1989 African Youth Championship

7th African youth football qualification tournament

1989 African Youth ChampionshipTournament details

Dates| 30 April 1988 – 14 January 1989
Teams| 16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions|  Nigeria (4th title)
Runners-up|  Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 30
Goals scored| 82 (2.73 per match)

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The 1989 African Youth Championship was the 7th edition of the biennial African qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship which was contested on a home and away two-legged basis.

Nigeria reached the final and defended their title for the 3rd consecutive time and the 4th time overall by defeating Mali 4–1 on aggregate, although both teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia.

## Teams[edit]

The following teams entered this edition of the tournament and played at least a match:

Preliminary Round:

* Angola
* Guinea
* Liberia
* Mali
* Senegal
* Zaire

First round:

* Algeria
* Cameroon
* Ivory Coast
* Egypt
* Gabon
* Ghana
* Lesotho
* Morocco
* Nigeria
* Tunisia

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## Preliminary round[edit]

Central Africa, Mauritania, Mauritius and Kenya withdrew, leaving their respective opponents Gabon, Algeria, Madagascar and Lesotho to advance to the first round.

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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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[edit]

Madagascar, Somalia and Togo withdrew, leaving their respective opponents Egypt, Ivory Coast and Lesotho to advance to the second round.

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Mali | 2–2 (a)  |  Morocco | 1–0  | 1–2
Algeria | 2–2 (a)  |  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

## Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Mali | 3–3 (a)  |  Egypt | 2–0  | 1–3
Ghana | 3–3
(4–5 pen.)  |  Algeria | 3–0  | 0–3
Nigeria | 6–1  |  Lesotho | 4–0  | 2–1
Gabon | 2–4  |  Ivory Coast | 1–0  | 1–4

## Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Algeria | 1–1 (a)  |  Mali | 1–1  | 0–0
Ivory Coast | 2–4  |  Nigeria | 2–2  | 0–2

## Final[edit]

The final was played over two legs; on 1 January in Bamako and on the 14th in Ibadan.

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Mali | 1–4  |  Nigeria | 1–2  | 0–2

Second leg match details:

14 January 1989 (1989-01-14)

Nigeria | 2–0|  Mali

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* 45' Mutiu Adepoju
* 75' Jimoh Balogun

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Ibadan

1989 African Youth Championship

Nigeria
4th title

## Qualification for the World Youth Championship[edit]

These two best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia:

* Mali
* Nigeria

## External links[edit]

* Tournament records by RSSSF

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