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1999 African Youth Championship

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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
1997
2001

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.

Qualification

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Preliminary round

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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The following teams qualified for tournament:

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana (H) 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Cameroon 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  Mali 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4 Advance to fifth place play-off
4  Angola 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Zambia 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
3  Guinea 3 1 0 2 8 12 −4 3 Advance to fifth place play-off
4  Malawi 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
Zambia 1–0 Malawi
Guinea 3–4 Nigeria
Malawi 0–5 Nigeria
Guinea 2-6 Zambia
Malawi 2–3 Guinea
Nigeria 0–0 Zambia

Knockout stage

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Fifth place play-off

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Mali 4–1 Guinea

Semi-finals

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Ghana 3–1 Zambia
Nigeria 2–1 Cameroon

Third place play-off

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Cameroon 2–1 Zambia

Final

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

Assistant Referees:

  • South Africa Carlos Henriques
  • UgandaTomusange Ali
  • Cape Verde Monteiro Duarte

Cautions:

Line-ups
 Nigeria  Ghana


 1999 African Youth Championship 

Ghana

Second title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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

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