History
From 1979 until 1989, the African representatives were determined purely on a home and away qualifying basis without a final tournament, with the African champions determined through the same qualification. Since 1991 there has been a qualifying stage followed by a final tournament played by 8 teams in a chosen country. On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African Youth Championship to the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations. In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions, including the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Champions League, renamed Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.Tournament summary
African U-21 Qualifying for World Cup
African U-21 Cup of Nations
African U-21 Championship
African U-20 Championship
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Performance by nation
Source for winners and runners-up: RSSSF :Participating nations
;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Semi-finals *QF – Quarter-finals *GS – Group stage *PR – Preliminary round *1R – First round *2R – Second round *q – Qualified * — Hosts * × – Did not enter * • – Did not qualify * × – Withdrew before qualification * — Withdrew after qualification * — Disqualified after qualificationParticipating nations by year of debut
Participating nations by Debut (Until 1989, counted Round 1, after 1991 counting Final 16)Before 1989
*1979: , , , , , , , , , , *1981: , , , , *1983: , , , , , *1985: , *1987: *1989: , ,After 1991
*1991: , , , , (hosts), *1993: , (hosts), , *1995: , , *1997: , *1999: , *2003: , *2005: , (hosts) *2007: , (hosts) *2009: (hosts) *2011: ''No new team'' *2013: , *2015: ''No new team'' *2017: ''No new team'' *2019: (hosts) *2021: , (hosts), , , , ,Player awards
FIFA U-20 World Cup performances
;Legend *1st – Champions *2nd – Runners-up *3rd – Third place *4th – Fourth place *QF – Quarterfinals *R2 – Round 2 *R1 – Round 1 * – Hosts *q – Qualified for upcoming tournamentSee also
* Africa Cup of Nations * Africa U-23 Cup of Nations *References
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