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Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
File:Africa U23 Cup of nation logo.png
Founded2011
RegionCAF (Africa)
Number of teams8
Current champions Nigeria
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Gabon
 Nigeria
(1 title each)
WebsiteCAFOnline.com
2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

The Total Africa U-23 Cup of Nations (known as the CAF U-23 Championship until 2015) is the main international football competition for CAF nations, played by under 23 years old players. It is held every four years with the top three teams qualifying automatically to the Olympic Games and the fourth-placed finisher playing in a play-off against a team from the Asian Football Confederation.

History

The tournament was founded in 2011. On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the CAF U-23 Championship to the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations.[1]

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.[2] Due to this sponsorship, the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations is named "Total Africa U-23 Cup of Nations".

Results

CAF U-23 Championship

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2011
Details 		 Morocco
Gabon 		2 – 1
Morocco
Egypt 		2 – 0
Senegal

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2015
Details 		 Senegal
Nigeria 		2 – 1
Algeria
South Africa 		0 – 0
3 – 1 (p)
Senegal
2019
Details 		 Egypt[3] To be played To be played

Successful national teams

Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Gabon 1 (2011) – – –
 Nigeria 1 (2015) – – –
 Algeria – 1 (2015) – –
 Morocco – 1 (2011) – –
 Egypt – – 1 (2011) –
 South Africa – – 1 (2015) –
 Senegal – – – 2 (2011, 2015)

Participating nations

Team Morocco
2011
(8) 		Senegal
2015
(8) 		Egypt
2019
(8) 		Years
 Algeria GS 2nd • 2
 Cameroon • • q 1
 Egypt 3rd GS q 3
 Gabon 1st • • 1
 Ghana • • q 1
 Ivory Coast GS • q 2
 Mali • GS q 2
 Morocco 2nd • • 1
 Nigeria GS 1st q 3
 Senegal 4th 4th • 2
 South Africa GS 3rd q 3
 Tunisia • GS • 1
 Zambia • GS q 2
Legend

See also

References

  1. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.
  2. ^ AfricaNews (2017-04-18). "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". Africanews. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  3. ^ "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
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