 18'	Report	Louamba 89'

Congo	3–0	Botswana
Velaphi 2' (o.g.) Okouri 49' Louamba 54'	Report

Congo won 4–1 on aggregate.

Senegal	0–0	Egypt
	Report

Egypt	0–0	Senegal
	Report
Penalties
Bassiouni	6–7

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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	Malawi	0–0	2–0
Congo	3–6	Senegal	2–2	1–4

Mauritania	1–1	Nigeria
Salem 11'	Report	Ibrahim 8'

Nigeria	5–0	Mauritania
Alalade 12' Yahaya 33', 46' Okon 67' Afeez 90+1' (pen.)	Report

Nigeria won 6–1 on aggregate.

Ghana	3–1	Benin
Danso 60', 84' Konda 72'	Report	Saliou 28'

Benin	1–1	Ghana
Chabi 55'	Report	Ahiabu 85'

Ghana won 4–2 on aggregate.

Burkina Faso	3–1	Gabon
Botué 3' Tapsoba 9', 34'	Report	Biyoghe 33'

Gabon	0–1	Burkina Faso
	Report	Tapsoba 65'

Burkina Faso won 4–1 on aggregate.

Zambia	1–0	Burundi
Banda 87'	Report

Burundi	3–0	Zambia
Ramazani 44' Muryango 49' Kanakimana 55'	Report

Burundi won 3–1 on aggregate.

Cameroon	1–1	Mali
Sakava 60'	Report	Touré 62'

Mali	3–0	Cameroon
Dramé 28' Touré 57' (pen.) Camara 77'	Report

Mali won 4–1 on aggregate.

South Africa	0–0	Malawi
	Report

Malawi	0–2	South Africa
	Report	Kodisang 14' Monyane 84'

South Africa won 2–0 on aggregate.

Congo	2–2	Senegal
Mboungou 6' Tomandzoto 84'	Report	Sagna 23' Badji 62'

Senegal	4–1	Congo
Badji 36' Diagne 42' Lopy 49' Niang 79'	Report	Louamba 88'

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 Nations only final tournament era (since 1991)
Niger (hosts)	26 May 2015	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)

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

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Abdoul Tapsoba
• Eric Bekale Biyoghe
• Steven Mukwala

3 goals

• Bienvenue Shaka
• Racine Louamba
• Gabriel Ndong
• Wasiu Alalade

2 goals

• Samson Akinyoola
• Thabang Khuduga
• Salifou Diarrassouba
• Djuma Muhamedi
• Alain Miyogho
• Richard Danso
• Sékou Camara
• Mada Pereira
• Elmahdi Elkout
• Jihad Shaldun
• Peter Banda
• Hadji Dramé
• Diadié Samnadjaré
• El Bilal Touré
• Cheikh Ahmed Kamara
• Kamo-Kamo
• Francisco Pestana
• Nazifi Yahaya
• Youssouph Badji
• Lyle Foster
• Yosri Hamza
• Allan Okello
• Francisco Mwepu

1 goal

• Zineddine Belaïd
• Redouane Zerdoum
• Merouane Zerrouki
• Adem Zorgane
• Aisson
• Gelson
• Vanilson
• Odo Chabi
• Ibrahim Ogoulola
• Allagbani Saliou
• Kouamé Botué
• Kalifa Nikiema
• Djibril Ouattara
• Abdoul Abbase Ripama
• Bienvenue Kanakimana
• Titi Mavugo
• Moussa Muryango
• Pascal Ramazani
• Taddeus Nkeng
• Moïse Sakava
• Prestige Mboungou
• Roland Okouri
• Borel Tomandzoto
• Ebrima Colley
• Adama Jammeh
• Prosper Ahiabu
• Ibrahim Sadiq
• Ishaku Konda
• Mohammed Kudus
• Aguibou Camara
• João Ricciulli
• Wilfried Singo
• Richard Odada
• Kelvin Kadzinje
• Auspicious Kadzongola
• Chinsinsi Maonga
• Chikondi Mbeta
• Mohamed Camara
• Ousmane Diakité
• Mamadou Samaké
• Mamadou Traoré
• Abdou El Id
• Mohamed Salem
• El Hassen Teguedi
• Fody Traoré
• Driss Khalid
• Rui Antonio Gimo
• Jochua Nhantumbo
• Obasi Rosebette
• Bethuel Muzeu
• Aremu Afeez
• Adamu Alhassan
• Abubakar Ibrahim
• Aniekeme Okon
• Rague Byiringiro
• Gueulette Marie
• Ousseynou Diagné
• Dion Lopy
• Ousseynou Niang
• Amadou Sagna
• Kobamelo Kodisang
• Tashreeq Matthews
• Wiseman Meyiwa
• Thabiso Monyane
• Walaa Eldin Yaqoub
• Leon Manyisa
• Paul Peter Kasunda
• Habibu Kiyombo
• Bilal Akoro
• Komla Yannick
• Mustafa Kizza
• Sadam Masereka
• Hamisi Tibita
• Lameck Banda
• Mwiya Malumo

1 own goal

• Alford Velaphi (against Congo)
• Kelly Kombila (against Ivory Coast)
• Sanad Khemissi (against Algeria)
• Musitafa Mujuzi (against South Sudan)

Notes

1. Libya played their home leg in Tunisia due to the Libyan Civil War.
2. ^ 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.

References

1. ^ "CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DECISIONS OF 26 MAY 2015". www.cafonline.com. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
2. ^ "Fixtures of Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Niger 2019 qualifiers". cafonline.com. 26 February 2018.
3. ^ "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.

External links

• 21st Edition TOTAL U-20 Africa Cup Of Nations, Niger 2019, CAFonline.com

• 2018 in African football
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• 2019 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
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• March 2018 sports events in Africa
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