2013 African U-20 Championship qualification explained

See main article: 2013 African U-20 Championship.

Tourney Name:	African U-20 Championship qualification
Year:	2013
Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2015

The 2013 African U-20 Championship qualification phase consisted of three rounds of two-legged matches. Some countries had a bye to the First Round. The winners of the Second Round matches qualifies for the finals.

Preliminary round

The first legs were played on 20, 21 and 22 April, and the second legs on 4, 5 and 6 May 2012.^[1]

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First round

The first legs were played on 27, 28 and 29 July, and the second legs on 10, 11 and 12 August 2012.

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¹ The Benin v Côte d'Ivoire (1st leg) was postponed to 5 August 2012.^[4]
2 Gambia withdrew following the first leg.
³ Zimbabwe withdrew following the first leg.
⁴ Lesotho withdrew.

Second round

The first legs have been played on 21, 22, 23 September 2012, and the second legs on 5, 6, 7 October 2012.

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Qualified teams

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(hosts)

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External links

• Matches and Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Heroes, Boys in tough 2013 African Youth qualifiers. DailyNews. 6 March 2012.
2. Web site: Matches & results - Orange African Youth Championship 2011 - CAF. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100421062630/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/can-u-20_2011/results. 2010-04-21.
3. Web site: Junior AFCON qualifiers: Favourites impose themselves in round 2 - Fo… . https://archive.today/20130203005100/http://www.starafrica.com/en/football/news/article/view/junior-afcon-qualifiers-favourites-impo-245455.html . 3 February 2013 . dead.
4. Web site: Le match aller Bénin / Côte d'Ivoire reporté au 5 août . 31 July 2012.