1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup

1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup
Tournament details
Teams18 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Ivory Coast
 Egypt
 Nigeria
1985
1989

The 1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup was a qualifying edition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) into the FIFA U-16 World Championship. The three winners qualified to the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

First round

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The Côte d'Ivoire-Togo matches were played on 22 June 1986 and 5 July 1986. The winners advanced to the Second Round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast  2–2 (4–3 p)  Togo 1–1 1–1
Lesotho  w/o  Mauritius
Ethiopia  w/o  Sudan
Cameroon  w/o  Gabon
Ghana  w/o  Benin
Liberia  w/o  Gambia
Ivory Coast 1–1 Togo
Togo 1–1 Ivory Coast
Penalties
3–4

Ivory Coast qualified on penalties freekick 4–3 after a draw of 2–2 on aggregate.


Lesotho qualified after the withdrawal of Mauritius.


Ethiopia w/o Sudan

Ethiopia qualified after the withdrawal of Sudan.


Cameroon w/o Gabon

Cameroon qualified after the withdrawal of Gabon.


Ghana w/o Benin

Ghana qualified after the withdrawal of Benin.


Liberia w/o Gambia

Liberia qualified after the withdrawal of Gambia.

Second round

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The first leg matches were played on either the 09th or 10 August 1986. The second leg matches were played on either the 22nd, 23rd or 24 August 1986. The Liberia vs Guinea matches were played on 1st and 15 November 1986. The winners advanced to the Third Round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ghana  1–1 (a)  Nigeria 1–1 0–0
Tunisia  0–1  Algeria 0–1 0–0
Ivory Coast  3–3 (a)  Cameroon 2–0 1–3
Liberia  1–2  Guinea 1–1 0–1
Egypt  w/o  Ethiopia 3–0 w/o
Zambia  w/o  Lesotho
Ghana 1−1 Nigeria
Nigeria 0−0 Ghana

Nigeria advanced on away goal after 1−1 on aggregate.


Tunisia 0−1 Algeria
Algeria 0−0 Tunisia

Algeria advanced after 1−0 on aggregate.


Ivory Coast 2−0 Cameroon
Cameroon 3−1 Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast advanced on away goal after 3−3 on aggregate.


Liberia 1−1 Guinea
Guinea 1−0 Liberia

Guinea advanced after 2−1 on aggregate.


Egypt 3−0 Ethiopia
Ethiopia w/o Egypt

Egypt qualified after the withdrawal of Ethiopia in the second leg.


Zambia w/o Lesotho

Zambia qualified after the withdrawal of Lesotho.

Third round

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The first leg matches were played on either the 2nd or 4 January 1987. The second leg matches were played on either the 16th or 18 January 1987. The winners qualified for the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egypt  2–1  Algeria 0–0 2–1
Guinea  1–3  Ivory Coast 1–0 0–3
Nigeria  w/o  Zambia
Egypt 0−0 Algeria
Referee: Peter Wanyama (Kenya)
Algeria 1−2 Egypt

Egypt qualified after 2−1 on aggregate.


Guinea 1−0 Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast 3−0 Guinea

Ivory Coast qualified after 3−1 on aggregate.


Nigeria w/o Zambia

Nigeria qualified after the withdrawal of Zambia

Countries to participate in 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship

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The 3 teams which qualified for 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

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