African Youth Championship

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The CAF African Youth Championship is the main international football competition for CAF nations, played by under 20 years old players.

The CAF U20 African Championship is held every two years with the top 4 teams qualifying for the FIFA World Youth Championship.

Until 1989 the African representatives were determined purely on a qualifying basis with no African title on the line. Since 1991 there has been a qualifying stage followed by a final tournament played by 8 teams in a chosen country.

[edit] Results

Year	Host nation		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1979 Details			Algeria Guinea	2 - 1 2 - 3			Ethiopia		Nigeria
1981 Details			Egypt	2 - 0 1 - 1	Cameroon		Guinea		Algeria
1983 Details			Nigeria	2 - 2 2 - 1	Ivory Coast		Guinea		Algeria
1985 Details			Nigeria	1 - 1 2 - 1	Tunisia		Ethiopia		Ivory Coast
1987 Details			Nigeria	2 - 1 3 - 0	Togo		Somalia		Morocco
1989 Details	Madagascar		Nigeria	2 - 0 2 - 1	Mali		Algeria		Ivory Coast
1991 Details	Egypt		Egypt	2 - 1	Ivory Coast		Ghana	2 - 0	Zambia
1993 Details	Mauritius		Ghana	2 - 0	Cameroon		Egypt	3 - 0	Ethiopia
1995 Details	Nigeria		Cameroon	4 - 0	Burundi		Nigeria	1 - 0	Mali
1997 Details	Morocco		Morocco	1 - 0	South Africa		Ivory Coast	2 - 0	Ghana
1999 Details	Nigeria & Ghana		Ghana	1 - 0	Nigeria		Cameroon	2 - 1	Zambia	Mali
2001 Details	Ethiopia		Angola	2 - 0	Ghana		Egypt	2 - 0	Ethiopia
2003 Details	Burkina Faso		Egypt	4 - 3	Ivory Coast		Mali	1 - 1 5-4 pk	Burkina Faso
2005 Details	Benin		Nigeria	2 - 0	Egypt		Benin	1 - 1 5-3 pk	Morocco
2007 Details	Congo		Congo	1 - 0	Nigeria		Gambia	3 - 1	Zambia
2009

[edit] Most African Youth Championship Champion

Champion	Nation	Year
5 times	Nigeria	1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005
3 times	Egypt	1981, 1991, 2003
2 times	Ghana	1993, 1999
1 time	Algeria	1979
1 time	Guinea	1979
1 time	Congo	2007
1 time	Cameroon	1995
1 time	Morocco	1997
1 time	Angola	2001

[edit] See Also

• CAF
• African Cup of Nations
• African Under-17 Championship
• FIFA U-20 World Cup
• AFC Youth Championship
• UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

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