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The 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (22nd edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. Niger hosted the tournament, which took place from 2 to 17 February 2019. The tournament involved 8 teams, with Niger making their U-20 Africa Cup of Nations debut.[1]
| Coupe d'Afrique des nations des moins de 20 ans 2019 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Niger |
| Dates | 2–17 February |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Mali (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Senegal |
| Third place |  South Africa |
| Fourth place |  Nigeria |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 31 (1.94 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Youssouph Mamadou Badji Amadou Dia N'Diaye (3 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Moussa N'Diaye |
| Fair play award | Senegal |
← 2017 2021 → | |
The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the CAF representatives. Mali won their first title, while the other qualified teams which finished second to fourth were Senegal, South Africa and Nigeria. Defending champions Zambia failed to qualify.
The qualifiers were played between 30 March and 12 August 2018. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Niger.
Players born 1 January 1999 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.
The following eights teams qualified for the final tournament.[2]
Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1991.
The matches were played in two venues:
| Niamey | Maradi | |
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| Stade Général Seyni Kountché | Stade de Maradi | |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | |
The draw of the final tournament was held on 13 December 2018, 21:00 WAT (UTC+1), at the Centre Technique de La Fenifoot in Niamey.[6][7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The hosts Niger were seeded in Group A and allocated to position A1, while 2017 runners-up Senegal were seeded in Group B and allocated to position B1 (2017 champions Zambia did not qualify). The remaining six teams were seeded based on their results in the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (final tournament and qualifiers), and drawn to any of the remaining three positions in each group.[8][9]
| Seeded | Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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A total of 12 referees and 12 assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[10][11]
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The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 71):[3]
All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).[12]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Nigeria |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage and 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup |
| 2 | South Africa |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Niger (H) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Burundi |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| Niger | 1–1 | South Africa |
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| Burundi | 3–3 | Niger |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Senegal |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Knockout stage and 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup |
| 2 | Mali |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Ghana |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Burkina Faso |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| Burkina Faso | 0–2 | Ghana |
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| Mali | 1–0 | Burkina Faso |
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| Senegal | 5–1 | Burkina Faso |
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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 72).[3]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 13 February – Niamey | ||||||
| Nigeria | 1 (3) | |||||
| 17 February – Niamey | ||||||
| Mali | 1 (4) | |||||
| Mali | 1 (3) | |||||
| 13 February – Niamey | ||||||
| Senegal | 1 (2) | |||||
| Senegal | 1 | |||||
| South Africa | 0 | |||||
| Third place match | ||||||
| 16 February – Niamey | ||||||
| Nigeria | 0 (3) | |||||
| South Africa | 0 (5) | |||||
| 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations |
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 Mali First title |
Daniel Lomotey Mamadou Traoré Abdoul Tapsoba Saidi Irakoze Bienvenue Kanakimana Jules Ulimwengu Boubacar Traoré Hadji Dramé Kairou Amoustapha Boubacar Goumey Mahamadou Sabo Issah Salou Ibrahim Alhassan Paschal Durugbor Maxwell Effiom Nazifi Yahaya Samba Diallo Dion Lopy Faly Ndaw Ousseynou Niang Luke Le Roux Siphesihle Mkhize Givemore Khupe (against Senegal)The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[16]
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