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{{short description|7th African youth football qualification tournament}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = [[U-20 Africa Cup of Nations|African Youth Championship]]
| year           = 1989
| dates          = 30 April 1988 – 14 January 1989
| num_teams      = 16
| confederations = 1
| champion_other = {{fbu|20|NGA}}
| count          = 4
| second_other   = {{fbu|20|MLI}}
| matches        = 30
| goals          = 82
| prevseason     = [[1987 African Youth Championship|1987]]
| nextseason     = [[1991 African Youth Championship|1991]]
}}

The '''1989 [[U-20 Africa Cup of Nations|African Youth Championship]]''' was the 7th edition of the biennial African qualification tournament for the [[FIFA U-20 World Cup|FIFA World Youth Championship]], contested on a home and away [[two-legged tie|two-legged]] basis.

[[Nigeria national under-20 football team|Nigeria]] reached the final and defended their title for the third consecutive time and the fourth time overall by defeating [[Mali national under-20 football team|Mali]] 4–1 [[aggregate score|on aggregate]], although both teams qualified for the [[1989 FIFA World Youth Championship]] in Saudi Arabia.

==Teams==
The following teams entered this edition of the tournament and played at least a match:

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{{Col-2}}
'''Preliminary Round:'''
* {{fbu|20|ANG}}
* {{fbu|20|GIN}}
* {{fbu|20|LBR}}
* {{fbu|20|MLI}}
* {{fbu|20|SEN}}
* {{fbu|20|ZAI}}
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'''First round:'''
* {{fbu|20|ALG}}
* {{fbu|20|CMR}}
* {{fbu|20|CIV}}
* {{fbu|20|EGY}}
* {{fbu|20|GAB}}
* {{fbu|20|GHA}}
* {{fb|LSO}}
* {{fbu|20|MAR}}
* {{fbu|20|NGA}}
* {{fbu|20|TUN}}
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==Preliminary round==
Central Africa, Mauritania, Mauritius and Kenya withdrew, leaving their respective opponents Gabon, Algeria, Madagascar and Lesotho to advance to the first round.
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fbu-rt|20|MLI}}'''||6–4|{{fbu|20|SEN}}||4–0|2–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fbu-rt|20|GIN}}'''||4–2|{{fbu|20|LBR}}||3–1|1–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|ANG}}||3–4|'''{{fbu|20|ZAI}}'''||2–1|1–3}}
|}

==First round==
Madagascar, Somalia and Togo withdrew, leaving their respective opponents Egypt, Ivory Coast and Lesotho to advance to the second round.
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fbu-rt|20|MLI}}'''||2–2 ([[away goals rule|a]])|{{fbu|20|MAR}}||1–0|1–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fbu-rt|20|ALG}}'''||2–2 ([[away goals rule|a]])|{{fbu|20|TUN}}||0–0|2–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|GIN}}||3–3 ([[away goals rule|a]])|'''{{fbu|20|GHA}}'''||3–2|0–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|ZAI}}||2–2 ([[away goals rule|a]])|'''{{fbu|20|NGA}}'''||2–2|0–0}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fbu-rt|20|GAB}}'''||2–1|{{fbu|20|CMR}}||2–0|0–1}}
|}

==Quarter-finals==
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fbu-rt|20|MLI}}'''||3–3 ([[away goals rule|a]])|{{fbu|20|EGY}}||2–0|1–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|GHA}}||3–3<br>(4–5 [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])|'''{{fbu|20|ALG}}'''||3–0|0–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fbu-rt|20|NGA}}'''||6–1|{{flag|Lesotho}}||4–0|2–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|GAB}}||2–4|'''{{fbu|20|CIV}}'''||1–0|1–4}}
|}

==Semi-finals==
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{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|ALG}}||1–1 ([[away goals rule|a]])|'''{{fbu|20|Mali}}'''||1–1|0–0}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|CIV}}||2–4|'''{{fbu|20|NGA}}'''||2–2|0–2}}
|}

==Final==
The final was played [[two-legged tie|over two legs]]; on 1 January in [[Bamako]] and on the 14th in [[Ibadan]].
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{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|MLI}}||1–4|'''{{fbu|20|NGA}}'''||1–2|0–2}}
|}

'''Second leg match details:'''
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|1989|1|14|df=y}}
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|20|NGA}}
| score        = 2–0
| team2        = {{fbu|20|MLI}}
| goals1       = {{ubl|{{goal|45}} [[Mutiu Adepoju]]|{{goal|75}} Jimoh Balogun}}
| stadium      = [[Ibadan]]
}}

{{Winners|fbu|20|1989 African Youth Championship|Nigeria|4th}}

==Qualification for the World Youth Championship==
These two best performing teams qualified for the [[1989 FIFA World Youth Championship]] in Saudi Arabia:

* {{fbu|20|MLI}}
* {{fbu|20|NGA}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afr-u21-89.html Tournament records] by [[RSSSF]]

{{U-20 Africa Cup of Nations}}

[[Category:U-20 Africa Cup of Nations]]
[[Category:1989 in African football]]
[[Category:1989 in youth association football]]