1985 African Youth Championship

The African Youth Championship 1985 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1985 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates2 September 1984 - 4 May 1985
Teams17
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up Tunisia

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament (and played at least one match):

Preliminary round

Burkina Faso, Libya and Togo withdrew, meaning Benin, Ethiopia and Senegal qualified for the First Round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gambia  2–3  Ghana 1–0 1–3
Guinea  2–2  Angola 2–1 0–1
Sudan  1–0  Uganda 1–0 0–0
Mozambique  0–8  Zambia 0–3 0–5

Due to the withdrawal of teams, CAF ruled that both Guinea and Angola qualified for the First Round.

First round

Benin and Senegal withdrew. As a result, Guinea and Ivory Coast advanced to the next round. Entrants in this round were Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia and Zimbabwe.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia  0–0 (p: 3–2)  Algeria 0–0 0–0
Morocco  3–1  Egypt 2–0 1–1
Nigeria  2–1  Ghana 2–0 0–1
Cameroon  5–0  Angola 3–0 2–0
Zimbabwe  4–3  Sudan 4–2 0–1
Ethiopia  5–3  Zambia 2–2 3–1

Quarterfinals

Ivory Coast entered the tournament.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea  1–3  Ivory Coast 0–0 1–3
Morocco  1–2  Tunisia 1–0 0–2
Cameroon  4–5  Nigeria 3–0 1–5
Ethiopia  3–1  Zimbabwe 1–1 2–0

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast  1–1(a)  Tunisia 1–1 0–0
Nigeria  4–1  Ethiopia 3–0 1–1

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia  2–3  Nigeria 1–1 1–2
 1985 African Youth Championship 

Nigeria
Second title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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