1999 African Youth Championship

1999 African Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Ghana
Dates	21 February - 7 March
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (2nd title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Cameroon
Fourth place	Zambia

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

Preliminary Round

Gambia and Namibia withdrew before playing. A bye was therefore given to respectively Burkina Faso and Malawi. Mauritania withdrew after one match and Libya went through.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mozambique	6–5	Réunion	4–4	2–1
Sierra Leone	6–5	Liberia	4–3	2–2
Lesotho	3–2	Swaziland	2–1	1–1
Congo	3–2	Togo	2–1	1–1
Rwanda	2–1	Chad	1–1	1–0
Mauritania	walkover	Libya	2–2	walkover

First Round

Burkina Faso withdrew before playing. A bye was therefore given to Nigeria.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Libya	5–4	Tunisia	3–3	2–1
Sierra Leone	2–4	Mali	1–3	1–1
Gabon	5–2	Angola	3–2	2–0
Congo	1–4	Ivory Coast	1–1	0–3
Uganda	2–4	Tanzania	1–1	1–3
Ethiopia	1–2	Egypt	0–0	1–2
Lesotho	3–4	Zambia	2–2	1–2
Rwanda	2–3	Cameroon	2–0	0–3
Burundi	2–1	Sudan	1–1	1–0
Algeria	3–6	Guinea	3–2	0–4
Senegal	1–1	Morocco	1–1	0–0
Malawi	(a)2–2	Botswana	1–0	1–2
Mozambique	2–2 (p: 3–4)	South Africa	1–1	1–1

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ivory Coast	4–4 (p: 3–4)	Angola	4–0	0–4
Nigeria	4–2	Tanzania	3–1	1–1
Zambia	3–3 (p: 6–5)	Egypt	3–0	0–3
Burundi	1–2	Cameroon	1–2	0–0
Morocco	0–4	Guinea	0–4	0–0
South Africa	1–5	Malawi	0–1	1–4
Mali	5–4	Libya	3–0	2–4

Teams

The following teams qualified for tournament:

•  Angola
•  Cameroon
•  Ghana (host)
•  Guinea
•  Malawi
•  Mali
•  Nigeria
•  Zambia

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
Cameroon	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Mali	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Angola	3	0	0	3	1	9	–8	0

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7
Zambia	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Guinea	3	1	0	2	8	12	–4	3
Malawi	3	0	0	3	2	9	–7	0

Knock-out stage

Fifth-place Match

Semi-finals

Third Place Match

Final

Further information

Assistant Referees:

• Carlos Henriques
• Tomusange Ali
• Monteiro Duarte

Cautions:

• Kofi Amoako  43'
• Aminu Sani 54'
• Sunday Adu  59'
• Sam Okoye  61'

Line-ups

Nigeria	Ghana
Sam Okoye Ikenna Eneh Emmanuel Izuuagha John Aranka Haruna Babangida (Joseph Yobo 82’) Hashimu Garba Aminu Sani (Julius Aghahowa 70’) Abubakar Musa Pius Ikedia Rabiu Afolabi Sunday Adu	Sammy Adjei Baffour Gyan Abdul Rahman Issah (Theophilus Amuzu 38’) Abdul Razak Hamza Mohammed Kofi Amoako (Emmanuel Adjogu 68’) Aziz Ansah Laryea Kingston Johnson Eku (Awule Quayejme 76’) George Blay Owusu Afriyie

1999 African Youth Championship
Ghana Second title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The five best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Cameroon
•  Ghana
•  Mali
•  Nigeria (host)
•  Zambia

External links

• Tournament details at Rsssf

African Youth Championship Tournaments 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 Egypt 1991 Mauritius 1993 Nigeria 1995 Morocco 1997 Ghana 1999 Ethiopia 2001 Burkina Faso 2003 Benin 2005 Republic of the Congo 2007 Rwanda 2009 South Africa 2011 Algeria 2013 Senegal 2015 Zambia 2017 Qualifications 2011 2013 2015 Squads 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015