1981 African Youth Championship

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1981 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates8 June 1980 – 24 April 1981
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Third placeFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Fourth placeFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored49 (4.9 per match)
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The 1981 African Youth Championship was the 3rd edition of the biennial African qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship which was contested on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

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Egypt beat Cameroon 3–1 on aggregate in the final to claim their inaugural title, although both teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia.

Teams

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

Preliminary round

The first leg was played on 8 June and the second leg was held on 22 June 1980. The winners advanced to the First Round.

The teams who received byes to the first round are Guinea, Cameroon, Tunisia, Morocco, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Algeria, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Uganda, the Central African Republic and Kenya.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg4–3Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 2–02–3
Togo  Flag of Togo.svgw/o 1Flag of Benin.svg  Benin
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svgw/o 1Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi

1 Malawi and Benin withdrew.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg2–2 (a)Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 2–10–1
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg5–1Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 3–02–1
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg1–1
(6–5 pen.)		Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg2–1Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia 0–02–1
Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg1–6Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1–30–3
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svgw/o 1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Egypt  Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svgw/o 1Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Central African Republic  Flag of the Central African Republic.svgw/o 1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya

1 Ivory Coast, Uganda and Kenya withdrew.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg3–1Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 3–00–1
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg5–4Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia 4–01–4
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg1–3Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 1–10–2
Central African Republic  Flag of the Central African Republic.svgw/o 1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 4–1n/p

1 Civil unrest and political turmoil in the Central African Republic forced their team to withdraw after the first leg, leading to the scrapping of the second leg and advancing Algeria to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–4Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 2–30–1
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svgw/o1Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt

1 Algeria withdrew.

Final

The first leg was played on 12 April and the second leg on 24 April 1981.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg1–3Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 1–10–2
 1981 African Youth Championship winners 
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg
Egypt
First/Inaugural title

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The two best performing teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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