2003 African Youth Championship

2003 African Youth Championship

Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2003
Tournament details
Host country	Burkina Faso
City	Ouagadougou, Bobo Dioulasso
Dates	4–18 January
Teams	8 (from CAF confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (3rd title)
Runners-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	Burkina Faso
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	43 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emad Moteab (5 goals)
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The 2003 African Youth Championship was an association football tournament for under-20 players (born in 1983 and before). It was held in Burkina Faso from January 4 until January 18. The top four teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

Preliminary round

The first leg was played on either 6, 7 or 8 April 2002. The second leg was held on either 19, 20 or 21 April 2002. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Togo	4–1	Chad	3–0	1–1
Equatorial Guinea	0–6	Gabon	0–1	0–5
Burundi	2–3	Tanzania	1–0	1–3
Sudan	4–4(3-4)(PSO)	Uganda	3–1	1–3
Zimbabwe	3–1	Swaziland	1–0	2–1
Namibia	2–3	Botswana	1–0	1–3
Guinea-Bissau	w/o	Liberia	w/o	w/o
Cameroon	w/o	São Tomé and Príncipe	w/o	w/o
Somalia	w/o	Kenya	w/o	w/o
Mauritania	w/o	Sierra Leone	w/o	w/o
Mauritius	w/o	Madagascar	w/o	w/o

First round

The First Round first leg matches were held on 20 and 21 July 2002. The second leg matches were held on 10 and 11 August 2002. The winners qualified for the Second Round.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Angola	1–1(1-4)(PK)	Togo	1–0	0-1
Senegal	3–4	Gabon	1–2	2–2
Tunisia	7–1	Libya	5–0	2–1
Cameroon	4–0	Tanzania	4–0	0–0
Algeria	0–5	Ivory Coast	0–3	0–2
Nigeria	6–0	Somalia	6–0
Morocco	2–2 (a)	Guinea	1–0	1–2
Egypt	3–1	Uganda	3–1	0–0
Mozambique	4–1	Botswana	3–0	1–1
Ethiopia	0–2	Zambia	0–0	0–2
South Africa	5–0	Madagascar	2–0	3–0
Ghana	w/o	Guinea-Bissau	w/o	w/o
Zimbabwe	w/o	Malawi	w/o	w/o
Mali	w/o	Mauritania	9 - 1	w/o

Second round

The Second Round first leg matches were played on 28 and 29 September 2002. The second leg matches was played on 20 October 2002. The winners of the aggregate of the two legs qualified for the Finals.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Togo	2–3	Gabon	1–0	1–3
Ghana	1–1(5-4)(PSO)	Tunisia	1–0	0–1
Cameroon	2–3	Ivory Coast	0–1	2–2
Nigeria	2–3	Morocco	1–2	1–1
Mali	2–0	Mozambique	1–0	1–0
Egypt	2–0	Zimbabwe	2–0	0–0
Zambia	4–4 (a)	South Africa	4–1	0–3

Teams

The final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, were held from 18 March to 1 April 2003.

•   Egypt
•   Morocco
•   Ivory Coast
•   Ghana
•   Gabon
•   Burkina Faso (hosts)
•   Mali
•   South Africa

Referees

Referees Pare Lassina Essam Abdel Fattah Atef Yacoubi Samba Diouf Modou Sowe Keita Yakhouba Mochubela Walters Njike Gilbert

Assistant referees Celestin Ntangungira Millogo Brama Nako Boukare Diabate Moussa Bekolo Angoula Robert Kimbatsa Luleseged Begashew Antonio Luciano

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Burkina Faso (H)	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Gabon	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

4 January 2003

Burkina Faso	0 - 0	South Africa

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

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4 January 2003

Mali	2 - 2	Gabon

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

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7 January 2003

Mali	4 - 2	South Africa

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

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7 January 2003

Burkina Faso	2 - 1	Gabon

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

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10 January 2003

Gabon	3 - 1	South Africa

Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso

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10 January 2003

Burkina Faso	1 - 1	Mali

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Egypt	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5
3	Ghana	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Morocco	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

5 January 2003

Ghana	0 - 0	Morocco

Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso

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5 January 2003

Ivory Coast	1 - 1	Egypt

Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso

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8 January 2003

Ivory Coast	1 - 0	Morocco

Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso

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8 January 2003

Ghana	1 - 1	Egypt

Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso

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11 January 2003

Ivory Coast	3 - 2	Ghana

Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso

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11 January 2003

Morocco	0 - 4	Egypt

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

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Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Mali	0
	B2	Egypt	1
						Egypt		4
						Ivory Coast		3
	B1	Ivory Coast (PSO)	0(3)
	A2	Burkina Faso	0(1)			Third place
						Mali (PSO)		1(5)
						Burkina Faso		1(4)

Semifinals

14 January 2003

Mali	0- 1	Egypt

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

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14 January 2003

Ivory Coast	0 - 0(3-1)(PSO)	Burkina Faso

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

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Third place

17 January 2003

Mali	1 - 1(5-4)(PSO)	Burkina Faso

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

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Final

18 January 2003

Egypt	4 - 3 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
Emad Moteab 2', 94' Ahmed Fathy 26' (pen.) Hosny Abd Rabo 33'		Romaric 8' Yaya Touré 21' André Saki 44'

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

2003 African Youth Championship winner
Egypt Third title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The four best performing teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•   Burkina Faso
•   Ivory Coast
•   Egypt
•   Mali

External links

• Results by RSSSF