U-23 Africa Cup of Nations

The U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, is the quadrennial African football tournament organized by CAF for its nations, consisting of players under 23 years of age. Three nations qualify directly from every edition of this tournament for the football tournament of the Olympic Games.

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Organising bodyCAF
Founded2011 (2011)
RegionAfrica
Number of teams8
Current champions Egypt
(1st title)
Most successful team(s)
WebsiteOfficial website
2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Tournaments

History

Beginning in 1956, the year before the foundation of CAF, there has been qualification tournaments for the Olympic Games football tournament for African teams, but they were on a home-and-away basis. In 2011, CAF formed a full-time standalone qualification tournament to align with the upgrades to its U-20 and U-17 competitions and named it the African U-23 Championship. On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the tournament's name to the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations.[1] However the name on the tournament logo for the forthcoming 2015 edition would read as the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations.

On 21 July 2016, French energy and petroleum giant TotalEnergies on 28 May 2021, secured an 8-year sponsorship package from CAF to support its competitions.[2]

Results
Year Host Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2011  Morocco
Gabon		 2–1
Morocco
Egypt		 2–0
Senegal
2015  Senegal
Nigeria		 2–1
Algeria
South Africa		 0–0
(3–1 p)
Senegal
2019  Egypt
Egypt		 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Ivory Coast
South Africa		 2–2
(6–5 p)
Ghana
2023  Morocco – –

Successful national teams
Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Egypt 1 (2019*) – 1 (2011) –
 Gabon 1 (2011) – – –
 Nigeria 1 (2015) – – –
 Morocco – 1 (2011*) – –
 Algeria – 1 (2015) – –
 Ivory Coast – 1 (2019) – –
 South Africa – – 2 (2015, 2019) –
 Senegal – – – 2 (2011, 2015*)
 Ghana – – – 1 (2019)

*= Hosts

Participating nations
Team Morocco
2011
(8)		 Senegal
2015
(8)		 Egypt
2019
(8)		 Morocco
2023
(8)		 Years
 AlgeriaGS2nd•• 2
 Cameroon••GS• 1
 Congo•••Q 1
 Egypt3rdGS1stQ 4
 Gabon1st••Q 2
 Ghana••4thQ 2
 Guinea•×•Q 1
 Ivory CoastGS•2nd• 2
 Mali•GSGSQ 3
 Morocco2nd••Q 2
 Niger×וQ 1
 NigeriaGS1stGS• 3
 Senegal4th4th•• 2
 South AfricaGS3rd3rd• 3
 Tunisia•GS•• 1
 Zambia•GSGS• 2
Legend

Results at the Olympics (2012–present)
Nation 12 16 20 24 Years
 Algeria –14–– 1
 Egypt 8–8 2
 Gabon 12–– 1
 Ivory Coast ––7– 1
 Morocco 11–– 1
 Nigeria – 3–– 1
 Senegal 6––– 1
 South Africa –1316– 2

See also

References
  1. "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAFOnline.com. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". africanews. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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