International football competition
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.
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.
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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.
Schedule.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows.
Bracket.
The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 26 February 2018.
The seven winners of the third round qualify for the final tournament.
First round.
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"Mauritania won 2–1 on aggregate."
"Guinea-Bissau won 1–0 on aggregate."
"Algeria won 5–2 on aggregate."
"Benin won on walkover after Liberia withdrew."
"Gabon won 5–2 on aggregate."
"1–1 on aggregate. Rwanda won on away goals."
"Burundi won 3–0 on aggregate."
"Uganda won 8–1 on aggregate."
"0–0 on aggregate. Tanzania won 6–5 on penalties."
"Mozambique won 6–0 on aggregate."
"1–1 on aggregate. Malawi won on away goals."
"1–1 on aggregate. Botswana won on away goals."
Second round.
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"3–3 on aggregate. Mauritania won on away goals."
"Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate."
"Ghana won 2–0 on aggregate."
"Benin won 3–2 on aggregate."
"Burkina Faso won 6–4 on aggregate."
"Gabon won 3–2 on aggregate."
"Zambia won 3–1 on aggregate."
"Burundi won 3–1 on aggregate."
"1–1 on aggregate. Cameroon won 5–4 on penalties."
"Mali won 6–2 on aggregate."
"South Africa won 4–1 on aggregate."
"Malawi won 5–3 on aggregate."
"Congo won 4–1 on aggregate."
"0–0 on aggregate. Senegal won 7–6 on penalties."
Third round.
Winners qualify for 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.
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"Nigeria won 6–1 on aggregate."
"Ghana won 4–2 on aggregate."
"Burkina Faso won 4–1 on aggregate."
"Burundi won 3–1 on aggregate."
"Mali won 4–1 on aggregate."
"South Africa won 2–0 on aggregate."
"Senegal won 6–3 on aggregate."
Qualified teams.
The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. "Italic" indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers.
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References.
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