2007 African Youth Championship
Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2007 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Republic of the Congo |
Dates | 20 January – 3 February |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
The African Youth Championship 2007 was held in the Republic of the Congo. It also served as qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Qualification
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]Cape Verde, Swaziland and Uganda withdrew. As a result, Senegal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe advanced to the next round.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Madagascar ![]() | (a)3–3 | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–2 |
Malawi ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–0 |
Rwanda ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Sudan ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() | 1–3 | 0–3 |
Niger ![]() | (a)3–3 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–3 |
Equatorial Guinea ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Sierra Leone ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–4 |
Mauritania ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | 0–0 | 1–4 |
DR Congo ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 3–0 | 1–1 |
Libya ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 0–2 | 1–1 |
Kenya ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | 1–0 | one leg |
First round
[edit]Benin and DR Congo withdrew. As a result, Tunisia and Burkina Faso advanced to the next round.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Zambia ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() | 4–1 | 1–1 |
South Africa ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–3 |
Angola ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 0–0 | 2–3 |
Burundi ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Ghana ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Morocco ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | 2–2 | 0–2 |
Nigeria ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Lesotho ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Egypt ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 4–0 | 0–2 |
Cameroon ![]() | (a)2–2 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Rwanda ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Mali ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Second round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nigeria ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | 5–0 | 1–0 |
South Africa ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Tunisia ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Mali ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–2 |
Burkina Faso ![]() | 1–1 (p: 4–3) | ![]() | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Cameroon ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 |
Burundi ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Squads
[edit]Teams
[edit]The following teams qualified for the tournament:
Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Nation | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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![]() | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
January 20, 2007
Congo ![]() | 2 - 0 | ![]() |
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Burkina Faso ![]() | 0 - 2 | ![]() |
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January 23, 2007
Ivory Coast ![]() | 0 - 2 | ![]() |
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Gambia ![]() | 1 - 0 | ![]() |
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January 26, 2007
Ivory Coast ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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Congo ![]() | 1 - 0 | ![]() |
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Group B
[edit]Nation | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
January 21, 2007
Nigeria ![]() | 4 - 2 | ![]() |
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Cameroon ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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January 24, 2007
Zambia ![]() | 3 - 2 | ![]() |
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Egypt ![]() | 1 - 1 | ![]() |
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January 27, 2007
Zambia ![]() | 3 - 0 | ![]() |
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Nigeria ![]() | 0 - 2 | ![]() |
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Knockout stages
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]January 30, 2007
Gambia ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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Zambia ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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Third place play-off
[edit]February 2, 2007
Gambia ![]() | 3 - 1 | ![]() |
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Finals
[edit]February 3, 2007
Nigeria ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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Winner
[edit]2007 African Youth Championship winners |
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![]() Congo First title |
Top scorers
[edit]1. | ![]() | 5 |
2. | ![]() | 3 |
2. | ![]() | 3 |