2009 African Youth Championship

2009 African Youth Championship
CAF U20/Rwanda 2009; Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2009; Igikombe cya Afurika cy'abato bato 2009; Kombe la Mataifa ya Jumuiya ya Afrika 2009
Tournament details
Host country	Rwanda
City	Kigali City
Dates	18 January – 1 February
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Amahoro Stadium, Nyamirambo Stadium (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (3rd title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	43 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ransford Osei (7 goals)
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Last updated March 02, 2025

The 2009 African Youth Championship is a football tournament for under 20 players. It was held in Rwanda from 18 January until 1 February 2009. It also served as qualification for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Preliminary round

The first leg was played on either the 18, 19 or 20 April 2008. The second leg was held on either the 2, 3 or 4 May 2008. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Congo, Nigeria, Zambia, Gambia, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Cameroon, Benin, Morocco, Tunisia, Mali, Ghana, Angola, Gabon, South Africa and Burkina Faso all received byes to the First Round.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	1–0	Algeria	1–0	0–0
Sierra Leone	1–3	Senegal	1–1	0–2
Somalia	3 – 3 (3–5 PSO)	Kenya	2–1	1–2
Tanzania	w/o	Sudan	w/o	w/o
Lesotho	1–2	Zimbabwe	1–0	0–2
Madagascar	w/o	Mauritius	w/o	w/o
Malawi	2 – 2 (3–4 AGR)	Burundi	1–2	1–0
DR Congo	1–0	Uganda	0–0	1–0
Namibia	1–2	Botswana	1–1	0–1
Réunion	4–3	Mozambique	2–2	2–1
Guinea	4–2	Liberia	3–2	1–0
Niger	2 – 2 (4–3 PSO)	Libya	2–0	0–2

First round

The First Round first leg matches were held on the 27, 28 and 29 June 2008. The second legs were held on the 11, 12 and 13 July 2008. The winners qualified for the Second Round.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benin	6–3	Morocco	3–0	3–3
Tunisia	0–2	Mali	0–1	0–1
Ghana	5–2	Angola	5–1	0–1
Gambia	4–1	Mauritania	1–0	3–1
Nigeria	3–0	Senegal	2–0	1–0
Kenya	1 – 1(2–4 PSO)	Sudan	1–0	0–1
Egypt	6–0	Zimbabwe	5–0	1–0
Zambia	3–0	Mauritius	1–0	2–0
Cameroon	2–0	Burundi	1–0	1–0
Republic of the Congo	3–1	DR Congo	1–1	2–0
Gabon	0–2	Botswana	0–2	0–0
South Africa	8–2	Réunion	1–1	7–1
Côte d'Ivoire	3–2	Guinea	1–1	2–1
Burkina Faso	6–0	Niger	3–0	3–0

Second round

The first legs were played on the 26, 27 and 28 September. The second legs were played on the 11, 12 and 13 October. The winners qualified for the Finals.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benin	0–2	Mali	0–2	0–0
Ghana	3–1	Gambia	2–1	1–0
Nigeria	7–2	Sudan	5–0	2–2
Egypt	4–3	Zambia	3–3	1–0
Cameroon	2–0	Republic of the Congo	0–0	2–0
Botswana	0–3	South Africa	0–0	0–3
Côte d'Ivoire	5–2	Burkina Faso	1–0	4–2

Squads

The following teams entered the tournament:

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cameroon	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Rwanda (H)	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Mali	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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

18 January 2009

15:00

Rwanda	2–1	Mali
Mugiraneza 6' Uzamukunda 61' Ngaboyisibo 34' Kwizera 57' Ngoma 90+4'	Report	Sow 29'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali

Referee: Bennett (South Africa)

18 January 2009