2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

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2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des nations des moins de 20 ans 2019
2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.png
Tournament details
Host countryNiger
Dates2–17 February 2019
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Mali.svg  Mali (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Third placeFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Fourth placeFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored31 (1.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Senegal.svg Youssouph Mamadou Badji
Flag of Senegal.svg Amadou Dia N'Diaye
(3 goals each)
Best player(s) Flag of Senegal.svg Moussa N'Diaye
Fair play awardFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
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The 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (22nd 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 May 2015, it was decided that the tournament would be hosted by Niger. [1]

Contents

The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the CAF representatives. Mali won their first title, while the other qualified teams which finished second to fourth were Senegal, South Africa and Nigeria. Defending champions Zambia failed to qualify.

Qualification

The qualifiers were played between 30 March and 12 August 2018. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Niger.

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 1999 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams

The following eights teams qualified for the final tournament. [2]

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

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger (hosts)1stDebut
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 3rdFourth place (2003)
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 2ndRunners-up (1995)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 11thChampions (1993, 1999, 2009)
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 12thThird place (2003)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 11thChampions (2005, 2011, 2015)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 5thRunners-up (2015, 2017)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8thRunners-up (1997)

Venues

The matches were played in two venues:

Niamey Maradi
Stade Général Seyni Kountché Stade de Maradi
Capacity: 35,000Capacity: 15,000

Squads

Each squad can contain a maximum of 21 players. [3] [4] [5]

Draw

The draw of the final tournament was held on 13 December 2018, 21:00 WAT (UTC+1), at the Centre Technique de La Fenifoot in Niamey. [6] [7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The hosts Niger were seeded in Group A and allocated to position A1, while 2017 runners-up Senegal were seeded in Group B and allocated to position B1 (2017 champions Zambia did not qualify). The remaining six teams were seeded based on their results in the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (final tournament and qualifiers), and drawn to any of the remaining three positions in each group. [8] [9]

SeedsPot 1Pot 2

Match officials

A total of 12 referees and 12 assistant referees were appointed for the tournament. [10] [11]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 71): [3]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1). [12]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 321030+37 Knockout stage and
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 312021+15
3Flag of Niger.svg  Niger (H)302145−12
4Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 301236−31
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Niger  Flag of Niger.svg1–1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  • Goumey Soccerball shade.svg63'
 Report
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–0Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
Report
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Antoine Max Depadoux Effa Essouma (Cameroon)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg0–0Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Report
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Burundi  Flag of Burundi.svg3–3Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
Report
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Amin Mohamed Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)
Niger  Flag of Niger.svg0–1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Report
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–0Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
Report
Stade de Maradi, Maradi
Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 330091+89 Knockout stage and
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 32012206
3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 310223−13
4Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 300318−70
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg2–0Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Report
Stade de Maradi, Maradi
Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)
Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg0–2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Report
Stade de Maradi, Maradi
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg1–0Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Report
Stade de Maradi, Maradi
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djamal (Djibouti)
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg0–2Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Report
Stade de Maradi, Maradi
Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg5–1Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Report
Stade de Maradi, Maradi
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg1–0Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
  • Dramé Soccerball shade.svg53'
 Report
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 72). [3]

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
13 February – Niamey
 
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1 (3)
 
17 February – Niamey
 
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1 (4)
 
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1 (3)
 
13 February – Niamey
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1 (2)
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1
 
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0
 
 Third place match
 
 
16 February – Niamey
 
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0 (3)
 
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0 (5)

Semi-finals

Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg1–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Report
Penalties
3–4
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Amin Mohamed Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg1–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

Third place match

Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg0–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report
Penalties
3–5
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

Final

Mali  Flag of Mali.svg1–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Report
Penalties
3–2
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

Winners

 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations 
Flag of Mali.svg
Mali
First title

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Awards

Top scorer
Player of the tournament
Fair Play Award

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [16]

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup 1
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 6 February 20192 (2015, 2017)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 8 February 201911 (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1999 , 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8 February 20193 (1997, 2009, 2017)
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 9 February 20196 (1989, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2015)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 The Burkina Faso v Ghana match was originally scheduled for 3 February 2019, 19:30 local time, but was postponed to the following day due to mechanical issues for floodlights visual and weather. [13] The Mali v Burkina Faso and Ghana and Senegal matches on 6 February 2019 were also brought forward from 16:30 and 19:30 to 13:30 and 16:30 for the same reason. [14]

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