TOTAL AFRICA U-20 Cup of Nations Champions; Date, Time and Venue Of All Matches

  TOTAL AFRICA U-20 Cup of Nations Champions; Date, Time and Venue Of All Matches By Admin The 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations will be the 16th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (23rd edition if tournaments 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 will be the first edition in Africa U-20 Cup of Nations to have 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 COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Tournament Details: Host country – Mauritania Dates – 14th February to 6th March, 2021. Participating Teams – 12 (from 1 confederation) Mali are the defending champions. DRAW GROUPS: GROUP A 🇲🇷 Mauritania 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇲🇿 Mozambique GROUP B 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇹🇳 Tunisia 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇨🇫 Central Africa Rep. GROUP C 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 Gambia 🇲🇦 Morocco The 2021 MAURITANIA 12 participating Teams & their history in the U-20 African Cup of Nations: Countries, Zones, Appearance & Previous Best Performance. 🇲🇷Mauritania (Host) – West A Zone 1st (Debut) 🇲🇦Morocco – North Zone 5th Apps Champions (1997) 🇹🇳Tunisia-North Zone 1st (Debut) 🇬🇲Gambia – West A Zone 3rd Apps, Third place (2007) 🇬🇭Ghana – West B Zone 12thApps Champions (1993, 1999, 2009) 🇧🇫Burkina Faso-West B Zone 4thApps 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 10thApps Champions (1995) 🇳🇦Namibia – South Zone 1st (Debut) 🇲🇿Mozambique – South Zone 1st (Debut) MATCH OFFICIALS A total of 17 referees and 18 assistant referees were appointed for the tournament. REFEREES Mauritania Abdelaziz Bouh (Mauritania) Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso) Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon) Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda) Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia) Ibrahim Kalilou Traoré (Ivory Coast) Messie Jessie Nkounkou Mvoutou (Republic of Congo) Celso Alvacao (Mozambique) Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya) Pierre Ghislain Atcho (Gabon) Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan) Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger) Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti) Adalbert Diouf (Senegal) Alhadj Allaou Mahamat (Chad) (Ms.) Akhona Zennith Makalima (South Africa) Mehrez Melki (Tunisia) The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter finals along with the 2 best 3rd placed teams. GROUP A 🇲🇷 Mauritania(Host) 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇲🇿 Mozambique 14 February 2021 21:00 Mauritania v Cameroon Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) 15 February 2021 14:00 Uganda v Mozambique Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) 17 February 2021 17:00 Cameroon v Uganda Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) 17 February 2021 20:00 Mauritania v Mozambique Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) 20 February 2021 20:00 Mozambique v Cameroon Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) 20 February 2021 20:00 Mauritania v Uganda Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) GROUP B: 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇹🇳 Tunisia 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇨🇫 Central Africa Rep. 15 February 2021 17:00 Burkina Faso v Tunisia Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya 15 February 2021 20:00 Namibia v Central African Republic Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya 18 February 2021 17:00 Tunisia v Namibia Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya 18 February 2021 20:00 Burkina Faso v Central African Republic Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya 21 February 2021 20:00 Burkina Faso v Namibia Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya 21 February 2021 20:00 Tunisia v Central African Republic Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya GROUP C 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 Gambia 🇲🇦 Morocco 16 February 2021 17:00 Ghana v Tanzania Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou 16 February 2021 20:00 Gambia v Morocco Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou 19 February 2021 17:00 Tanzania v Gambia Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou 19 February 2021 20:00 Morocco v Ghana Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou 22 February 2021 20:00 Ghana v Gambia Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou 22 February 2021 20;00 Morocco v Tanzania Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou KNOCKOUT STAGE: QUARTER FINALS STAGE: 25 February, 2021 QF1 17:00 1st A v 3rd B/C Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) 25 February 2021 QF2 20:00 1st C v 3rd A/B Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya 26 February 2021 QF3 17:00 1st B v 2nd A Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou 26 February 2021 QF4 20:00 2nd B v 2nd C Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) SEMI-FINALS STAGE 1 March 2021 SF1 17:00 Winner QF1 v Winner QF4 Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) 1 March 2021 SF2 20:30 Winner QF2 v Winner QF3 Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) THIRD PLACE MATCH 5 March 2021 21:00 Loser SF1 v Loser SF2 Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya FINALS 6 March 2021 21:00 Winner SF1 v Winner SF2 Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) The tournament will take place in Mauritania from Sunday, 14th February to Thursday, 4th March, 2021. -442gh