2001 African Youth Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Ethiopia |
Dates | 18 March - 1 April |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Third place |
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Fourth place |
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Tournament statistics | |
Best player |
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The African Youth Championship 2001 was held in Ethiopia. It also served as qualification for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Qualification
Preliminary round
Eritrea and Guinea Bissau withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively Kenya and Gambia.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Gabon |
2–2(a) | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
Botswana |
1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
Tanzania |
4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
Mauritius |
6–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | |
Réunion |
1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
Somalia |
1–2 | not played | 1–2 |
First round
Congo-Brazzaville and Sierra Leone withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively Cameroon and Ghana.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Algeria |
2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Equatorial Guinea |
0–7 | 0–1 | 0–6 | |
Ivory Coast |
2–2 (p: 2–4) | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Gambia |
(a)2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
Swaziland |
3–7 | 2–1 | 1–6 | |
Morocco |
1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
Sudan |
3–6 | 1–2 | 2–4 | |
Tanzania |
2–4 | 0–0 | 2–4 | |
Mauritius |
1–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
Madagascar |
3–5 | 1–2 | 2–3 | |
Uganda |
2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | |
Kenya |
0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ghana |
3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
Mali |
3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
Cameroon |
2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Angola |
2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
Nigeria |
5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
South Africa |
7–5 | 3–3 | 4–2 | |
Zambia |
0–0 (p: 1–3) | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Teams
The following teams qualified for tournament:
Group stage
Group 1
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 (+3) | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 1 |
18 March | Ethiopia |
0–1 | |
South Africa |
0–1 | ||
21 March | Cameroon |
2–2 | |
Egypt |
2–2 | ||
24 March | Cameroon |
0-0 1 | |
26 March 2 | Ethiopia |
4–1 |
1 The match was abandoned in the 89th minute with the score at 0-0 after fans invaded the pitch believing that Cameroon and Egypt had contrived a draw to qualify both teams at the expense of host Ethiopia. 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 group standings.
2 The match was originally scheduled for the 24th, but was postponed after the South African team had travel difficulties.
Semifinals play-off
26 March | Cameroon |
1–3 |
Group 2
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 1 |
19 March | Ghana |
1–0 | |
Mali |
0–0 | ||
22 March | Angola |
2–2 | |
Nigeria |
1–4 | ||
25 March | Angola |
2–0 | |
Ghana |
1–1 |
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
2001 African Youth Championship |
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Angola First title |
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The four best performing teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.