1987 African Youth Championship

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1987 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates14 June 1986 – 18 April 1987
Teams15 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored67 (2.58 per match)
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The 1987 African Youth Championship was the 6th 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 successfully defended the title for the second consecutive time by defeating Togo 5–1 in their 3rd straight final, although both teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile.

Teams

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

Preliminary round

Swaziland, Lesotho, Sudan, Gabon, Gambia and Mauritania withdrew from this edition of the tournament, leaving their respective opponents Mauritius, Mozambique, Egypt, Ghana, Togo and Algeria to advance to the First Round.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg1–3Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 1–20–1
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg1–3Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1–10–21

1 Angola were ejected from the competition for fielding over-aged players in the first leg.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Somalia  Flag of Somalia.svg1–4 1Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1–00–4
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg6–0Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia 4–02–0 2
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg2–3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2–20–1
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg1–2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 0–11–1
Togo  Flag of Togo (3-2).svg1–3 3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0–21–1
Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg0–6Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 0–20–4
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg2–3Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 2–00–3
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svgw/o 4Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique

Quarter-finals

Mozambique withdrew, leaving its opponent, Somalia, to advance to the semi-finals.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg5–2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 4–01–2
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg1–1(a)Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 1–10–0
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg2–3Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2–00–3

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–0Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 1–01–0
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg1–2Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 1–00–2

Final

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Togo  Flag of Togo (3-2).svg1–5Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–20–3
 1987 African Youth Championship 
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
3rd title

Qualification for the World Youth Championship

These two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile:

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