1985 African Youth Championship

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1985 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates2 September 1984 – 4 May 1985
Teams17 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored59 (2.27 per match)
← 1983
1987 →

The 1985 African Youth Championship was the 5th 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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Nigeria reached the final for the first time in consecutive editions of the tournamentand successfully defended the title for the second time and beat Tunisia 3–2 on aggregate, although both teams qualified for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Soviet Union.

Teams

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

Preliminary round

Burkina Faso, Libya and Togo withdrew, leaving Benin, Ethiopia and Senegal to advance to the First Round. The teams that received byes to the next round were Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia and Zimbabwe.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Gambia  Flag of The Gambia.svg2–3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–01–3
Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg2–2Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 2–10–1
Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svg1–0Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1–00–0
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg0–8Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 0–30–5

First round

Benin and Senegal withdrew, leaving Guinea and Ivory Coast to advance to the second round.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg0–0
(3–2 pen.)		Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0–00–0
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg3–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2–01–1
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–1Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2–00–1
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg5–0Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 3–02–0
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg4–3Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 4–20–1
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg5–3Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2–23–1

Quarter-finals

Ivory Coast entered this edition of the tournament at this round.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg1–3Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 0–01–3
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg1–2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–00–2
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg4–5Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 3–01–5
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg3–1Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1–12–0

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg1–1 (a)Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–10–0
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg4–1Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia 3–01–1

Final

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg2–3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–11–2
 1985 African Youth Championship 
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
2nd title

Qualification for the World Youth Championship

These two best performing teams qualified for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Soviet Union:

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