African Youth Championship
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| Founded | 1979 |
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| Region | CAF (Africa) |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current champions |  Egypt (2013) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Nigeria (6 titles) |
 2013 African U-20 Championship |
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The African Youth Championship is the main international youth football competition for CAF nations, and is competed for by under 20 year olds. It is held every two years with the top 4 teams qualifying for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
From 1979 until 1989, the African representatives were determined purely on a home and away qualifying basis without a final tournament, with the African champions determined through the same qualification. Since 1991 there has been a qualifying stage followed by a final tournament played by 8 teams in a chosen country.
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Tournament summary [edit]
African U-21 Qualifying for World Cup [edit]
| Year | Host nation | Qualification 1 | Qualification 2 | World Cup host | |||||||||
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| To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | ||||||||
| 1977 Details [1] |
home & away |  Morocco |
1 – 0 3 – 0 |
 Guinea |
 Ivory Coast |
0 – 1 3 – 2 abandoned |
 Egypt |
 Tunisia |
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African U-21 Cup of Nations [edit]
| Year | Host nation | Final | Third Place | |||||
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| Champion | Score | Second Place | ||||||
| 1979 Details |
home & away |  Algeria |
2 – 1 2 – 3 |
Guinea |
 Ethiopia |
 Nigeria |
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| 1981 Details |
home & away | Egypt |
2 – 0 1 – 1 |
 Cameroon |
Algeria |
Nigeria |
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| 1983 Details |
home & away | Nigeria |
2 – 2 2 – 1 |
Ivory Coast |
Algeria |
Guinea |
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| 1985 Details |
home & away | Nigeria |
1 – 1 2 – 1 |
Tunisia |
Ivory Coast |
Ethiopia |
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| 1987 Details |
home & away | Nigeria |
2 – 1 3 – 0 |
 Togo |
Morocco |
 Somalia |
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| 1989 Details |
home & away | Nigeria |
2 – 0 2 – 1 |
 Mali |
Algeria |
Ivory Coast |
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African U-21 Championship [edit]
| Year | Host nation | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1991 Details |
Egypt |
Egypt |
2 – 1 | Ivory Coast |
 Ghana |
2 – 0 |  Zambia |
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| 1993 Details |
 Mauritius |
Ghana |
2 – 0 | Cameroon |
Egypt |
3 – 0 | Ethiopia |
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| 1995 Details |
Nigeria |
Cameroon |
4 – 0 |  Burundi |
Nigeria |
1 – 0 | Mali |
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| 1997 Details |
 Morocco |
Morocco |
1 – 0 |  South Africa |
Ivory Coast |
2 – 0 | Ghana |
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| 1999 Details |
 Ghana |
Ghana |
1 – 0 | Nigeria |
Cameroon |
2 – 1 | Zambia |
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| 2001 Details |
 Ethiopia |
 Angola |
2 – 0 | Ghana |
Egypt |
2 – 0 | Ethiopia |
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African U-20 Championship [edit]
| Year | Host nation | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2003 Details |
 Burkina Faso |
Egypt |
4 – 3 | Ivory Coast |
Mali |
1 – 1 (5 – 4) on penalties |
 Burkina Faso |
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| 2005 Details |
 Benin |
Nigeria |
2 – 0 | Egypt |
 Benin |
1 – 1 (5 – 3) on penalties |
Morocco |
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| 2007 Details |
 Republic of the Congo |
 Congo |
1 – 0 | Nigeria |
 Gambia |
3 – 1 | Zambia |
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| 2009 Details |
 Rwanda |
Ghana |
2 – 0 | Cameroon |
Nigeria |
2 – 1 | South Africa |
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| 2011[2] Details |
 South Africa |
Nigeria |
3 – 2 aet |
Cameroon |
Egypt |
1 – 0 | Mali |
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| 2013 Details |
 Algeria |
Egypt |
1 – 1 (5 – 4) on penalties |
Ghana |
Nigeria |
2 – 1 | Mali |
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| 2015 Details |
 Senegal |
– | – | ||||||
Performance by nation [edit]
| Rank | Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria |
6 (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011) | 2 (1999, 2007) | 5 (1979, 1981, 1995, 2009, 2013) | – |
| 2 | Egypt |
4 (1981, 1991, 2003, 2013) | 1 (2005) | 3 (1993, 2001, 2011) | – |
| 3 | Ghana |
3 (1993, 1999, 2009) | 2 (2001, 2013) | 1 (1991) | 1 (1997) |
| 4 |  Cameroon |
1 (1995) | 4 (1981, 1993, 2009, 2011) | 1 (1999) | – |
| 5 | Algeria |
1 (1979) | – | 3 (1981, 1983, 1989) | – |
| 6 | Morocco |
1 (1997) | – | 1 (1987) | 1 (2005) |
| 7 |  Angola |
1 (2001) | – | – | – |
| Congo |
1 (2007) | – | – | – | |
| 9 |  Ivory Coast |
– | 3 (1983, 1991, 2003) | 3 (1985, 1989, 1997) | – |
| 10 |  Mali |
– | 1 (1989) | 1 (2003) | 3 (1995, 2011, 2013) |
| 11 |  Guinea |
– | 1 (1979) | 1 (1983) | – |
| 12 | South Africa |
– | 1 (1997) | – | 1 (2009) |
| 13 |  Tunisia |
– | 1 (1985) | – | – |
 Togo |
– | 1 (1987) | – | – | |
 Burundi |
– | 1 (1995) | – | – | |
| 16 | Ethiopia |
– | – | 2 (1979, 1985) | 2 (1993, 2001) |
| 17 |  Somalia |
– | – | 1 (1987) | – |
| Benin |
– | – | 1 (2005) | – | |
 Gambia |
– | – | 1 (2007) | – | |
| 20 |  Zambia |
– | – | – | 3 (1991, 1999, 2007) |
| 21 | Burkina Faso |
– | – | – | 1 (2003) |
Source for winners and runners-up: RSSSF[3]
Participating nations by year of debut [edit]
Participating nations by Debut (Until 1989, counted Round 1, after 1991 counting Final 16)
Before 1989 [edit]
- 1979:
Algeria, 
Guinea, 
Ethiopia, 
Nigeria, 
Egypt, 
Libya, 
Kenya, 
Morocco, 
Mauritius, 
Cameroon, 
Tunisia - 1981:
Togo, 
Equatorial Guinea, Morocco, 
Zimbabwe, 
Mauritania, 
Central African Republic - 1983:
Gambia, 
Sudan, 
Gabon, 
Swaziland, 
Ivory Coast, 
Angola - 1985:
Zambia, 
Ghana - 1987:
Somalia - 1989:
Congo, 
Mali, 
Lesotho
After 1991 [edit]
- 1991: Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Ghana, Zambia,
Egypt, 
Ethiopia - 1993: Nigeria, Mauritius, Morocco,
Senegal - 1995: Guinea,
Burundi, Mali - 1997:
South Africa, Sudan - 1999:
Malawi, Angola - 2003: Gabon,
Burkina Faso - 2005: Lesotho,
Benin - 2007: Gambia,
Congo - 2009:
Rwanda - 2011: No new team
- 2013: Algeria,
Congo DR
Player awards [edit]
| Year | Player of the tournament | Top goalscorer | ||
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| 1991 | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1997 | Benni McCarthy |
Benni McCarthy |
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| 1999 | Ousmane Bangoura |
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| 2001 | Pedro Mantorras |
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| 2003 | Emad Moteab |
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| 2005 | Mouhcine Iajour |
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| 2007 | Fabrice N'Guessi[4] |
Fwayo Tembo |
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| 2009 | Ransford Osei |
Ransford Osei |
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| 2011 | Edgar Salli |
Uche Nwofor |
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| 2013 | Saleh Gomaa |
Aminu Umar |
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "1977 results by RSSSF". Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Nigeria win superb Africa Youth Championship final". BBC. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ José Luis Pierrend (15 July 2011 (updated)). "African Youth Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ^ "Ambitious Ondama targets Congolese triumph". FIFA.com. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
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