UNAF U-20 Tournament

UNAF U-20 Tournament

Organiser(s)	UNAF
Founded	2005;20 years ago (2005)
Region	North Africa
Teams	5 (plus guests)
Current champions	Morocco (3rd title)
Most championships	Tunisia (9 titles)
Website	unafonline.org
2024 UNAF U-20 Tournament

The UNAF U-20 Tournament is the annual international youth football tournament organized by the Union of North African Football (UNAF) for its nations consisting of players under the age of 20. However, the tournament invites teams from other nations.

Morocco are the tournament's current champions after winning the 2024 tournament, while Tunisia are the most successful nation winning the tournament nine times.

Results

Ed.	Year	Host		First place game				Third place game
				Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2005	Tunisia [1]		Tunisia	round-robin	Egypt		Algeria	round-robin	Libya
2	2006	Egypt		Egypt	round-robin	Morocco		Tunisia	round-robin	Algeria
3	2007	Libya [2]		Tunisia	round-robin	Algeria		Libya	round-robin	Morocco
4	2008	Morocco [3]		Egypt	round-robin	Tunisia		Morocco	round-robin	Libya
5	2009	Libya [4]		Tunisia	round-robin	Algeria		Morocco	round-robin	Libya
6	2010	Algeria [5]		Mali	round-robin	Tunisia		Algeria	round-robin	Morocco
7	2011	Libya [6]		Libya	round-robin	Algeria		Kenya	round-robin	Morocco
8	Mar 2012	Algeria [7]		Tunisia	round-robin	Mauritania		Morocco	round-robin	Algeria
9	Dec 2012	Algeria [8]		Egypt	round-robin	Algeria		Morocco	round-robin	Algeria
10	2014	Libya [9]		Senegal	round-robin	Morocco		Libya	round-robin	Tunisia
11	2015	Tunisia		Morocco	round-robin	Tunisia		Burkina Faso
—	2016	Mauritania		Cancelled				Cancelled
12	2019	Tunisia [10]		Tunisia	round-robin	Egypt		Algeria	round-robin	Morocco
13	2020	Tunisia [11]		Tunisia /   Morocco Title shared				Libya	round-robin	Algeria
14	2021	Tunisia [12]		Tunisia	round-robin	Egypt		Mauritania	round-robin	Algeria
15	2022	Egypt [13]		Tunisia	round-robin	Libya		Morocco	round-robin	Algeria
16	2023	Tunisia [14]		Tunisia	round-robin	Morocco		Egypt	round-robin	Libya
17	2024	Egypt [15]		Morocco	round-robin	Egypt		Tunisia	round-robin	Algeria

Statistics

Summary

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Tunisia	9 (2005*, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2019*, 2020*s, 2021*, 2022, 2023*)	3 (2008, 2010, 2015*)	2 (2006, 2024)	1 (2014)
Egypt	3 (2006*, 2008, 2012°)	4 (2005, 2019, 2021, 2024*)	1 (2023)	—
Morocco	3 (2015, 2020s, 2024)	3 (2006, 2014, 2023)	5 (2008*, 2009, 2012, 2012°, 2022)	4 (2007, 2010, 2011, 2019)
Libya	1 (2011*)	1 (2022)	3 (2007*, 2014*, 2020)	4 (2005, 2008, 2009*, 2023)
Mali	1 (2010)	—	—	—
Senegal	1 (2014)	—	—	—
Algeria	—	4 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012°*)	3 (2005, 2010*, 2019)	6 (2006, 2012*, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Mauritania	-—	1 (2012)	1 (2021)	—
Kenya	—	—	1 (2011)	—
Burkina Faso	—	—	1 (2015)	—

* Hosts
° Extra tournament
^s Shared title
Italic Invited nation

Participating nations

Team	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2012	2014	2015	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Apps.
Algeria	3rd	4th	2nd	5th	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	2nd	×	×	3rd	4th	4th	4th	5th	4th	15
Egypt	2nd	1st	×	1st	×	×	×	×	1st	×	×	2nd	×	2nd	×	3rd	2nd	8
Libya	4th	5th	3rd	4th	4th	×	1st	×	×	3rd	×	×	3rd	5th	2nd	4th	5th	12
Morocco	×	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	1st	×	3rd	2nd	1st	15
Tunisia	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	×	1st	5th	4th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	16
Invited nations
Burkina Faso											3rd	5th						2
Kenya							3rd											1
Mali						1st												1
Mauritania								2nd						3rd				2
Niger									6th									1
Senegal										1st								1

Legend

1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth place 5th – Fifth place 6th – Sixth place

Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament  × — Did not enter / Withdrew / Disqualified   — Hosts

See also

• Football in Africa portal

• UNAF U-23 Tournament
• UNAF U-18 Tournament
• UNAF U-17 Tournament
• UNAF U-15 Tournament

References

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External links

• unafonline.org