1999 African Youth Championship

1999 African Youth ChampionshipTournament 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

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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

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### Preliminary round

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Gambia and Namibia withdrew before playing. As a result, Burkina Faso and Malawi advanced to the next round. Mauritania withdrew after one match and Libya went through.

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

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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 | w/o |  Libya | 2–2  | w/o

### First round

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Burkina Faso withdrew before playing. As a result, Nigeria advanced to the next round.

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

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Libya | 5–4  |  Tunisia | 3–3  | 2–1
Sierra Leone | 2–4  |  Mali | 1–3  | 1–1
Angola | 5–2  |  Gabon | 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

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

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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

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The following teams qualified for tournament:

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

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Ghana (H) | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 7  | 1  | +6  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Cameroon | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 5
3  |  Mali | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 3  | +1  | 4  | Advance to fifth place play-off
4  |  Angola | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 9  | −8  | 0  |

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

21 February

Ghana | 1–0|  Mali

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21 February

Angola | 0–1|  Cameroon

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24 February

Mali | 1–1|  Cameroon

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24 February

Angola | 0–5|  Ghana

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27 February

Mali | 3–1|  Angola

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27 February

Cameroon | 1–1|  Ghana

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### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Nigeria | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 3  | +6  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Zambia | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 7  | 2  | +5  | 7
3  |  Guinea | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 8  | 12  | −4  | 3  | Advance to fifth place play-off
4  |  Malawi | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 9  | −7  | 0  |

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

22 February

Zambia | 1–0|  Malawi

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22 February

Guinea | 3–4|  Nigeria

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25 February

Malawi | 0–5|  Nigeria

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25 February

Guinea | 2-6|  Zambia

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28 February

Malawi | 2–3|  Guinea

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28 February

Nigeria | 0–0|  Zambia

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## Knockout stage

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### Fifth place play-off

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3 March

Mali | 4–1|  Guinea

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### Semi-finals

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4 March

Ghana | 3–1|  Zambia

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Accra

4 March

Nigeria | 2–1|  Cameroon

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Accra

### Third place play-off

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7 March

Cameroon | 2–1|  Zambia

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Accra

### Final

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7 March

Ghana | 1–0|  Nigeria

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Laryea Kingston 40' |  |

Accra

Referee:  Mohamed Guezaz

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

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* 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

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

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

## External links

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* Tournament details at Rsssf

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