Tournament details | |
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Dates | 25 July 1982 – 16 April 1983 |
Teams | 18 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Nigeria (1st title) |
Runners-up | Ivory Coast |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 45 |
Goals scored | 66 (1.47 per match) |
The 1983 African Youth Championship was the 4th 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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The following teams entered this edition of the tournament and played at least a match:
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Liberia | 4–3 1 | Guinea | 2–2 | 2–1 |
Senegal | 0–4 2 | Gambia | 0–2 | 0–2 2 |
Sudan | w/o 3 | Ethiopia | ||
Togo | w/o 3 | Ghana | ||
Gabon | w/o 3 | Central African Republic | ||
Swaziland | w/o 3 | Mauritius | ||
Congo | w/o 3 | Angola | ||
Upper Volta | w/o 3 | Ivory Coast | ||
Libya | w/o 3 | Morocco |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Sudan | 2–4 | Egypt | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Guinea | 3–2 | Togo | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Gabon | 0–3 | Nigeria | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Swaziland | 1–7 1 | Zimbabwe | 1–5 | 0–2 1 |
Angola | 1–3 | Cameroon | 0–1 | 1–2 |
Ivory Coast | w/o 2 | Equatorial Guinea | 4-1 | n/p |
Gambia | 1–2 | Algeria | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Morocco | 4–0 | Tunisia | 4–0 | 0–0 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Egypt | 1–1 7–8 (pen.) | Guinea | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Nigeria | 3–2 | Zimbabwe | 3–1 | 0–1 |
Cameroon | 2–5 | Ivory Coast | 0–2 | 2–3 |
Algeria | 3–3 (a) | Morocco | 2–0 | 1–3 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Guinea | 2–3 | Nigeria | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Ivory Coast | 2–2 (a) | Algeria | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ivory Coast | 3–4 | Nigeria | 2–2 | 1–2 |
1983 African Youth Championship |
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Nigeria First/Inaugural title |
These two best performing teams qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship in Mexico.
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