1991 African Youth Championship

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1991 African Youth Championship
إنشاء بطولة أفريقيا لكرة القدم للشباب 1991
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CityCairo, Alexandria, Ismailia
Dates22 February – 8 March
Teams6
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (2nd title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Third placeFile:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored19 (1.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Moustafa Sadek (3 goals)
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The 1991 African Youth Championship was a football tournament for under-20 players. It was held in Egypt from 22 February until 8 March 1991. The two best teams qualified for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualifying

First round

The first leg matches were played on 10–12 August 1990. The second leg matches were held on 24–26 August 1990. Burkina Faso, Liberia, Congo and Mauritius withdrew: Togo, Ghana, Cameroon and Zimbabwe advanced to the second round, while Algeria, Ghana and Mali received byes. Central African Republic withdrew after the first leg, with Gabon being awarded a 2-0 victory for the second leg and advancing to the second round. Guinea were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mauritania File:Flag of Mauritania (1959–2017).svg 1–3 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1–2 0–1
Niger File:Flag of Niger.svg 1–2 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1–1 0–1
Sierra Leone File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 1–0 0–0
Benin File:Flag of Benin.svg 1–2 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 0–2 1–0
Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg 5–0 File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 2–0 3–0
Lesotho File:Flag of Lesotho.svg 0–1 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 0–0 0–1
Central African Republic File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 1–1 0–2
Ethiopia File:Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg (a)4–4 File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 2–1 2–3

Second round

The first leg matches were played on either 27–29 October 1990, and the second leg matches were held on 11 November 1990. The winners advanced to the final tournament in Egypt. Togo withdrew, meaning Algeria qualified for the final tournament, while Gabon were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg 2–4 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1–2 1–2
Sierra Leone File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg 3–3(a) File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 3–1 0–2
Mali File:Flag of Mali.svg 0–6 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 0–0 0–6
Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg 3-4 File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 1–1 2–3
Gambia File:Flag of The Gambia.svg 0–5 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 0–4 0–1
Zimbabwe File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 2–4 File:Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg Ethiopia 1–1 1–3

Teams

Algeria and Tunisia would not participate in the main tournament due to the Gulf War.[citation needed] The following teams qualified for the main tournament:

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (H) 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2[lower-alpha 1]
3 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2[lower-alpha 1]
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tied on head-to-head result, overall goal difference and overall goals scored, final positions were decided by drawing of lots.
Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg1 – 1File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg1 – 1File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg1 – 1File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3 File:Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg1 – 0File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg1 – 0File:Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg Ethiopia
Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg3 – 2File:Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg Ethiopia

Knock-out stage

Semifinals Final
      
A1 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 0(4)
B2 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (PSO) 0(3)
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 2
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 1
B1 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 0
A2 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 1 Third place
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 2
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 0

Semifinals

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg0- 0 (4-3)(PSO)Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg
Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg0 - 1Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg

Third place

Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg2 - 0Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg

Final

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg2 - 1Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg
File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Tamer Sakr
File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Moustafa Sadek		 File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' (pen.) Mambo Ossou
 1991 African Youth Championship winners 
File:Flag of Egypt.svg
Egypt
Second title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.

External links

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