1983 African Youth Championship

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1983 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates25 July 1982 – 16 April 1983
Teams18 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored66 (1.47 per match)
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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.

Contents

By reaching the final of this edition of the competition, Nigeria and Ivory Coast qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship in Mexico, although the former defeated the latter 4–3 on aggregate to claim their inaugural title.

Teams

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

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Liberia  Flag of Liberia.svg4–3 1Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 2–22–1
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg0–4 2Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 0–20–2 2
Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svgw/o 3Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia
Togo  Flag of Togo (3-2).svgw/o 3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svgw/o 3Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
Swaziland  Flag of Eswatini.svgw/o 3Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Congo  Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svgw/o 3Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Upper Volta  Flag of Upper Volta.svgw/o 3Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Libya  Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svgw/o 3Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svg2–4Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1–11–3
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg3–2Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 2–11–1
Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg0–3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0–10–2
Swaziland  Flag of Eswatini.svg1–7 1Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1–50–2 1
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg1–3Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 0–11–2
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svgw/o 2Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 4-1n/p
Gambia  Flag of The Gambia.svg1–2Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0–01–2
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg4–0Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 4–00–0

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1–1
7–8 (pen.)		Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 1–00–1
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg3–2Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 3–10–1
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg2–5Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 0–22–3
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg3–3 (a)Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2–01–3

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg2–3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2–10–2
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg2–2 (a)Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1–01–2

Final

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg3–4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2–21–2
 1983 African Youth Championship 
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
First/Inaugural title

Qualification for the World Youth Championship

These two best performing teams qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship in Mexico.

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