Jospin Luckner Malonga (Central African Republic) Abdoulaye Sylla (Guinea) Clemence Kanduku (Malawi) Kwasi Brobbey (Ghana) Frank John Komba (Tanzania) Aymen Ismail (Tunisia) Eric Ayimavo (Benin) Youssef Wahid Elbosaty (Egypt) Adia Cisse (Senegal) Group stage The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter finals along with the two best 3rd placed teams. Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 71): Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Drawing of lots. All times are in WAT (UTC+1). Group A Group B Group C Ranking of third-placed teams Knockout stage Quarter finals Semi finals Third place Final Winners CAF Team of the Tournament Source: Coach: Morley Byekwaso Individual awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Player of the Tournament Abdul Fatawu Issahaku Top scorer Derrick Kakooza (5 goals) Golden Glove Ibrahim Danlad Goalscorers Final standings Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws. |- | colspan="11"| Eliminated in the quarter-finals |- |- | colspan="11"| Eliminated in group stage |- |} References 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup qualification U-20 Cup of Nations Africa U-20 Cup of Nations 2021 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations February 2021 sports events in Africa March 2021 sports events in Africa