2003 African Youth Championship

2003 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Burkina Faso
City Ouagadougou, Bobo Dioulasso
Dates 4 – 18 January 2003
Teams 8 (from CAF confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Egypt (3rd title)
Runners-up  Côte d'Ivoire
Third place  Mali
Fourth place  Burkina Faso
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 43 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s) Emad Moteab (5 goals)

The 2003 African Youth Championship is an association football tournament for under-20 players (born in 1983 and before). It was held in Burkina Faso fro January 4 until January 18. The top four teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Contents

Qualification

Preliminary round

The first leg was played on either the 6th, 7th or 8 April 2002. The second leg was held on either the 19th, 20th or 21 April 2002. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Togo  4–1  Chad 3–0 1–1
Equatorial Guinea  0–6  Gabon 0–1 0–5
Burundi  2–3  Tanzania 1–0 1–3
Sudan  4–4(3-4 PSO)  Uganda 3–1 1–3
Zimbabwe  3–1  Swaziland 1–0 2–1
Namibia  2–3  Botswana 1–0 1–3
Guinea-Bissau  w/o  Liberia w/o w/o
Cameroon  w/o  São Tomé and Príncipe w/o w/o
Somalia  w/o  Kenya w/o w/o
Mauritania  w/o  Sierra Leone w/o w/o
Mauritius  w/o  Madagascar w/o w/o

First round

The First Round first leg matches will be held on the 20 and 21 July 2010. The second leg matches will be held on the 10, 11 August 2010. The winners qualify for the Second Round.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Angola  1–1(1-4)(PSO)  Togo 1–0 1–0
Senegal  3–4  Gabon 1–2 2–2
Tunisia  7–1  Libya 5–0 2–1
Cameroon  4–0  Tanzania 4–0 0–0
Algeria  0–5  Côte d'Ivoire 0–3 0–2
Nigeria  6–0  Somalia 6–0
Morocco  2–2 (a)  Guinea 1–0 1–2
Egypt  3–1  Uganda 3–1 0–0
Mozambique  4–1  Botswana 3–0 1–1
Ethiopia  0–2  Zambia 0–0 0–2
South Africa  5–0  Madagascar 2–0 3–0
Ghana  w/o  Guinea-Bissau w/o w/o
Zimbabwe  w/o  Malawi w/o w/o
Mali  w/o  Mauritania 9 - 1 w/o

Second round

The Second Round first leg matches was played on the 28th, 29 September 2002. The second leg matches was played on the 20th of October 2002. The winners of the aggregate of the two legs will qualify for the Finals.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Togo  2–3  Gabon 1–0 1–3
Ghana  1–1(5-4)(PSO)  Tunisia 1–0 0–1
Cameroon  2–3  Côte d'Ivoire 0–1 2–2
Nigeria  2–3  Morocco 1–2 1–1
Mali  2–0  Mozambique 1–0 1–0
Egypt  2–0  Zimbabwe 2–0 0–0
Zambia  4–4 (a)  South Africa 4–1 0–3

Final Tournament

The final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, will be held from 18 March to 1 April 2001.

Group Stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mali 3 1 2 0 7 5 +2 5
 Burkina Faso 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Gabon 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
 South Africa 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 1
4 January 2003
 Burkina Faso  0 - 0  South Africa Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
4 January 2003
 Mali  2 - 2  Gabon Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
7 January 2003
 Mali  4 - 2  South Africa Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
7 January 2003
 Burkina Faso  2 - 1  Gabon Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
10 January 2003
 Gabon  3 - 1  South Africa Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso
10 January 2003
 Burkina Faso  1 - 1  Mali Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Côte d'Ivoire 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 7
 Egypt 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
 Ghana 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 2
 Morocco 3 0 1 2 0 5 -5 1
5 January 2003
 Ghana  0 - 0  Morocco Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso
5 January 2003
 Côte d'Ivoire  1 - 1  Egypt Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso
8 January 2003
 Côte d'Ivoire  1 - 0  Morocco Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso
8 January 2003
 Ghana  1 - 1  Egypt Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso
8 January 2003
 Côte d'Ivoire  3 - 2  Ghana Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso
8 January 2003
 Morocco  0 - 4  Egypt Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

Knock-out stage

  Semifinals     Final
                 
  A1   Mali 0  
  B2   Egypt 1    
        Egypt 4
        Côte d'Ivoire 3
  B1   Côte d'Ivoire(PSO) 0(3)    
  A2   Burkina Faso 0(1)   Third place
  Mali(PSO) 1(5)
    Burkina Faso 1(4)

Semifinals

14 January 2003
 Mali  0- 1 Egypt  Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
14 January 2003
 Côte d'Ivoire  1 - 1(3-1)(PSO) Burkina Faso  Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

Third place

17 January 2003
 Mali  1 - 1(5-4)(PSO) Burkina Faso  Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

Final

17 January 2003
 Egypt  2 - 2(4-3)(AET) Côte d'Ivoire  Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

Winner

 2009 African Youth Championship Winner 

Egypt
Third title
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