1983 African Youth Championship

The African Youth Championship 1983 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liberia	4 - 3 ¹	Guinea	2 - 2	2 - 1
Senegal	0 - 4 ²	Gambia	0 - 2	0 - 2 ²
Sudan	w/o ³	Ethiopia	-	-
Togo	w/o ³	Ghana	-	-
Gabon	w/o ³	Central African Republic	-	-
Swaziland	w/o ³	Mauritius	-	-
Congo	w/o ³	Angola	-	-
Upper Volta	w/o ³	Ivory Coast	-	-
Libya	w/o ³	Morocco	-	-

¹ Liberia initially won on aggregate against Guinea, but were disqualified for using ineligible players in both legs.

² Senegal withdrew after first leg.

³ Ethiopia, Ghana, Central African Republic, Mauritius, Congo, Upper Volta and Libya all withdrew.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sudan	2–4	Egypt	1–1	1–3
Guinea	3–2	Togo	2–1	1–1
Gabon	0–3	Nigeria	0–1	0–2
Swaziland	1-7 ¹	Zimbabwe	1-5	0-2 ¹
Angola	1–3	Cameroon	0–1	1–2
Ivory Coast	awd ²	Equatorial Guinea	4-1	n/p
Gambia	1–2	Algeria	0–0	1–2
Morocco	4–0	Tunisia	4–0	0–0

¹ Swaziland withdrew after losing the first leg to Zimbabwe.

² Equatorial Guinea were ejected from the competition for using five ineligible players in the first leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Egypt	1–1 (p: 7–8)	Guinea	1–0	0–1
Nigeria	3–2	Zimbabwe	3–1	0–1
Cameroon	2–5	Ivory Coast	0–2	2–3
Algeria	(a)3–3	Morocco	2–0	1–3

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guinea	2–3	Nigeria	2–1	0–2
Ivory Coast	(a)2–2	Algeria	1–0	1–2

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ivory Coast	3–4	Nigeria	2–2	1–2

1983 African Youth Championship
Nigeria First title

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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