African Youth Championship
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The African Youth Championship is the main international football competition for CAF nations, played by under 20 years old players.
The U20 African Championship is held every two years with the top 4 teams qualifying for the FIFA World Youth Championship.
Until 1989 the African representatives were determined purely on a qualifying basis with no African title on the line. Since 1991 there has been a qualifying stage followed by a final tournament played by 8 teams in a chosen country.
[edit] Results
| Year | Host nation | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1979 Details |
 Algeria Guinea |
2 - 1 2 - 3 |
 Ethiopia |
 Nigeria |
|||||
| 1981 Details |
 Egypt |
2 - 0 1 - 1 |
 Cameroon |
Guinea |
Algeria |
||||
| 1983 Details |
Nigeria |
2 - 2 2 - 1 |
 Ivory Coast |
Guinea |
Algeria |
||||
| 1985 Details |
Nigeria |
1 - 1 2 - 1 |
 Tunisia |
Ethiopia |
Ivory Coast |
||||
| 1987 Details |
Nigeria |
2 - 1 3 - 0 |
 Togo |
 Somalia |
 Morocco |
||||
| 1989 Details |
 Madagascar |
Nigeria |
2 - 0' 2 - 1 |
 Mali |
Algeria |
Ivory Coast |
|||
| 1991 Details |
 Egypt |
Egypt |
2 - 1 | Ivory Coast |
 Ghana |
2 - 0 |  Zambia |
||
| 1993 Details |
 Mauritius |
Ghana |
2 - 0 | Cameroon |
Egypt |
3 - 0 | Ethiopia |
||
| 1995 Details |
 Nigeria |
Cameroon |
4 - 0 |  Burundi |
Nigeria |
1 - 0 | Mali |
||
| 1997 Details |
 Morocco |
Morocco |
1 - 0 |  South Africa |
Ivory Coast |
2 - 0 | Ghana |
||
| 1999 Details |
Nigeria & Ghana |
Ghana |
1 - 0 | Nigeria |
Cameroon |
2 - 1 | Zambia |
||
| 2001 Details |
 Ethiopia |
 Angola |
2 - 0 | Ghana |
Egypt |
2 - 0 | Ethiopia |
||
| 2003 Details |
 Burkina Faso |
Egypt |
4 - 3 | Ivory Coast |
Mali |
1 - 1 5-4 pk |  Burkina Faso |
||
| 2005 Details |
 Benin |
Nigeria |
Egypt |
 Benin |
Morocco |
||||
| 2007 Details |
 Congo |
||||||||
[edit] Most African Youth Championship Champion
| Champion | Nation | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 5times |  Nigeria |
1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005 |
| 3times |  Egypt |
1981, 1991, 2003 |
| 2times |  Ghana |
1993, 1999 |
| 1time |  Algeria |
1979 |
| 1time |  Guinea |
1979 |
| 1time |  Cameroon |
1995 |
| 1time |  Morocco |
1997 |
| 1time |  Angola |
2001 |
[edit] See Also
- CAF
- African Cup of Nations
- African Under-17 Championship
- FIFA U-20 World Cup
- AFC Youth Championship
- UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
|||
|
