1989 African Youth Championship

1989 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates 30 April 1988 - 14 January 1989
Teams 16
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (4th title)
Runners-up  Mali

The African Youth Championship 1989 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament (and played at least one match):

Preliminary Round:

First Round:

Preliminary Round

Central Africa, Mauritania, Mauritius and Kenya withdrew before playing. A bye was therefore given to respectively Gabon, Algeria, Madagascar and Lesotho.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali  6–4  Senegal 4–0 2–4
Guinea  4–2  Liberia 3–1 1–1
Angola  3–4  Zaire 2–1 1–3

First Round

Madagascar, Somalia and Togo withdrew before playing. A bye was therefore given to respectively Egypt, Ivory Coast and Lesotho.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali  (a)2–2  Morocco 1–0 1–2
Algeria  (a)2–2  Tunisia 0–0 2–2
Guinea  3–3(a)  Ghana 3–2 0–1
Zaire  2–2(a)  Nigeria 2–2 0–0
Gabon  2–1  Cameroon 2–0 0–1

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali  (a)3–3  Egypt 2–0 1–3
Ghana  3–3 (p: 4–5)  Algeria 3–0 0–3
Nigeria  6–1  Lesotho 4–0 2–1
Gabon  2–4  Ivory Coast 1–0 1–4

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria  1–1(a)  Mali 1–1 0–0
Ivory Coast  2–4  Nigeria 2–2 0–2

Final

Matches were played on 1 January in Bamako, Mali and 14 January in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali  1–4  Nigeria 1–2 0–2

Second final match details:

14 January 1989 (1989-01-14)
Nigeria  2 – 0  Mali
 45' Mutiu Adepoju
 75' Jimoh Balogun
 1989 African Youth Championship 

Nigeria
Fourth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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