1993 African Youth Championship

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1993 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMauritius
Dates30 January - 10 February
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Third placeFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Fourth placeFlag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg  Ethiopia
1991
1995

The 1993 African Youth Championship was a football tournament hosted on the island of Mauritius, off the east coast of Africa. The Championship was won by Ghana, who defeated Cameroon in the final, with both teams thus qualifying for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. [1]

Contents

Qualification

Preliminary round

Gambia withdrew and therefore Senegal received a bye

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg0–4Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 0–20–2
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg8–2Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania 6–12–1
Togo  Flag of Togo.svg(a)1–1Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 0–01–1

Main Round

Algeria, Cameroon, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia and Zimbabwe entered the tournament here.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg3–1Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 3–10–0
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg1–4Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–20–2
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg3–0Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 2–01–0
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svgDSQFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 0–1DSQ
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg3–5Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2–21–3
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg3–1Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1–02–1
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg4–2Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 3–11–1

Teams

The following teams qualified for tournament:

Group stage

Group A

TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 320142+24
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 32012204
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 31022202
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 310224–22


30 January Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg1–0Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg1–0Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
1 February Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–0Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg2–0Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
3 February Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg2–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg1–0Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria

Group B

TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 321051+45
Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg  Ethiopia 320153+24
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 310246–22
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 301215–41


31 January Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg0–0Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg2–1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
2 February Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg4–1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg3–1Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
4 February Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1–0Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg  Ethiopia
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg2–0Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal

Semifinals

Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg5 – 0Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg  Ethiopia
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1 – 3
(aet)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana

Third place match

Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg3 – 0Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg  Ethiopia

Final

Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg2 – 0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
 1993 African Youth Championship 
Flag of Ghana.svg
Ghana
First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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