| Founded | 1979 |
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| Region | CAF (Africa) |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Current champions | Nigeria (2011) |
| Most successful team | Nigeria (6 titles) |
| 2011 African Youth Championship | |
The African Youth Championship is the main international youth football competition for CAF nations, and is competed for by under 20 year olds. It is held every two years with the top 4 teams qualifying for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
From 1979 until 1989, the African representatives were determined purely on a home and away qualifying basis without a final tournament, with the African champions determined through the same qualification. Since 1991 there has been a qualifying stage followed by a final tournament played by 8 teams in a chosen country.
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| Year | Host nation | Qualifying teams | Runners-up | |||||
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| Champion | Champion | |||||||
| 1977 Details |
home & away | Côte d'Ivoire |
Morocco |
Egypt Guinea |
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| Year | Host nation | Final | Third Place | ||||||
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| Champion | Score | Second Place | |||||||
| 1979 Details |
home & away | Algeria |
2 – 1 2 – 3 |
Guinea |
Ethiopia Nigeria |
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| 1981 Details |
home & away | Egypt |
2 – 0 1 – 1 |
Cameroon |
Algeria Nigeria |
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| 1983 Details |
home & away | Nigeria |
2 – 2 2 – 1 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
Algeria Guinea |
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| 1985 Details |
home & away | Nigeria |
1 – 1 2 – 1 |
Tunisia |
Côte d'Ivoire Ethiopia |
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| 1987 Details |
home & away | Nigeria |
2 – 1 3 – 0 |
Togo |
Morocco Somalia |
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| 1989 Details |
home & away | Nigeria |
2 – 0 2 – 1 |
Mali |
Algeria Côte d'Ivoire |
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| Year | Host nation | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1991 Details |
Egypt | Egypt |
2 – 1 | Côte d'Ivoire |
Ghana |
2 – 0 | Zambia |
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| 1993 Details |
Mauritius | Ghana |
2 – 0 | Cameroon |
Egypt |
3 – 0 | Ethiopia |
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| 1995 Details |
Nigeria | Cameroon |
4 – 0 | Burundi |
Nigeria |
1 – 0 | Mali |
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| 1997 Details |
Morocco | Morocco |
1 – 0 | South Africa |
Côte d'Ivoire |
2 – 0 | Ghana |
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| 1999 Details |
Ghana | Ghana |
1 – 0 | Nigeria |
Cameroon |
2 – 2 | Zambia |
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| 2001 Details |
Ethiopia | Angola |
2 – 0 | Ghana |
Egypt |
2 – 0 | Ethiopia |
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| Year | Host nation | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2003 Details |
Burkina Faso | Egypt |
4 – 3 | Côte d'Ivoire |
Mali |
1 – 1 (5–4) on penalties |
Burkina Faso |
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| 2005 Details |
Benin | Nigeria |
2 – 0 | Egypt |
Benin |
1 – 1 (5–3) on penalties |
Morocco |
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| 2007 Details |
Republic of the Congo | Congo |
1 – 0 | Nigeria |
Gambia |
3 – 1 | Zambia |
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| 2009 Details |
Rwanda | Ghana |
2 – 0 | Cameroon |
Nigeria |
2 – 1 | South Africa |
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| 2011 Details |
South Africa | Nigeria |
3 – 2 | Cameroon |
Egypt |
1 – 0 | Mali |
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| 2013 Details |
Algeria | – | – | ||||||
| 2015 Details |
Senegal | – | – | ||||||
| Rank | Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
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| 1 | Nigeria | 6 (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011) | 2 (1999, 2007) | 4 (1979, 1981, 1995, 2009) | – |
| 2 | Egypt | 3 (1981, 1991, 2003) | 1 (2005) | 3 (1993, 2001, 2011) | – |
| 3 | Ghana | 3 (1993, 1999, 2009) | 1 (2001) | 1 (1991) | 1 (1997) |
| 4 | Cameroon | 1 (1995) | 4 (1981, 1993, 2009, 2011) | 1 (1999) | – |
| 5 | Algeria | 1 (1979) | – | 3 (1981, 1983, 1989) | – |
| 6 | Morocco | 1 (1997) | – | 1 (1987) | 1 (2005) |
| 7 | Angola | 1 (2001) | – | – | – |
| Congo | 1 (2007) | – | – | – | |
| 9 | Côte d'Ivoire | – | 3 (1983, 1991, 2003) | 3 (1985, 1989, 1997) | – |
| 10 | Mali | – | 1 (1989) | 1 (2003) | 2 (1995, 2011) |
Source for winners and runners-up: RSSSF[1]
Participating nations by Debut (Until 1989, counted Round 1, after 1991 counting Final 16)
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