2009 African Youth Championship

2009 African Youth Championship
CAF U20/Rwanda 2009 Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2009

Tournament details
Host country	Rwanda
City	Kigali City
Dates	18 January - 1 February
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Amahoro Stadium, Nyamirambo Stadium (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (3rd title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	43 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ransford Osei (7 goals)

The 2009 African Youth Championship is a football tournament for Under 20 players. It was held in Rwanda from the 18th of January until the 1st of February 2009. It also served as qualification for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Preliminary round

The first leg was played on either the 18th, 19th or 20 April 2008. The second leg was held on either the 2nd, 3rd or 4 May 2008. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Congo, Nigeria, Zambia, Gambia, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Cameroon, Benin, Morocco, Tunisia, Mali, Ghana, Angola, Gabon, South Africa and Burkina Faso all received byes to the First Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	1 - 0	Algeria	1 - 0	0 - 0
Sierra Leone	1 - 3	Senegal	1 - 1	0 - 2
Somalia	3 - 3 (3-5 PSO)	Kenya	2 - 1	1 - 2
Tanzania	walkover	Sudan	W/O	W/O
Lesotho	1 - 2	Zimbabwe	1 - 0	0 - 2
Madagascar	walkover	Mauritius	W/O	W/O
Malawi	2 - 2 (3-4 AGR)	Burundi	1 - 2	1 - 0
DR Congo	1 - 0	Uganda	0 - 0	1 - 0
Namibia	1 - 2	Botswana	1 - 1	0 - 1
Réunion	4 - 3	Mozambique	2 - 2	2 - 1
Guinea	4 - 2	Liberia	3 - 2	1 - 0
Niger	2 - 2 (4-3 PSO)	Libya	2 - 0	0 - 2

First round

The First Round first leg matches were held on the 27th, 28th and 29 June 2008. The second legs were held on the 11th, 12th and 13 July 2008. The winners qualified for the Second Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benin	6 - 3	Morocco	3 - 0	3 - 3
Tunisia	0 - 2	Mali	0 - 1	0 - 1
Ghana	5 - 2	Angola	5 - 1	0 - 1
Gambia	4 - 1	Mauritania	1 - 0	3 - 1
Nigeria	3 - 0	Senegal	2 - 0	1 - 0
Kenya	1 - 1(2-4 PSO)	Sudan	1 - 0	0 - 1
Egypt	6 - 0	Zimbabwe	5 - 0	1 - 0
Zambia	3 - 0	Mauritius	1 - 0	2 - 0
Cameroon	2 - 0	Burundi	1 - 0	1 - 0
Republic of the Congo	3 - 1	DR Congo	1 - 1	2 - 0
Gabon	0 - 2	Botswana	0 - 2	0 - 0
South Africa	8 - 2	Réunion	1 - 1	7 - 1
Côte d'Ivoire	3 - 2	Guinea	1 - 1	2 - 1
Burkina Faso	6 - 0	Niger	3 - 0	3 - 0

Second round

The first legs were played on the 26th, 27th and 28 September. The second legs were played on the 11th, 12th and 13 October. The winners qualified for the Finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benin	0 - 2	Mali	0 - 2	0 - 0
Ghana	3 - 1	Gambia	2 - 1	1 - 0
Nigeria	7 - 2	Sudan	5 - 0	2 - 2
Egypt	4 - 3	Zambia	3 - 3	1 - 0
Cameroon	2 - 0	Republic of the Congo	0 - 0	2 - 0
Botswana	0 - 3	South Africa	0 - 0	0 - 3
Côte d'Ivoire	5 - 2	Burkina Faso	1 - 0	4 - 2

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2009 African Youth Championship squads.

The following teams entered the tournament:

Group stage

Group A

Nation	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ghana	7	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
Cameroon	5	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3
Rwanda	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1
Mali	0	3	0	0	3	1	7	-6

Rwanda v Mali

2009-01-18
15:00

Rwanda	2 – 1	Mali
Mugiraneza 6' Uzamukunda 61' Ngaboyisibo 34' Kwizera 57' Ngoma 90+4'	Report	Sow 29'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Bennett

South Africa

Ghana v Cameroon

2009-01-18
17:30

Ghana	1 – 1	Cameroon
Ayew 37'	Report	Zoua 1'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Kaoma

Zambia

Mali v Ghana

2009-01-21
14:00

Mali	0 – 2	Ghana
	Report	Awako 17' Osei 78'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Ragab

Libya

Cameroon v Rwanda

2009-01-21
16:45

Cameroon	1 – 1	Rwanda
Owana 35'	Report	Y. Ndayishimiye 44'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Yakhouba Keita

Guinea

Rwanda v Ghana

2009-01-24
15:30

Rwanda	0 – 2	Ghana
	Report	Osei 68', 80'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Fall

Senegal

Mali v Cameroon

2009-01-24
15:30

Mali	0 – 3	Cameroon
	Report	Zoua 20' Ekeng 25' Owana 44'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Gadir

Sudan

Group B

Nation	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Nigeria	6	3	2	1	6	2	4
South Africa	6	3	2	1	4	3	1
Egypt	6	3	2	1	4	4	0
Ivory Coast	0	3	0	3	1	6	-5

Nigeria v Egypt

2009-01-19
13:00

Nigeria	2 – 0	Egypt
Udoh 36' Alfa 55'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Gasingwa

Rwanda

Ivory Coast v South Africa

2009-01-19
15:30

Ivory Coast	0 – 1	South Africa
	Report	Nyanda 1H'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Gadir

Sudan

Egypt v Ivory Coast

2009-01-22
13:00

Egypt	2 – 1	Ivory Coast
Bogy 62' Hegazy 89'	Report	Kone 29'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Kaoma

Zambia

South Africa v Nigeria

2009-01-22
15:30

South Africa	2 – 1	Nigeria
Bhengu 75' (pen.) Maluleka 82'	Report	Uchebo 72'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Fall

Senegal

Nigeria v Ivory Coast

2009-01-25
15:30

Nigeria	3 – 0	Ivory Coast
Chrisantus 27' Lukman 80' Ibrahim 82'	Report

Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Ragab

Libya

Egypt v South Africa

2009-01-25
15:30

Egypt	2 – 1	South Africa
Talaat 27', 39'	Report	Ngcepe 71'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Yakhouba Keita

Guinea

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

28 January - Kigali
Ghana	4
South Africa	3

			1 February - Kigali
			Ghana	2
			Cameroon	0


			Third place
28 January - Kigali		31 January - Kigali
Nigeria	0	Nigeria	2
Cameroon	2		South Africa	1

Semi-finals

Nigeria v Cameroon

2009-01-28

Nigeria	0 – 2	Cameroon
Oseni 87'	Report	Zoua 31' Tiko 66'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Kaoma

Zambia

South Africa v Ghana

2009-01-28

South Africa	3 – 4	Ghana
Bhengu 63' 87' (pen.) Serero 72'	Report	Adiyiah 26' Osei 45+2' 71' Ayew 64'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Gadir

Sudan

3rd Place

South Africa v Nigeria

2009-01-31

South Africa	1 – 2	Nigeria
Maluleka 8'	Report	Ibrahim 15' Temile 45'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Ragab

Libya

Final

Cameroon v Ghana

2009-02-01

Cameroon	0 – 2	Ghana
		Osei 22' 86'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali

Winner

2009 African Youth Championship Winner
Ghana Third title

Qualification to FIFA U-20 World Cup

The four best performing teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. r

Egypt failed to advance to the semifinals. But they qualified as host.

Goal scorers

7 goals

Ransford Osei

3 goals

Jacques Zoua Daogari
Phumelele Bhengu

2 goals

1 goal

Patrick Ekeng Ekeng
Germain Francelin Tiko Messina
Koro Issa Koné
Ahmed Fathi Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamed
Ahmed Hegazy
Gladson Awako
Dominic Adiyiah
Samba Sow

1 goal (cont)

External links

African U-21 Cup of Nations, U-21 and U-20 Championship and U-20 Africa Cup of Nations

African U-21 Cup of Nations

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African U-21 Championship

Tournaments	Egypt 1991 Mauritius 1993 Nigeria 1995 Morocco 1997 Ghana 1999 Ethiopia 2001

Qualification	1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001

Squads	1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001

African U-20 Championship

Tournaments	Burkina Faso 2003 Benin 2005 RD Congo 2007 Rwanda 2009 South Africa 2011 Algeria 2013 Senegal 2015

Qualification	2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

U-20 Africa Cup of Nations

Tournaments	Zambia 2017 Niger 2019

Qualification	2017 2019

Squads	2017 2019

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