2019 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Dates	31 March – 12 August 2018
Teams	40 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	149 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abdoul Tapsoba; Eric Bekale Biyoghe; Steven Mukwala (4 goals each)
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The 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-20 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

Players born 1 January 1999 or later are eligible to participate in the competition. A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Niger who qualified automatically as hosts.^[1]

Teams

Apart from Niger, the remaining 53 members of CAF were eligible to enter the qualifying competition, and a total of 40 national teams were in the qualifying draw, which was announced on 26 February 2018.^[2]^[3]

Final tournament hosts	Bye to second round (16 teams)	First round entrants (24 teams)
Niger	Angola Burkina Faso Cameroon Congo Egypt Gambia Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast Libya Mali Nigeria Senegal Sudan South Africa Zambia	Algeria Benin Botswana Burundi DR Congo Ethiopia Gabon Guinea-Bissau Kenya Liberia Malawi Mauritania Morocco Mozambique Namibia Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Sudan Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda

Notes

Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

Format

Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to determine the winner.^[4]

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows.^[3]

Round	Leg	Date
First round	First leg	30 March – 1 April 2018
First round	Second leg	20–22 April 2018
Second round	First leg	11–13 May 2018
Second round	Second leg	18–20 May 2018
Third round	First leg	13–15 July 2018
Third round	Second leg	20–22 July 2018

Bracket

The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 26 February 2018.^[2]^[3]

The seven winners of the third round qualify for the final tournament.

First round				Second round				Third round

Mauritania	2	0	2

Morocco	0	1	1
				Mauritania	1	2	3 (a)

				Guinea	0	3	3 (a)
Guinea			Bye


								Mauritania	1	0	1

								Nigeria	1	5	6
Guinea-Bissau	1	0	1

Sierra Leone	0	0	0
				Guinea-Bissau	2	0	2

				Nigeria	2	1	3
Nigeria			Bye

First round				Second round				Third round

Algeria	3	2	5

Tunisia	1	1	2
				Algeria	0	0	0

				Ghana	0	2	2
Ghana			Bye


								Ghana	3	1	4

								Benin	1	1	2
Gambia			Bye


				Gambia	2	0	2

				Benin	1	2	3
Liberia	—	—

Benin	—	—	w/o

First round				Second round				Third round

Burkina Faso			Bye


				Burkina Faso	3	3	6

				Libya	1	3	4
Libya			Bye


								Burkina Faso	3	1	4

								Gabon	1	0	1
Gabon	4	1	5

Togo	0	2	2
				Gabon	3	0	3

				Ivory Coast	0	2	2
Ivory Coast			Bye

First round				Second round				Third round

Kenya	1	0	1 (a)

Rwanda	1	0	1 (a)
				Rwanda	0	1	1

				Zambia	2	1	3
Zambia			Bye


								Zambia	1	0	1

								Burundi	0	3	3
Ethiopia	0	0	0

Burundi	2	1	3
				Burundi	1	2	3

				Sudan	1	0	1
Sudan			Bye

First round				Second round				Third round

Uganda	5	3	8

South Sudan	1	0	1
				Uganda	1	0	1 (4 p)

				Cameroon	0	1	1 (5 p)
Cameroon			Bye


								Cameroon	1	0	1

								Mali	1	3	4
Tanzania	0	0	0 (6 p)

DR Congo	0	0	0 (5 p)
				Tanzania	1	1	2

				Mali	2	4	6
Mali			Bye

First round				Second round				Third round

Seychelles	0	0	0

Mozambique	0	6	6
				Mozambique	1	0	1

				South Africa	1	3	4
South Africa			Bye


								South Africa	0	2	2

								Malawi	0	0	0
Malawi	0	1	1 (a)

Eswatini	0	1	1 (a)
				Malawi	1	4	5

				Angola	2	1	3
Angola			Bye

First round				Second round				Third round

Botswana	0	1	1 (a)

Namibia	0	1	1 (a)
				Botswana	1	0	1

				Congo	1	3	4
Congo			Bye


								Congo	2	1	3

								Senegal	2	4	6
Senegal			Bye


				Senegal	0	0	0 (7 p)

				Egypt	0	0	0 (6 p)
Egypt			Bye

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	2–1	Morocco	2–0	0–1
Guinea-Bissau	1–0	Sierra Leone	1–0	0–0
Algeria	5–2	Tunisia	3–1	2–1
Liberia	w/o	Benin	—	—
Gabon	5–2	Togo	4–0	1–2
Kenya	1–1 (a)	Rwanda	1–1	0–0
Ethiopia	0–3	Burundi	0–2	0–1
Uganda	8–1	South Sudan	5–1	3–0
Tanzania	0–0 (6–5 p)	DR Congo	0–0	0–0
Seychelles	0–6	Mozambique	0–0	0–6
Malawi	1–1 (a)	Eswatini	0–0	1–1
Botswana	1–1 (a)	Namibia	0–0	1–1

31 March 2018

16:30 UTC±0

Mauritania	2–0	Morocco
Teguedi 17' Kamara 70'	Report

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

Referee: Mohamed Eid Mansour (Egypt)

21 April 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Morocco	1–0	Mauritania
Khalid 76' (pen.)	Report

Complexe Moulay El Hassan, Rabat

Referee: Bakary Camara (Gambia)

Mauritania won 2–1 on aggregate.

1 April 2018

17:00 UTC±0

Guinea-Bissau	1–0	Sierra Leone
Ricciulli 13'	Report

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

Referee: Alioune Sow Sandigui (Senegal)

21 April 2018

16:40 UTC±0

Sierra Leone	0–0	Guinea-Bissau
	Report

Bo Stadium, Bo

Referee: Ayensu Afful Isaka (Ghana)

Guinea-Bissau won 1–0 on aggregate.

31 March 2018

18:00 UTC+1

Algeria	3–1	Tunisia
Zorgane 12' (pen.) Zerrouki 40' Khemissi 54' (o.g.)	Report	Hamza 41'

20 August Stadium, Algiers

Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)

21 April 2018

15:30 UTC+1

Tunisia	1–2	Algeria
Hamza 45'	Report	Belaïd 15' Zerdoum 82'

Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

Referee: Abdulwahid Huraywidah (Libya)

Algeria won 5–2 on aggregate.

30 March 2018

Liberia	Cancelled	Benin
	Report

Referee: Thomas Kangoma (Sierra Leone)

22 April 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Benin	Cancelled	Liberia
	Report

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)

Benin won on walkover after Liberia withdrew.^[5]

1 April 2018

15:30 UTC+1

Gabon	4–0	Togo
Biyoghe 15' Ndong 19', 24' Miyogho 47'	Report

Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville

Referee: Numbi Pierre Kibingo (DR Congo)

22 April 2018

15:30 UTC±0

Togo	2–1	Gabon
Yannick 72' Akoro 76'	Report	Biyoghe 89' (pen.)

Stade Municipal, Lomé

Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

Gabon won 5–2 on aggregate.

1 April 2018

15:00 UTC+3

Kenya	1–1	Rwanda
Odada 7'	Report	Byiringiro 90+2'

Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos

Referee: Biruk Yemanabran Kassaun (Ethiopia)

21 April 2018

15:30 UTC+2

Rwanda	0–0	Kenya
	Report

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Tsegay Mogos Teklu (Eritrea)

1–1 on aggregate. Rwanda won on away goals.

1 April 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	0–2	Burundi
	Report	Muhamedi 3' Shaka 22'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Mohamed Nur Muhudin (Somalia)

21 April 2018

15:00 UTC+2

Burundi	1–0	Ethiopia
Shaka 84'	Report

Stade Urukundo, Ngozi

Referee: Saddam Houssein Mansour (Djibouti)

Burundi won 3–0 on aggregate.

31 March 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Uganda	5–1	South Sudan
Kizza 25' (pen.) Mukwala 65' Masereka 69' Tibita 87' Okello 89'	Report	Mujuzi 30' (o.g.)

Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Adel Mukhtar Adam (Sudan)

21 April 2018

16:00 UTC+3

South Sudan	0–3	Uganda
	Report	Mukwala 52', 70' Okello 74'

Juba Stadium, Juba

Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)

Uganda won 8–1 on aggregate.

31 March 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Tanzania	0–0	DR Congo
	Report

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: William Oloya (Uganda)

22 April 2018

15:30 UTC+1

DR Congo	0–0	Tanzania
	Report
Penalties
Patsheli	5–6

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Referee: Fitial Charel Kokolo (Congo)

0–0 on aggregate. Tanzania won 6–5 on penalties.

31 March 2018

16:30 UTC+4

Seychelles	0–0	Mozambique
	Report

Stade Linité, Victoria

Referee: Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius)

21 April 2018

15:00 UTC+2

Mozambique	6–0	Seychelles
Pestana 5', 25' Nhantumbo 7' Gimo 38' Kamo-Kamo 63' Rosebette 83'	Report

Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

Mozambique won 6–0 on aggregate.

31 March 2018

14:30 UTC+2

Malawi	0–0	Swaziland
	Report

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Pilan Ncube (Zimbabwe)

22 April 2018

15:00 UTC+2

Eswatini	1–1	Malawi
Manyisa 36'	Report	Maonga 14'

Somhlolo Stadium, Lobamba

Referee: Nelson Emile Fred (Seychelles)

1–1 on aggregate. Malawi won on away goals.

31 March 2018

16:00 UTC+2

Botswana	0–0	Namibia
	Report

National Stadium, Gaborone

Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

22 April 2018

15:00 UTC+2

Namibia	1–1	Botswana
Muzeu 77'	Report	Khuduga 47'

Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek

Referee: Retselisitsoe Molise (Lesotho)

1–1 on aggregate. Botswana won on away goals.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	3–3 (a)	Guinea	1–0	2–3
Guinea-Bissau	2–3	Nigeria	2–2	0–1
Algeria	0–2	Ghana	0–0	0–2
Gambia	2–3	Benin	2–1	0–2
Burkina Faso	6–4	Libya	3–1	3–3
Gabon	3–2	Ivory Coast	3–0	0–2
Rwanda	1–3	Zambia	0–2	1–1
Burundi	3–1	Sudan	1–1	2–0
Uganda	1–1 (4–5 p)	Cameroon	1–0	0–1
Tanzania	2–6	Mali	1–2	1–4
Mozambique	1–4	South Africa	1–1	0–3
Malawi	5–3	Angola	1–2	4–1
Botswana	1–4	Congo	1–1	0–3
Senegal	0–0 (7–6 p)	Egypt	0–0	0–0

12 May 2018

17:00 UTC±0

Mauritania	1–0	Guinea
Kamara 27'	Report

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

Referee: Jerry S. Yekeh (Liberia)

19 May 2018

16:30 UTC±0

Guinea	3–2	Mauritania
S. Camara 16', 52' Ag. Camara 25' (pen.)	Report	El Id 75' (pen.) Traoré 84'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Referee: Slim Belkhouas (Tunisia)

3–3 on aggregate. Mauritania won on away goals.

12 May 2018

16:00 UTC±0

Guinea-Bissau	2–2	Nigeria
Pereira 53', 62'	Report	Alalade 28', 34'

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)

20 May 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	1–0	Guinea-Bissau
Alhassan 58' (pen.)	Report

U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar

Referee: Kouassi Attisso Attiogbe (Togo)

Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate.

11 May 2018

18:00 UTC+1

Algeria	0–0	Ghana
	Report

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)

20 May 2018

15:00 UTC±0

Ghana	2–0	Algeria
Kudus 36' Sadiq 46'	Report

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)

Ghana won 2–0 on aggregate.

13 May 2018

16:30 UTC±0

Gambia	2–1	Benin
Jammeh 1' Colley 34'	Report	Ogoulola 45'

Independence Stadium, Bakau

Referee: Reinaldo Domingos Barbosa (Guinea-Bissau)

20 May 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Benin	2–0	Gambia
Akinyoola 11', 49'	Report

Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa, Cotonou

Referee: Babacar Sarr (Mauritania)

Benin won 3–2 on aggregate.

12 May 2018

16:00 UTC±0

Burkina Faso	3–1	Libya
Tapsoba 10' Diarrassouba 89', 90'	Report	Elkout 32'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Referee: Raymond Coker (Sierra Leone)

20 May 2018

22:00 UTC+1

Libya	3–3	Burkina Faso
Shaldun 23', 64' Elkout 60' (pen.)	Report	Ouattara 29' (pen.) Ripama 43' Nikiema 62'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse (Tunisia)^{[note 1]}

Referee: Elsiddig Mohamed Eltreefe (Sudan)

Burkina Faso won 6–4 on aggregate.

12 May 2018

15:30 UTC+1

Gabon	3–0	Ivory Coast
Ndong 9' Miyogho 17' Biyoghe 43'	Report

Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville

Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

19 May 2018

16:00 UTC±0

Ivory Coast	2–0	Gabon
Kombila 4' (o.g.) Singo 85'	Report

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)

Gabon won 3–2 on aggregate.

12 May 2018

15:30 UTC+2

Rwanda	0–2	Zambia
	Report	Mwepu 33', 79'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Jean Marc Ganamandji (Central African Republic)

19 May 2018

15:00 UTC+2

Zambia	1–1	Rwanda
Malumo 53'	Report	Marie 70'

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Christopher Harrison (South Africa)

Zambia won 3–1 on aggregate.

12 May 2018

15:00 UTC+2

Burundi	1–1	Sudan
Muhamedi 23'	Report	Yaqoub 29'

Stade Urukundo, Ngozi

Referee: Mihindou Mbina Gauthier (Gabon)

20 May 2018

21:30 UTC+2

Sudan	0–2	Burundi
	Report	Shaka 85' Mavugo 90'

Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Adissa Abdul Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

Burundi won 3–1 on aggregate.

12 May 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Uganda	1–0	Cameroon
Mukwala 44'	Report

Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

18 May 2018

15:30 UTC+1

Cameroon	1–0	Uganda
Nkeng 67' (pen.)	Report
Penalties
Nkeng	5–4	Kizza Poloto Wasswa Okello Willa

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

Referee: Adaari Abdul Latif (Ghana)

1–1 on aggregate. Cameroon won 5–4 on penalties.

13 May 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Tanzania	1–2	Mali
Kasunda 43'	Report	Diakité 33' Samnadjaré 40'

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Soulaimane Ansudane (Comoros)

20 May 2018

17:00 UTC±0

Mali	4–1	Tanzania
Dramé 38' Samnadjaré 48' (pen.) Samaké 63' Traoré 66'	Report	Kiyombo 61'

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Referee: Lotfi Bekoussa (Algeria)

Mali won 6–2 on aggregate.

12 May 2018

15:00 UTC+2

Mozambique	1–1	South Africa
Kamo-Kamo 82'	Report	Matthews 60'

Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira

Referee: Messie Nkounkou Mvoutou (Congo)

20 May 2018

15:00 UTC+2

South Africa	3–0	Mozambique
Meyiwa 9' Foster 32', 66'	Report

Moruleng Stadium, Saulspoort

Referee: Mfaume Ali Nassoro (Tanzania)

South Africa won 4–1 on aggregate.

12 May 2018

14:30 UTC+2

Malawi	1–2	Angola
Banda 77'	Report	Gelson 1' Aisson 65'

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Ring Nyier Akech Malong (South Sudan)

20 May 2018

15:30 UTC+1

Angola	1–4	Malawi
Vanilson 48'	Report	Kadzinje 8' Kadzongola 18' Mbeta 28' (pen.) Banda 45'

Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda

Referee: Abdullahi Shuaibu (Nigeria)

Malawi won 5–3 on aggregate.

12 May 2018

15:00 UTC+2

Botswana	1–1	Congo
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2019 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Teams

Format

Schedule

Bracket

First round

Second round

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