1999 African Youth Championship

The 1999 African Youth Championship was the tenth edition of the continental Under-20 football competition, held in Ghana. It also served as qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1999 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGhana
Dates21 February – 7 March
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Ghana (2nd title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Cameroon
Fourth place Zambia

Qualification

Preliminary round

Gambia and Namibia withdrew before playing. As a result, Burkina Faso and Malawi advanced to the next round. Mauritania withdrew after one match and Libya went through.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mozambique  6–5  Réunion 4–4 2–1
Sierra Leone  6–5  Liberia 4–3 2–2
Lesotho  3–2  Swaziland 2–1 1–1
Congo  3–2  Togo 2–1 1–1
Rwanda  2–1  Chad 1–1 1–0
Mauritania  w/o  Libya 2–2 w/o

First round

Burkina Faso withdrew before playing. As a result, Nigeria advanced to the next round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Libya  5–4  Tunisia 3–3 2–1
Sierra Leone  2–4  Mali 1–3 1–1
Angola  5–2  Gabon 3–2 2–0
Congo  1–4  Ivory Coast 1–1 0–3
Uganda  2–4  Tanzania 1–1 1–3
Ethiopia  1–2  Egypt 0–0 1–2
Lesotho  3–4  Zambia 2–2 1–2
Rwanda  2–3  Cameroon 2–0 0–3
Burundi  2–1  Sudan 1–1 1–0
Algeria  3–6  Guinea 3–2 0–4
Senegal  1–1  Morocco 1–1 0–0
Malawi  (a)2–2  Botswana 1–0 1–2
Mozambique  2–2 (p: 3–4)  South Africa 1–1 1–1

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast  4–4 (p: 3–4)  Angola 4–0 0–4
Nigeria  4–2  Tanzania 3–1 1–1
Zambia  3–3 (p: 6–5)  Egypt 3–0 0–3
Burundi  1–2  Cameroon 1–2 0–0
Morocco  0–4  Guinea 0–4 0–0
South Africa  1–5  Malawi 0–1 1–4
Mali  5–4  Libya 3–0 2–4

Teams

The following teams qualified for tournament:

Group stage

Group A
Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 321071+67
 Cameroon 312032+15
 Mali 311143+14
 Angola 300319–80


Ghana 1–0 Mali
Angola 0–1 Cameroon
Mali 1–1 Cameroon
Angola 0–5 Ghana
Mali 3–1 Angola
Cameroon 1–1 Ghana

Group B
Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 321093+67
 Zambia 321072+57
 Guinea 3102812–43
 Malawi 300329–70


Zambia 1–0 Malawi
Guinea 3–4 Nigeria
Malawi 0–5 Nigeria
Guinea 2-6 Zambia
Malawi 2–3 Guinea
Nigeria 0–0 Zambia

Knock-out stage

Fifth-place Match
Mali 4–1 Guinea

Semi-finals
Ghana 3–1 Zambia
Nigeria 2–1 Cameroon

Third place match
Cameroon 2–1 Zambia

Final
Ghana 1–0 Nigeria
Laryea Kingston  40'
Referee: Mohamed Guezaz
Further information

Assistant Referees:

  • Carlos Henriques
  • Tomusange Ali
  • Monteiro Duarte

Cautions:

Line-ups
 Nigeria  Ghana
 1999 African Youth Championship 

Ghana
Second title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The five best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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