1979 African Youth Championship

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1979 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates6 August – 25 February 1978
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Third placeFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Fourth placeFlag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored24 (2.4 per match)
1977
1981

The 1979 African Youth Championship was the second edition of the biennial qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship for African nations and the inaugural edition under the African Youth Championship title.

Contents

Algeria and Guinea qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan by reaching the final, although the former won their inaugural title via the away goals rule against the latter with the match ending 4–4 on aggregate.

Teams

The following teams entered this edition of the tournament and played at least a match:

Preliminary round

Malawi, Madagascar and Senegal all withdrew, leading to the scrapping of the preliminary round and the advancement of Kenya, Mauritius and Gambia to the first round.

First round

Uganda, Mali, Togo, Ivory Coast and Gambia withdrew, leading Mauritius, Morocco, Guinea, Cameroon and Nigeria to advance to the second round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Libya  Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg2–3Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1–21–1
Egypt  Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg0–3Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia 0–10–2
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg2–4Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia 2–00–4

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg1–2Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1–20–0
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg1–2Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia 1–10–1
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg2–0Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2–00–0
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg3–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1–12–0

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg0–1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0–00–1
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg1–2Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 0–11–1

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg4–4 [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 2–12–3


Winners

 1979 African Youth Championship winners 
Flag of Algeria.svg
Algeria
First/Inaugural title

Qualification to the World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Notes

  1. Algeria won on away goals.

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