1999 African Youth Championship

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1999 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGhana
Dates21 February – 7 March
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Third placeFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Fourth placeFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
1997
2001

The 1999 African Youth Championship was the tenth edition of the continental Under-20 football competition, held in Ghana. It also served as qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Contents

Qualification

Preliminary round

Gambia and Namibia withdrew before playing. As a result, Burkina Faso and Malawi advanced to the next round. Mauritania withdrew after one match and Libya went through.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg6–5Proposed flag of Reunion (VAR).svg  Réunion 4–42–1
Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svg6–5Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 4–32–2
Lesotho  Flag of Lesotho.svg3–2Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland 2–11–1
Congo  Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg3–2Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 2–11–1
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg2–1Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 1–11–0
Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svgw/oFlag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 2–2w/o

First round

Burkina Faso withdrew before playing. As a result, Nigeria advanced to the next round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Libya  Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg5–4Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 3–32–1
Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svg2–4Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1–31–1
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg5–2Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 3–22–0
Congo  Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg1–4Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1–10–3
Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg2–4Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1–11–3
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg1–2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 0–01–2
Lesotho  Flag of Lesotho.svg3–4Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2–21–2
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg2–3Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 2–00–3
Burundi  Flag of Burundi.svg2–1Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 1–11–0
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg3–6Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 3–20–4
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg1–1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–10–0
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg(a)2–2Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1–01–2
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg2–2 (p: 3–4)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–11–1

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg4–4 (p: 3–4)Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 4–00–4
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg4–2Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 3–11–1
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg3–3 (p: 6–5)Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3–00–3
Burundi  Flag of Burundi.svg1–2Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1–20–0
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg0–4Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 0–40–0
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–5Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 0–11–4
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg5–4Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 3–02–4

Teams

The following teams qualified for tournament:

Group stage

Group A

TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 321071+67
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 312032+15
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 311143+14
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 300319–80


Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg1–0Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg0–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg1–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg0–5Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg3–1Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg1–1Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana

Group B

TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 321093+67
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 321072+57
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 3102812–43
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 300329–70


Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg1–0Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg3–4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg0–5Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg2-6Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg2–3Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg0–0Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia

Knock-out stage

Fifth-place Match

Mali  Flag of Mali.svg4–1Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea

Semi-finals

Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg3–1Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon

Third place match

Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg2–1Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia

Final

Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg1–0Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Laryea Kingston Soccerball shade.svg40'
Accra
Referee: Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Guezaz
Further information

Assistant Referees:

Cautions:

Line-ups
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
 1999 African Youth Championship 
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Ghana
Second title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The five best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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