1993 African Youth Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Mauritius |
Dates | 30 January – 10 February |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
The 1993 African Youth Championship was a football tournament hosted on the island of Mauritius, off the east coast of Africa. The Championship was won by Ghana, who defeated Cameroon in the final, with both teams thus qualifying for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.[1]
Qualification
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]Gambia withdrew and therefore Senegal received a bye
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Kenya ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | 0–2 | 0–2 |
Mali ![]() | 8–2 | ![]() | 6–1 | 2–1 |
Togo ![]() | (a)1–1 | ![]() | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Main Round
[edit]Algeria, Cameroon, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia and Zimbabwe entered the tournament here.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ethiopia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | 3–1 | 0–0 |
Algeria ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Ghana ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–0 |
Nigeria ![]() | DSQ | ![]() | 0–1 | DSQ |
Tunisia ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() | 2–2 | 1–3 |
Cameroon ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Egypt ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Teams
[edit]The following teams qualified for tournament:
Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 2 |
30 January | Ghana ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
Cameroon ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | |
1 February | Nigeria ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
Cameroon ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | |
3 February | Mauritius ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
Ghana ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
Group B
[edit]Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 2 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 1 |
31 January | Egypt ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
Ethiopia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | |
2 February | Egypt ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
Ethiopia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | |
4 February | Egypt ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
Morocco ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
Semifinals
[edit]Third place match
[edit]Final
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1993 African Youth Championship |
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![]() Ghana First title |
Qualification to World Youth Championship
[edit]The two best performing teams qualified for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "African U-21 Championship 1993". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 September 2010.