2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations

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The 2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations was the 16th edition (23rd edition if editions of the tournament without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. In September 2018, it was decided that the tournament would be hosted by Mauritania. This would be the first edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations to be expanded to 12 teams instead of eight. The top four teams of the tournament would have normally qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia as the CAF representatives. However, FIFA decided to cancel the tournament on 24 December 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 20 سنة 2021
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations des U-20 2021
Tournament details
Host countryMauritania
Dates14 February – 6 March
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (4th title)
Runners-up Uganda
Third place Gambia
Fourth place Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored52 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Derrick Kakooza
(5 goals)
Best player Abdul Fatawu
Fair play award Uganda
← 2019
2023 →

The defending champions Mali failed to qualify. Ghana won their fourth title by defeating debutant Uganda in the final.

Qualification

At the end of the qualification phase, eleven teams will join the hosts Mauritania.

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 2001 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the group stages.

Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of the competition in 1991.

Team Zone Appearance Previous best performance
 Mauritania (hosts) West A Zone 1st Debut
 Morocco North Zone 5th Champions (1997)
 Tunisia North Zone 1st Debut
 Gambia West A Zone 3rd Third place (2007)
 Ghana West B Zone 12th Champions (1993, 1999, 2009)
 Burkina Faso West B Zone 4th Fourth place (2003)
 Uganda Central-East Zone 1st Debut
 Tanzania Central-East Zone 1st Debut
 Central African Republic Central Zone 1st Debut
 Cameroon Central Zone 10th Champions (1995)
 Namibia South Zone 1st Debut
 Mozambique South Zone 1st Debut

Venues

Nouakchott
Stade Olympique Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 8,200
Nouadhibou
Nouakchott
Nouadhibou
Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou
Capacity: 10,300

Squads

Draw

The group stage draw was held on 25 January 2021, 11:00 AM WAT (UTC+1), at the Hilton Hotel in Cameroon. The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. The hosts, Mauritania, were seeded in Group A and allocated to position A1, with Ghana and Burkina Faso, the only teams among the 12 who participated in the last edition of the CAN Total U20, drawn into B1 & C1 positions. All the other teams were in the same level and were distributed over the three groups.

Hosts Pot 1 Pot 2
  •  Mauritania (A1)

Match officials

A total of 16 referees and 18 assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter finals along with the two best 3rd placed teams.

Tiebreakers

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):[citation needed]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are in WAT (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Cameroon 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
2  Uganda 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Mauritania (H) 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
4  Mozambique 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Mauritania 0–1 Cameroon
Report
  • Jang Junior 81'
Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)
Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim Al-Shalmani (Libya)
Uganda 2–0 Mozambique
  • Kakooza 57' (pen.)
  • Sserwadda 86'
 Report
Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)
Cameroon 1–0 Uganda
  • Jang Junior 32'
 Report
Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)
Mauritania 2–0 Mozambique
  • M'Bareck 19'
  • Sanghare 45'
 Report
Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)
Referee: Mahamat Alhadji Allaou (Chad)
Mozambique 1–4 Cameroon
  • Lorenzoni 85'
 Report
  • Eto'o 8', 45'
  • Milla 47'
  • Yahaya 87'
Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott
Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
Mauritania 1–2 Uganda
  • Sanghare 37' (pen.)
 Report
  • Sserwadda 60'
  • Kakooza 87' (pen.)
Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)
Referee: Ibrahim Kalilou Traoré (Ivory Coast)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Burkina Faso 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
2  Central African Republic 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3  Tunisia 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
4  Namibia 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Ranked on head-to-head points: Central African Republic 3pts, Tunisia 0pts.
Burkina Faso 0–0 Tunisia
Report
Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)
Namibia 1–1 Central African Republic
  • Kandjii 81'
 Report
  • Yangao 53'
Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott
Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)
Tunisia 2–0 Namibia
  • Lamti 28'
  • Ayari 48'
 Report
Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)
Burkina Faso 3–1 Central African Republic
  • Bazie 45+2'
  • Chardey 55'
  • Beleme 63'
 Report
  • Ngoma 32'
Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott
Referee: Celso Alvacao (Mozambique)
Burkina Faso 1–0 Namibia
  • Botué 90'
 Report
Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)
Tunisia 1–2 Central African Republic
  • Labidi 24' (pen.)
 Report
  • Gombe-Fei 5'
  • Yapende 6'
Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)
Referee: Messie Jessie Nkounkou Mvoutou (Congo)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Morocco 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
2  Gambia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Ghana 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
4  Tanzania 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Ranked on head-to-head points: Gambia 3pts, Ghana 0pts.
Ghana 4–0 Tanzania
  • Boah 3', 71'
  • Issahaku 30'
  • Barnes 89'
 Report
Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou
Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
Gambia 0–1 Morocco
Report
  • Moubarik 23' (pen.)
Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou
Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
Tanzania 1–1 Gambia
  • Dismas 88'
 Report
  • Bojang 40'
Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou
Morocco 0–0 Ghana
Report
Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou
Referee: Abdelaziz Bouh (Mauritania)
Ghana 1–2 Gambia
  • Issahaku 9'
 Report
  • Drammeh 16'
  • Jallow 33'
Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
Tanzania 0–3 Morocco
Report
  • Moubarik 4' (pen.)
  • Essahel 10'
  • Mouloua 13'
Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 C  Ghana 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
2 B  Tunisia 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3 A  Mauritania 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
Source: [citation needed]


Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
25 February 2021 – Stade Olympique
 
 
 Cameroon1 (2)
 
1 March 2021 – Stade Olympique
 
 Ghana (pen.)1 (4)
 
 Ghana1
 
26 February 2021 – Stade Olympique
 
 Gambia0
 
 Central African Republic0
 
6 March 2021 – Cheikha Ould Boïdiya
 
 Gambia3
 
 Ghana2
 
25 February 2021 – Cheikha Ould Boïdiya
 
 Uganda0
 
 Burkina Faso0 (3)
 
1 March 2021 – Stade Olympique
 
 Uganda (pen.)0 (5)
 
 Uganda4
 
26 February 2021 – Stade Municipal
 
 Tunisia1 Third place
 
 Morocco0 (1)
 
5 March 2021 – Stade Olympique
 
 Tunisia (pen.)0 (4)
 
 Gambia (pen.)0 (4)
 
 
 Tunisia0 (2)
 

Quarter finals

Cameroon 1–1 (a.e.t.) Ghana
  • Milla 103'
 Report
  • Boateng 105+2'
Penalties
  • Alioum
  • Ibrahim
  • Ali
  • Milla
2–4
  • Afriyie
  • Assinki
  • Mensah
  • Boah
Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)
Referee: Mahamat Alhadji Allaou (Chad)
Burkina Faso 0–0 (a.e.t.) Uganda
Report
Penalties
  • Djiga
  • Chardey
  • Diané
  • Bamba
3–5
  • Kakooza
  • Bukenya
  • Najib YigaYiga
  • Bogere
  • Semakula
Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott
Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)
Morocco 0–0 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Report
Penalties
  • Maouhoub
  • Moubarik
  • Zemraoui
1–4
  • Ben Lamin
  • Lamti
  • Mimouni
  • Labidi
Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou
Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim Al-Shalmani (Libya)
Central African Republic 0–3 Gambia
Report
  • Fofana 5'
  • Bojang 49'
  • Barry 90+2'
Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)
Referee: Abdelaziz Bouh (Mauritania)

Semi finals

Ghana 1–0 Gambia
  • Boah 34'
 Report
Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)
Uganda 4–1 Tunisia
Basangwa 4'
Kakooza 37', 50', 73'		 Report Ben Lamin 39'
Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Third place

Gambia 0–0 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Report
Penalties
  • Bojang
  • Njie
  • Alieu Barry
  • Salieu Jallow
  • Kanteh
4–2
  • Ben Lamin
  • Ayari
  • Labidi
  • Ben Zghada
Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya
Referee: Celso Alvacao (Mozambique)

Final

Ghana 2–0 Uganda
  • Afriyie 22', 51'
 Report
Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)
Referee: Abdelaziz Bouh (Mauritania)

Winners

 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations 

Ghana
Fourth title

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Player of the Tournament
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
Top Scorer
Derrick Kakooza

(5 goals)

Best Goalkeeper
Ibrahim Danlad
Best Coach
Morley Byekwaso ( Uganda)
CAF Fair Play Team
 Uganda

Team of the Tournament

Source:

Coach: Morley Byekwaso

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Ibrahim Danlad Flory Yangao
Blondon Meyapya
Lamin Jawara
Aziz Kayondo 		El Mehdi Moubarik
Lamarana Jallow
Chiheb Labidi 		Abdul Fatawu
Derrick Kakooza
Joffrey Bazié

Goalscorers

There have been 52 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match (as of 1 March 2021).

5 goals

  • Derrick Kakooza

3 goals

  • Percious Boah

2 goals

  • Etienne Eto'o
  • Kevin Prince Milla
  • Junior Sunday Jang
  • Modou Bojang
  • Abdul Fatawu
  • Daniel Afriyie
  • Silly Sanghare
  • El Mehdi Moubarik
  • Steven Sserwadda

1 goal

  • Joffrey Bazié
  • Pingwinde Beleme
  • Kouamé Botué
  • Éric Chardey
  • Abdoulaye Yahaya
  • Alfred Gombe-Fei
  • Isaac Ngoma
  • Marc Raphael Yapende
  • Flory Yangao
  • Alieu Barry
  • Kajally Drammeh
  • Wally Fofana
  • Lamarana Jallow
  • Joselpho Barnes
  • Frank Boateng
  • Oumar M'Bareck
  • Mohamed Amine Essahel
  • Ayoub Mouloua
  • Gianluca Lorenzoni
  • Penouua Amazing Kandjii
  • Novatus Dismas
  • Hassan Ayari
  • Adam Ben Lamin
  • Chiheb Labidi
  • Marc Lamti
  • Richard Basangwa

Final standings

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Ghana 6 3 2 1 11 9 3 +6
2  Uganda 6 3 1 2 10 8 5 +3
3  Gambia 6 2 2 2 8 6 4 +2
4  Tunisia 6 1 3 2 6 4 6 −2
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Cameroon 4 3 0 1 9 7 2 +5
6  Morocco 4 2 2 0 8 4 0 +4
7  Burkina Faso 4 2 2 0 8 4 1 +3
8  Central African Republic 4 1 1 2 4 4 8 −4
Eliminated in group stage
9  Mauritania 3 1 0 2 3 3 3 0
10  Namibia 3 0 1 2 1 1 4 −3
11  Mozambique 3 0 1 2 1 1 8 −7
12  Tanzania 3 0 1 2 1 1 8 −7

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