1993 African Youth Championship

1993 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host country Mauritius
Dates 30 January - 10 February
Teams 8
Final positions
Champions  Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up  Cameroon
Third place  Egypt
Fourth place  Ethiopia

The 1993 African Youth Championship was a football tournament hosted on the island of Mauritius, off the east coast of Africa. The Championship was won by Ghana, who defeated Cameroon in the final, with both teams thus qualifying for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.[1]

Qualification

Preliminary round

Gambia withdrew and therefore Senegal received a bye

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya  0–4  Uganda 0–2 0–2
Mali  8–2  Mauritania 6–1 2–1
Togo  (a)1–1  Niger 0–0 1–1

Main Round

Algeria, Cameroon, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia and Zimbabwe entered the tournament here.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  3–1  Togo 3–1 0–0
Algeria  1–4  Morocco 1–2 0–2
Ghana  3–0  Mali 2–0 1–0
Nigeria  DSQ  Congo 0–1 DSQ
Tunisia  3–5  Senegal 2–2 1–3
Cameroon  3–1  Uganda 1–0 2–1
Egypt  4–2  Zimbabwe 3–1 1–1

Teams

The following teams qualified for tournament:

Group stage

Group A

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 320142+24
 Ghana 32012204
 Nigeria 31022202
 Mauritius 310224–22


30 January Ghana  1–0  Mauritius
Cameroon  1–0  Nigeria
1 February Nigeria  2–0  Mauritius
Cameroon  2–0  Ghana
3 February Mauritius  2–1  Cameroon
Ghana  1–0  Nigeria

Group B

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 321051+45
 Ethiopia 320153+24
 Morocco 310246–22
 Senegal 301215–41


31 January Egypt  0–0  Senegal
Ethiopia  2–1  Morocco
2 February Egypt  4–1  Morocco
Ethiopia  3–1  Senegal
4 February Egypt  1–0  Ethiopia
Morocco  2–0  Senegal

Semifinals

Cameroon  5 – 0  Ethiopia
Egypt  1 – 3
(aet)
 Ghana

Third place match

Egypt  3 – 0  Ethiopia

Final

Ghana  2 – 0  Cameroon
 1993 African Youth Championship 

Ghana
First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.

References

  1. "African U-21 Championship 1993". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.