2009 African Youth Championship

2009 African Youth Championship
CAF U20/Rwanda 2009; Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2009; Igikombe cya Afurika cy'abato bato 2009; Kombe la Mataifa ya Jumuiya ya Afrika 2009
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Tournament details
Host country	Rwanda
City	Kigali City
Dates	18 January – 1 February
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Amahoro Stadium, Nyamirambo Stadium (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (3rd title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Third place	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Fourth place	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	43 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ghana Ransford Osei (7 goals)
	← 2007 2011 →

The 2009 African Youth Championship is a football tournament for under 20 players. It was held in Rwanda from 18 January until 1 February 2009. It also served as qualification for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Preliminary round

The first leg was played on either the 18, 19 or 20 April 2008. The second leg was held on either the 2, 3 or 4 May 2008. The winners advanced to the First Round. Congo, Nigeria, Zambia, Gambia, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Cameroon, Benin, Morocco, Tunisia, Mali, Ghana, Angola, Gabon, South Africa and Burkina Faso all received byes to the First Round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania Mauritania	1–0	Algeria Algeria	1–0	0–0
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone	1–3	Senegal Senegal	1–1	0–2
Somalia Somalia	3 – 3 (3–5 PSO)	Kenya Kenya	2–1	1–2
Tanzania Tanzania	w/o	Sudan Sudan	w/o	w/o
Lesotho Lesotho	1–2	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	1–0	0–2
Madagascar Madagascar	w/o	Mauritius Mauritius	w/o	w/o
Malawi Malawi	2 – 2 (3–4 AGR)	Burundi Burundi	1–2	1–0
DR Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo	1–0	Uganda Uganda	0–0	1–0
Namibia Namibia	1–2	Botswana Botswana	1–1	0–1
Réunion Réunion	4–3	Mozambique Mozambique	2–2	2–1
Guinea Guinea	4–2	Liberia Liberia	3–2	1–0
Niger Niger	2 – 2 (4–3 PSO)	Libya Libya	2–0	0–2

First round

The First Round first leg matches were held on the 27, 28 and 29 June 2008. The second legs were held on the 11, 12 and 13 July 2008. The winners qualified for the Second Round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benin Benin	6–3	Morocco Morocco	3–0	3–3
Tunisia Tunisia	0–2	Mali Mali	0–1	0–1
Ghana Ghana	5–2	Angola Angola	5–1	0–1
Gambia The Gambia	4–1	Mauritania Mauritania	1–0	3–1
Nigeria Nigeria	3–0	Senegal Senegal	2–0	1–0
Kenya Kenya	1 – 1(2–4 PSO)	Sudan Sudan	1–0	0–1
Egypt Egypt	6–0	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	5–0	1–0
Zambia Zambia	3–0	Mauritius Mauritius	1–0	2–0
Cameroon Cameroon	2–0	Burundi Burundi	1–0	1–0
Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo	3–1	Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo	1–1	2–0
Gabon Gabon	0–2	Botswana Botswana	0–2	0–0
South Africa South Africa	8–2	Réunion Réunion	1–1	7–1
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast	3–2	Guinea Guinea	1–1	2–1
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso	6–0	Niger Niger	3–0	3–0

Second round

The first legs were played on the 26, 27 and 28 September. The second legs were played on the 11, 12 and 13 October. The winners qualified for the Finals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benin Benin	0–2	Mali Mali	0–2	0–0
Ghana Ghana	3–1	The Gambia Gambia	2–1	1–0
Nigeria Nigeria	7–2	Sudan Sudan	5–0	2–2
Egypt Egypt	4–3	Zambia Zambia	3–3	1–0
Cameroon Cameroon	2–0	Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo	0–0	2–0
Botswana Botswana	0–3	South Africa South Africa	0–0	0–3
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast	5–2	Burkina Faso Burkina Faso	1–0	4–2

Squads

The following teams entered the tournament:

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda (H)	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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

18 January 2009