1999 African Youth Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Ghana |
Dates | 21 February – 7 March |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
The 1999 African Youth Championship was the tenth edition of the continental Under-20 football competition, held in Ghana. It also served as qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Qualification
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]Gambia and Namibia withdrew before playing. As a result, Burkina Faso and Malawi advanced to the next round. Mauritania withdrew after one match and Libya went through.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Mozambique ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | 4–4 | 2–1 |
Sierra Leone ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | 4–3 | 2–2 |
Lesotho ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Congo ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Rwanda ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Mauritania ![]() | w/o | ![]() | 2–2 | w/o |
First round
[edit]Burkina Faso withdrew before playing. As a result, Nigeria advanced to the next round.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Libya ![]() | 5–4 | ![]() | 3–3 | 2–1 |
Sierra Leone ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | 1–3 | 1–1 |
Angola ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() | 3–2 | 2–0 |
Congo ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–3 |
Uganda ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Ethiopia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Lesotho ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() | 2–2 | 1–2 |
Rwanda ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 2–0 | 0–3 |
Burundi ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Algeria ![]() | 3–6 | ![]() | 3–2 | 0–4 |
Senegal ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Malawi ![]() | (a)2–2 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Mozambique ![]() | 2–2 (p: 3–4) | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Second round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ivory Coast ![]() | 4–4 (p: 3–4) | ![]() | 4–0 | 0–4 |
Nigeria ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Zambia ![]() | 3–3 (p: 6–5) | ![]() | 3–0 | 0–3 |
Burundi ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 1–2 | 0–0 |
Morocco ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | 0–4 | 0–0 |
South Africa ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–4 |
Mali ![]() | 5–4 | ![]() | 3–0 | 2–4 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | –8 | 0 |
Group B
[edit]Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | –4 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 0 |
Knock-out stage
[edit]Fifth-place Match
[edit]Semi-finals
[edit]Third place match
[edit]Final
[edit]Ghana ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Laryea Kingston ![]() |
- Further information
Assistant Referees:
Cautions:
Kofi Amoako
43'
Aminu Sani
54'
Sunday Adu
59'
Sam Okoye
61'
- Line-ups
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1999 African Youth Championship |
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![]() Ghana Second title |
Qualification to World Youth Championship
[edit]The five best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.