2001 African Youth Championship

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2001 African Youth ChampionshipTournament details

Host country| Ethiopia
Dates| 18 March – 1 April
Teams| 8
Final positions
Champions|  Angola (1st title)
Runners-up|  Ghana
Third place|  Egypt
Fourth place|  Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Best player(s)|  António Mendonça

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International football competition

The African Youth Championship 2001 was held in Ethiopia. It also served as qualification for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

## Qualification

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### Preliminary round

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Eritrea and Guinea Bissau withdrew. As a result, Kenya and Gambia advanced to the next round.

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

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Gabon | 2–2(a)  |  Equatorial Guinea | 2–1  | 0–1
Botswana | 1–3  |  Swaziland | 1–2  | 0–1
Tanzania | 4–0  |  Namibia | 2–0  | 2–0
Mauritius | 6–3  |  Lesotho | 4–1  | 2–2
Réunion | 1–2  |  Madagascar | 1–0  | 0–2
Somalia | 1–2  |  Uganda | not played | 1–2

### First round

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Congo-Brazzaville and Sierra Leone withdrew. As a result, Cameroon and Ghana advanced to the next round.

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

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Algeria | 2–1  |  Libya | 1–0  | 1–1
Equatorial Guinea | 0–7  |  Mali | 0–1  | 0–6
Ivory Coast | 2–2 (p: 2–4)  |  Tunisia | 1–1  | 1–1
Gambia | (a)2–2  |  Senegal | 0–1  | 2–1
Swaziland | 3–7  |  Angola | 2–1  | 1–6
Morocco | 1–2  |  Burkina Faso | 1–0  | 0–2
Sudan | 3–6  |  Nigeria | 1–2  | 2–4
Tanzania | 2–4  |  Mozambique | 0–0  | 2–4
Mauritius | 1–5  |  South Africa | 0–3  | 1–2
Madagascar | 3–5  |  Malawi | 1–2  | 2–3
Uganda | 2–3  |  Zambia | 2–3  | 0–0
Kenya | 0–1  |  Egypt | 0–0  | 0–1

### Second round

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

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Ghana | 3–2  |  Algeria | 1–0  | 2–2
Mali | 3–2  |  Tunisia | 2–0  | 1–2
Cameroon | 2–1  |  Gambia | 1–0  | 1–1
Angola | 2–0  |  Burkina Faso | 2–0  | 0–0
Nigeria | 5–1  |  Mozambique | 3–1  | 2–0
South Africa | 7–5  |  Malawi | 3–3  | 4–2
Zambia | 0–0 (p: 1–3)  |  Egypt | 0–0  | 0–0

## Teams

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The following teams qualified for tournament:

* Angola
* Cameroon
* Egypt
* Ethiopia (host)
* Ghana
* Mali
* Nigeria
* South Africa

## 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  |  Ethiopia (H) | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 6  | 4  | +2  | 4  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Egypt | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 4
3  |  Cameroon | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 4  |
4  |  South Africa | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 7  | −4  | 1

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

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18 March  | Ethiopia | 0–1  |  Cameroon
| South Africa | 0–1  |  Egypt
21 March  | Cameroon | 2–2  |  South Africa
| Egypt | 2–2  |  Ethiopia
24 March  | Cameroon | 0-0 1 |  Egypt
26 March 2 | Ethiopia | 4–1  |  South Africa

1 The match was abandoned in the 89th minute and the score at 0-0 after fans invaded the pitch believing that the teams had arranged a draw so both could progress. The match was ordered to be replayed two days later, with the results to be used to determine who would qualify for the semifinals but not to count in the standings.
2 The match was originally scheduled for the 24th, but was postponed after the South African team had travel difficulties.

#### Semifinals play-off

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26 March  | Cameroon | 1–3  |  Egypt

### Group B

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

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1  |  Ghana | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 2  | +4  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Angola | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 3  | +1  | 4
3  |  Mali | 3  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 3  |
4  |  Nigeria | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 6  | −5  | 1

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

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19 March  | Ghana | 1–0  |  Angola
| Mali | 0–0  |  Nigeria
22 March  | Angola | 2–2  |  Mali
| Nigeria | 1–4  |  Ghana
25 March  | Angola | 2–0  |  Nigeria
| Ghana | 1–1  |  Mali

## Knockout stage

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### Semi-finals

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28 March 2001 (2001-03-28)

Ethiopia | 2 – 5|  Angola

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19', 69' Yordanos |  |  5' Gilberto
13' Loló
35', 48' Mantorras
89' Mendonça

28 March 2001 (2001-03-28)

Ghana | 1 – 1|  Egypt

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96' Stephen Tetteh |  |  98' Gamal Hamza
Penalties
| 6 – 5 |

### Third place play-off

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1 April 2001 (2001-04-01)

Ethiopia | 0 – 2|  Egypt

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|  |  3' Ahmed Hossam
87' Mohammed Abdel Wahed

Attendance: 30.000

### Final

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1 April 2001 (2001-04-01)

Ghana | 0 – 2|  Angola

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|  |  57', 85' Loló

Attendance: 30.000

2001 African Youth Championship

Angola
First title

## Qualification to World Youth Championship

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The four best performing teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

* Angola
* Egypt
* Ethiopia
* Ghana

## External links

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* Results by RSSSF

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