Tournament details | |
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Dates | 8 June 1980 – 24 April 1981 |
Teams | 14 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Egypt (1st title) |
Runners-up | Cameroon |
Third place | Nigeria |
Fourth place | Algeria |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 49 (4.9 per match) |
← 1979 1983 → |
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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.
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Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Equatorial Guinea | 4–3 | Gabon | 2–0 | 2–3 |
Togo | w/o 1 | Benin | ||
Zimbabwe | w/o 1 | Malawi |
1 Malawi and Benin withdrew.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Guinea | 2–2 (a) | Equatorial Guinea | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Cameroon | 5–1 | Togo | 3–0 | 2–1 |
Tunisia | 1–1 (6–5 pen.) | Morocco | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
Zimbabwe | 2–1 | Ethiopia | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Mauritania | 1–6 | Algeria | 1–3 | 0–3 |
Nigeria | w/o 1 | Ivory Coast | ||
Egypt | w/o 1 | Uganda | ||
Central African Republic | w/o 1 | Kenya |
1 Ivory Coast, Uganda and Kenya withdrew.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cameroon | 3–1 | Equatorial Guinea | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Nigeria | 5–4 | Tunisia | 4–0 | 1–4 |
Zimbabwe | 1–3 | Egypt | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Central African Republic | w/o 1 | Algeria | 4–1 | n/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.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nigeria | 2–4 | Cameroon | 2–3 | 0–1 |
Algeria | w/o1 | Egypt |
1 Algeria withdrew.
The first leg was played on 12 April and the second leg on 24 April 1981.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cameroon | 1–3 | Egypt | 1–1 | 0–2 |
1981 African Youth Championship winners |
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Egypt First/Inaugural title |
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