2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
Dates 8–22 November 2019[1]
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) TBC (in TBC host cities)

The 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations will be the 3rd edition of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's under-23 national teams of Africa.

The tournament was initially scheduled to take place in the Zambia, but they withdrew from hosting in July 2017.[2] Egypt was announced as the new host nation of the tournament by CAF on 23 September 2017.[3]

The tournament will determine which three African teams will compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Japan.[4]

Nigeria are the defending champions.

Qualification

Egypt qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots will be determined by the qualifying rounds.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Egypt (hosts)3rdThird place (2011)
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Venues

To be confirmed.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following three teams from CAF qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
TBDNovember 2019
TBDNovember 2019
TBDNovember 2019
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Commitee [sic] - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Zambia withdraws from hosting the 2019 U-23 Africa Cup edition". Lusaka Times. 26 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "DECISIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - 23 SEPTEMBER 2017". www.cafonline.com. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017.
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