Tournament details | |
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Host country | Ivory Coast |
Dates | 26 April – 18 May |
Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
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The 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations , known as the 2025 U20 AFCON or 2025 AFCON U20 for short and as the 2025 TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes, is the 18th edition (25th if editions of the tournament without hosts are included) of the biennial African international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football. [1] [2] [3]
This edition of the tournament also doubles as the African qualifiers for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile where teams who reached the semi-finals stage qualified automatically.
Senegal are the defending champions.
Players born 1 January 2005 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.
The following 12 teams qualified for the group stages:
Team | Zone | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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Morocco | North Zone | 23 November 2024 | 6th | 2021 | Champions (1997) |
Egypt | 26 November 2024 | 13th | 2023 | Champions (1991, 2003, 2013) | |
Senegal | West A Zone | 25 September 2024 | 7th | 2023 | Champions (2023) |
Sierra Leone | 25 September 2024 | 1st | None | Debut | |
Ghana | West B Zone | 27 October 2024 | 13th | 2021 | Champions (1993, 1999, 2009, 2021) |
Nigeria | 27 October 2024 | 13th | 2023 | Champions (2005, 2011, 2015) | |
Congo | Central Zone | 1 October 2024 | 4th | 2023 | Champions (2007) |
DR Congo | 1 October 2024 | 2nd | 2013 | Group stage (2013) | |
Kenya | Central-East Zone | 18 October 2024 | 1st | None | Debut |
Tanzania | 18 October 2024 | 2nd | 2021 | Group stage (2021) | |
South Africa | South Zone | 3 October 2024 | 9th | 2019 | Runners-up (1997) |
Zambia | 3 October 2024 | 9th | 2023 | Champions (2017) |
The host country for the final stage of the edition was decided at the annual 2024 CAF Executive Committee meeting and CAF Awards in Marrakesh, Morocco where CAF appointed Ivory Coast as hosts. [4]
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