1991 African Youth Championship

1991 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Egypt
City Cairo, Alexandria, Ismailia
Dates Feb 22 – Mar 8
Teams 6 (from CAF confederations)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Egypt (2nd title)
Runners-up  Côte d'Ivoire
Third place  Ghana
Fourth place  Zambia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 17 (1.7 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mustafa ٍSadek (3 goals)

The 1991 African Youth Championship is a football tournament for Under 20 players. It was held in Egypt from the 22ed of February until the 8th of March 1991.

the top tow teams qualified for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Contents

Qualifying

First round

The first leg matches were played on either the 10th, 11th or 12 August 1990. The second leg matches were held on either the 24th, 25th or 26 August 1990. The winners advanced to the Second Round.Algeria, Ghana, Mali received a bye.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Mauritania  1–3  Morocco 1–2 0–1
Niger  1–2  Tunisia 1–1 0–1
Sierra Leone  1–0  Senegal 1–0 0–0
Benin  1–2  Côte d'Ivoire 0–2 1–0
Guinea  5–0  Gambia 2–0 3–0
Lesotho  0–1  Zambia 0–0 0–1
Central African Republic  w/o  Gabon 1–1 w/o
Ethiopia  4–4 (a)  Uganda 2–1 2–3
Togo  w/o  Burkina Faso w/o w/o
Ghana  w/o  Liberia w/o w/o
Cameroon  w/o  Congo w/o w/o
Zimbabwe  w/o  Mauritius w/o w/o

Second Round

The first leg matches were played on either the 27th, 28th or 29 October 1990. The second leg matches were held on either the 11 November 1990. The winners advanced to the Finals in Egypt.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Morocco  2–4  Tunisia 1–2 1–2
Sierra Leone  3–3(a)  Côte d'Ivoire 3–1 0–2
Mali  0–6  Ghana 0–0 0–6
Zambia  3–4  Gabon 1–1 2–3
Gambia  0–5  Cameroon 0–4 0–1
Zimbabwe  2–4 1–1 1–3
Algeria  w/o  Togo w/o w/o

Group stage

Group A

Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Côte d'Ivoire 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
 Egypt 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
 Cameroon 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
  • final positions were decided by drawing of lots
22 February 1991
15:00
 Côte d'Ivoire  1 – 1  Cameroon Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
25 February 1991
15:00
 Côte d'Ivoire  1 – 1  Egypt Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
28 February 1991
15:00
 Cameroon  1 – 1  Egypt Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Group B

Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4
 Zambia 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2
 Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 0
  • final positions were decided by drawing of lots
23 February 1991
15:00
 Ghana  1 – 0  Zambia Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
26 February 1991
15:00
 Ghana  1 – 0  Ethiopia Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
1 March 1991
15:00
 Zambia  3 – 2  Ethiopia Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

Knock-out stage

  Semifinals     Final
                 
  A1   Côte d'Ivoire 0(4)  
  B2   Zambia (PSO) 0(3)    
        Egypt 1
        Côte d'Ivoire 0
  B1   Ghana 0    
  A2   Egypt 1   Third place
  Ghana 2
    Zambia 0

Semifinals

4 March 1991
14:30
 Côte d'Ivoire  0- 0 (4-3)(PSO) Zambia  Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
5 March 1991
14:30
 Ghana  0 - 1 Egypt  Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

Third place

8 March 1991
13:00
 Ghana  2 - 0 Zambia  Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Final

8 March 1991
15:00
 Egypt  1 - 0 Côte d'Ivoire  Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Winners

 1991 African Youth Championship Winners 

Egypt
Second title