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The African Cup of Nations U-20 CAF Totalnergies, Egypt 2025, will take place from April 27 to May 18. Apart from the trophy, the teams in the running will target a ticket for the U-20 World Cup of FIFA 2025, scheduled for Chile in September.
Four African representatives will be expected in this final phase, which offers a qualified 12 teams, an opportunity of size.
As a taste, Cafonline presents a brief history of the CAN U-20 CAF Totalenergies.
How she was born
The Totalnergies African Cup of Nations U-20 CAF was launched 46 years ago. The first edition was competed in the form of a direct elimination competition to determine the qualified teams for the World Cup under 20 years of FIFA Japan 1979.
The first edition, which had 11 teams, was won by Algeria, which beat Guinea thanks to the goals’ rule after a 4-4 draw on all two games.
The first six editions were with direct elimination. The first final phase was disputed between six teams in Egypt in 1991. The host country and Côte d’Ivoire clashed in the final, won 2-1 by the North African nation.
Since then, the final phase has taken place every two years and was organized throughout the continent, notably in Mauritius (1993), Benin (2005), Zambia (2017) and Mauritania (2021).
The Laureats of Editions Passes
Le Nigeria (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011, 2015) is the most titled nation in the competition, with seven victories in total (including three since the organization by a single host country).
Ghana (1993, 1999, 2009, 2021) and Egypt (1981, 1991, 2003, 2013) each have four victories. No other nation outside of those mentioned above managed to lift the trophy more than once.
Algeria (1979), Cameroon (1995), Morocco (1997), Angola (2001), Congo (2007), Zambia (2017), Mali (2019) and Senegal (2023) have all won a single edition.
Greater number of participations in the final phase
Nigeria and Egypt will participate for the 19th time each, during the 2025 edition planned in Egypt.
Cameroon participated in 16 tournaments, one more than Ghana, fourth in the standings. Two teams will discover the competition during this 2025 edition. It is Sierra Leone and Kenya. Tanzania, on the other hand, will make its second appearance after a first qualification in 2021.
Some big names from the tournament
Many African players currently shine on the European and international scene, have participated in the CAN U20 CAF Totalenergies.
Premier League attackers Taiwo awoniyi (Nottingham Forest and Nigeria) and Patson Daka (Leicester City and Zambia), as well as the Ligue 1 fields Krépin Diatta (Monaco and Senegal) and Lamine Camara (Monaco and Senegal) all participated in recent editions.
Before these current stars, Baffour Gyan (Ghana), Emad Moteab (Egypt), Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast) and Benni McCarthy (South Africa) also participated in this tournament.
