The Botswana national under-20 football team, nicknamed the Zebras, represents

Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...

in international youth football competitions. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

. The team competes in a variety of competitions, including the biennial

FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members' men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when i ...

and the

U-20 Africa Cup of Nations The U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, known for short as the U-20 AFCON and for sponsorship purposes as TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, previously known as the African Youth Championship and the African U-20 Championship, is the biennial int ...

, which is the top competitions for this age group.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

¹Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

References

{{CAF under-20 teams Under-20 Under-20

1995 establishments in Botswana National sports teams established in 1995

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

See also

References