1989 African Youth Championship

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1989 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates30 April 1988 – 14 January 1989
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (4th title)
Runners-upFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored82 (2.73 per match)
1987
1991

The 1989 African Youth Championship was the 7th 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 and defended their title for the 3rd consecutive time and the 4th time overall by defeating Mali 4–1 on aggregate, although both teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia.

Teams

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

Preliminary round

Central Africa, Mauritania, Mauritius and Kenya withdrew, leaving their respective opponents Gabon, Algeria, Madagascar and Lesotho to advance to the first round.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg6–4Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 4–02–4
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg4–2Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 3–11–1
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg3–4Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Zaire 2–11–3

First round

Madagascar, Somalia and Togo withdrew, leaving their respective opponents Egypt, Ivory Coast and Lesotho to advance to the second round.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg2–2 (a)Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–01–2
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg2–2 (a)Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 0–02–2
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg3–3 (a)Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 3–20–1
Zaire  Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg2–2 (a)Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2–20–0
Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg2–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 2–00–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg3–3 (a)Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2–01–3
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg3–3
(4–5 pen.)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 3–00–3
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg6–1Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 4–02–1
Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg2–4Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1–01–4

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg1–1 (a)Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1–10–0
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg2–4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2–20–2

Final

The final was played over two legs; on 1 January in Bamako and on the 14th in Ibadan.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg1–4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–20–2

Second leg match details:

Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–0Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
  • Soccerball shade.svg45' Mutiu Adepoju
  • Soccerball shade.svg75' Jimoh Balogun
 1989 African Youth Championship 
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
4th title

Qualification for the World Youth Championship

These two best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia:

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