The 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-20
football
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competition which decided the participating teams of the
2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
The 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ( ar, كأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 20 سنة 2023, french: Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football des moins de 20 ans 2023), known as the 2023 U20 AFCON or 2023 AFCON U20 for short and as the 2023 Total ...
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Players born 1 January 2003 or later were eligible to participate in the competition. A total of twelve teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including
Egypt
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who qualified automatically as hosts.
Teams
;Notes
*Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
*(H): Qualifying tournament hosts
*(Q): Automatically qualified for final tournament regardless of qualification results
*(W): Withdrew
Schedule
The qualifying competition was split into regional competitions, with the teams entering the qualifying tournament of their zone. The schedule of each qualifying zone was as follows.
North Zone
The 2022 UNAF U-20 Tournament, which also served as the qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, took place between 18 and 24 October 2022 in
Suez
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,
Egypt
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The draw for the fixtures was held on 20 July 2022. The four teams were placed in one group, with the winner qualifying for the final tournament.
All times are local,
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West A Zone
The WAFU-UFOA Zone A qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations were hosted by Mauritania with the matches played between 28 August–11 September 2022.Nouakchott
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.
All times are local, GMT
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Group stage
The seven teams were drawn into two groups of four and five teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
;Group A
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Knockout stage
Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
The 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ( ar, كأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 20 سنة 2023, french: Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football des moins de 20 ans 2023), known as the 2023 U20 AFCON or 2023 AFCON U20 for short and as the 2023 Total ...
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;Semi-finals
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West B Zone
The WAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations were hosted by Niger with the matches played between 7–20 May 2022. The draw was announced on 15 April 2022.
All times are local, WAT
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Group stage
The seven teams were drawn into two groups of three and four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
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Knockout stage
;Semi-finals
Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
The 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ( ar, كأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 20 سنة 2023, french: Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football des moins de 20 ans 2023), known as the 2023 U20 AFCON or 2023 AFCON U20 for short and as the 2023 Total ...
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;Third place
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Central Zone
The UNIFFAC
The Central African Football Federations' Union (french: Union des Fédérations de Football d'Afrique Centrale; pt, União das Federações Centroafricanas de Futebol; es, Unión de Federaciones de Fútbol de África Central), officially abbrevi ...
qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations were held in Congo between 8–14 December 2022.WAT
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Central-East Zone
The CECAFA
The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations ( sw, Baraza la Mashirikisho ya Mpira wa Miguu Afrika Mashariki na Kati, french: Conseil des Associations de Football d'Afrique de l'Est et Centrale, ar, مؤتمر جمعيات شر ...
qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations were hosted by Sudan between 28 October and 11 November 2022.CAT
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As standard time (year-round)
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).
Group stage
The seven teams were drawn into two groups of three and four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
;Group A
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;Group B
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Knockout stage
;Semi-finals
Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
The 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ( ar, كأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 20 سنة 2023, french: Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football des moins de 20 ans 2023), known as the 2023 U20 AFCON or 2023 AFCON U20 for short and as the 2023 Total ...
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;Third place
;Final
South Zone
The COSAFA
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qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations were hosted by Eswatini between 7–16 October 2022.SAST
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(UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00. This time is used in:
As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
Group stage
The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. The winners from each group and the best runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
;Group A
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;Group C
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;Ranking of second-placed teams
Knockout stage
Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
The 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ( ar, كأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 20 سنة 2023, french: Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football des moins de 20 ans 2023), known as the 2023 U20 AFCON or 2023 AFCON U20 for short and as the 2023 Total ...
.
;Semi-finals
;Third place
;Final
Qualified teams
The following 12 teams qualify for the final tournament.1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
See also
* 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification
Notes
References
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Events
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