CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations

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international youth football tournament under-20 association football competition

The CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations is the premier African international youth football tournament for under-20 national teams, serving as a key pathway to the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations	6
CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations canonical	2
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations 1993	1
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations 1999	1
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations 2009	1
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations 2021	1
African U-20 Cup of Nations	1
African Youth Championship	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1601290 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Context triple: [CAF, organizesCompetition, CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations]

A. CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
The CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations is a continental football tournament for African national teams under the age of 23 that also serves as a qualifying competition for the Olympic Games.
B. Africa Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations is the premier international men's football championship in Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Football and contested by national teams from across the continent.
C. African Cup of Champions Clubs
The African Cup of Champions Clubs was the premier continental club football competition in Africa, serving as the predecessor to the modern CAF Champions League.
D. CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations
The CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations is the premier international women’s football championship in Africa, contested by national teams from across the continent.
E. African Beach Soccer Championship
The African Beach Soccer Championship is the premier continental beach soccer tournament in Africa, featuring national teams competing for the regional title and World Cup qualification.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Target entity description: The CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations is the premier African international youth football tournament for under-20 national teams, serving as a key pathway to the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

A. CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
The CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations is a continental football tournament for African national teams under the age of 23 that also serves as a qualifying competition for the Olympic Games.
B. Africa Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations is the premier international men's football championship in Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Football and contested by national teams from across the continent.
C. African Cup of Champions Clubs
The African Cup of Champions Clubs was the premier continental club football competition in Africa, serving as the predecessor to the modern CAF Champions League.
D. CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations
The CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations is the premier international women’s football championship in Africa, contested by national teams from across the continent.
E. African Beach Soccer Championship
The African Beach Soccer Championship is the premier continental beach soccer tournament in Africa, featuring national teams competing for the regional title and World Cup qualification.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international youth football tournament ⓘ under-20 association football competition ⓘ
ageCategory	under-20 ⓘ
ageGroup	U-20 ⓘ
ageLimit	players under 20 years old ⓘ
ageRestrictionType	youth ⓘ
category	African football competitions ⓘ CAF youth competitions ⓘ under-20 association football competitions ⓘ
competitionGenderCategory	men's youth football ⓘ
competitionLevel	under-age national teams ⓘ youth ⓘ
competitionType	national teams tournament ⓘ
confederation	CAF ⓘ
confederationCode	CAF ⓘ
confederationMembershipRequired	CAF membership ⓘ
confederationScope	Africa ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
eligibility	CAF member national under-20 teams ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs	African Youth Championship ⓘ linked to: CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
frequency	biennial ⓘ
gender	men ⓘ
governingBody	CAF ⓘ
governingBodyType	continental football confederation ⓘ
governingSport	football ⓘ
levelInCAFStructure	top-tier U-20 competition in Africa ⓘ
matchType	international ⓘ
organisedBy	Confederation of African Football ⓘ
organisedUnderRulesOf	Laws of the Game of association football ⓘ
organiserHeadquartersLocation	Cairo, Egypt ⓘ linked to: Cairo
participantType	national under-20 football teams ⓘ
pathwayTo	senior international football ⓘ
primaryObjective	determine African U-20 champion ⓘ
qualifiesFor	FIFA U-20 World Cup ⓘ
recognizedBy	FIFA ⓘ
region	CAF member associations ⓘ
role	qualification tournament for FIFA U-20 World Cup ⓘ
scope	continental ⓘ
secondaryObjective	qualify African teams to FIFA U-20 World Cup ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
teamRepresentation	countries ⓘ
teamType	national teams ⓘ
tournamentFormat	group stage and knockout phase ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CAF → organizesCompetition → CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ

Confederation of African Football → overseesCompetition → CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ

CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations → relatedCompetition → African U-20 Cup of Nations ⓘ