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:

Group Stage

Group A

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 321071+67
 Cameroon 312032+15
 Mali 311143+14
 Angola 300319–80


21 February
Ghana  1-0  Mali


21 February
Angola  0-1  Cameroon


24 February
Mali  1-1  Cameroon


24 February
Angola  0-5  Ghana


27 February
Mali  3-1  Angola


27 February
Cameroon  1-1  Ghana

Group B

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 321093+67
 Zambia 321072+57
 Guinea 3102812–43
 Malawi 300329–70


22 February
Zambia  1-0  Malawi


22 February
Guinea  3-4  Nigeria


25 February
Malawi  0-5  Nigeria


25 February
Guinea  2-6  Zambia


28 February
Malawi  2-3  Guinea


28 February
Nigeria  0-0  Zambia

Knock-out stage

Fifth-place Match

3 March
Mali  4-1  Guinea

Semi-finals

4 March
Ghana  3-1  Zambia


4 March
Nigeria  2-1  Cameroon

Third Place Match

7 March
Cameroon  2-1  Zambia

Final

7 March
Ghana  1-0  Nigeria
Laryea Kingston  40'
Accra
Referee: Morocco Mohamed Guezaz
Further information

Assistant Referees:

Cautions:

Line-ups
 Nigeria  Ghana
 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.

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