The CAF African Youth Championship is the main international football competition for CAF nations, played by under 20 years old players.

The CAF U20 African Championship is held every two years with the top 4 teams qualifying for the FIFA World Youth Championship.

Until 1989 the African representatives were determined purely on a qualifying basis with no African title on the line. Since 1991 there has been a qualifying stage followed by a final tournament played by 8 teams in a chosen country.

Contents 1 Results 2 Participating nations by Debut (Until 1989, counted Round 1, after 1991 counting Final 16) 2.1 Before 1989 2.2 After 1991 3 Most African Youth Championship Champion 4 Africa National U20 Football teams Rankings (2008) 5 See also

[edit] Results

Year	Host nation		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1979 Details			Algeria	2 - 1 2 - 3	Guinea		Ethiopia		Nigeria
1981 Details			Egypt	2 - 0 1 - 1	Cameroon		Nigeria		Algeria
1983 Details			Nigeria	2 - 2 2 - 1	Côte d'Ivoire		Guinea		Algeria
1985 Details			Nigeria	1 - 1 2 - 1	Tunisia		Ethiopia		Côte d'Ivoire
1987 Details			Nigeria	2 - 1 3 - 0	Togo		Somalia		Morocco
1989 Details			Nigeria	2 - 0 2 - 1	Mali		Algeria		Côte d'Ivoire
1991 Details	Egypt		Egypt	2 - 1	Côte d'Ivoire		Ghana	2 - 0	Zambia
1993 Details	Mauritius		Ghana	2 - 0	Cameroon		Egypt	3 - 0	Ethiopia
1995 Details	Nigeria		Cameroon	4 - 0	Burundi		Nigeria	1 - 0	Mali
1997 Details	Morocco		Morocco	1 - 0	South Africa		Côte d'Ivoire	2 - 0	Ghana
1999 Details	Ghana		Ghana	1 - 0	Nigeria		Cameroon	2 - 2	Zambia
2001 Details	Ethiopia		Angola	2 - 0	Ghana		Egypt	2 - 0	Ethiopia
2003 Details	Burkina Faso		Egypt	4 - 3	Côte d'Ivoire		Mali	1 - 1 5-4 pk	Burkina Faso
2005 Details	Benin		Nigeria	2 - 0	Egypt		Benin	1 - 1 5-3 pk	Morocco
2007 Details	Republic of the Congo		Congo	1 - 0	Nigeria		Gambia	3 - 1	Zambia
2009 Details	Rwanda		Ghana	2 - 0	Cameroon		Nigeria	2 - 1	South Africa

[edit] Participating nations by Debut (Until 1989, counted Round 1, after 1991 counting Final 16)

Bold Type is qualified to FIFA U-20 World Cup

[edit] Before 1989

• 1979: Algeria,  Guinea,  Ethiopia,  Nigeria,  Egypt,  Libya,  Kenya,  Morocco,  Mauritius,  Cameroon,  Tunisia
• 1981: Togo,  Equatorial Guinea,  Morocco,  Zimbabwe,  Mauritania,  Central African Republic
• 1983: Gambia,  Sudan,  Gabon,  Swaziland,  Côte d'Ivoire,  Angola
• 1985: Zambia,  Ghana
• 1987: Somalia
• 1989: Congo,  Mali,  Lesotho

[edit] After 1991

• 1991: Côte d'Ivoire,  Cameroon,  Ghana,  Zambia,  Egypt,  Ethiopia
• 1993: Nigeria,  Mauritius,  Morocco,  Senegal
• 1995: Guinea,  Burundi,  Mali
• 1997: South Africa,  Sudan
• 1999: Malawi,  Angola
• 2001:none
• 2003: Gabon,  Burkina Faso
• 2005: Lesotho,  Benin
• 2007: Gambia,  Congo
• 2009: Rwanda

[edit] Most African Youth Championship Champion

Champion	Nation	Year
5 times	Nigeria	1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005
3 times	Egypt	1981, 1991, 2003
3 times	Ghana	1993, 1999, 2009
1 time	Algeria	1979
1 time	Cameroon	1995
1 time	Morocco	1997
1 time	Angola	2001
1 time	Congo	2007

[edit] Africa National U20 Football teams Rankings (2008)

Country	Continental Rank
Nigeria	1
Ghana	2
Gambia	3
Mali	4
Republic of the Congo	5
Egypt	6
Zambia	7
Cameroon	8
Côte d'Ivoire	9
Burkina Faso	10
South Africa	11
Morocco	12
Benin	13
Botswana	14
Angola	15
Gabon	16
Tunisia	17
Sudan	18
Guinea	19
Senegal	20

[edit] See also

• CAF
• African Cup of Nations
• African Under-17 Championship
• FIFA U-20 World Cup
• AFC Youth Championship
• UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

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