1991 African Youth Championship

1991 African Youth Championship
إنشاء بطولة أفريقيا لكرة القدم للشباب 1991
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CityCairo, Alexandria, Ismailia
Dates22 February – 8 March
Teams6
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (2nd title)
Runners-up Ivory Coast
Third place Ghana
Fourth place Zambia
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored19 (1.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Moustafa Sadek (3 goals)
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The 1991 African Youth Championship was a football tournament for under-20 players. It was held in Egypt from 22 February until 8 March 1991. The two best teams qualified for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualifying

First round

The first leg matches were played on 10–12 August 1990. The second leg matches were held on 24–26 August 1990.

Burkina Faso, Liberia, Congo and Mauritius withdrew: Togo, Ghana, Cameroon and Zimbabwe advanced to the second round, while Algeria, Ghana and Mali received byes.

Central African Republic withdrew after the first leg, with Gabon being awarded a 2-0 victory for the second leg and advancing to the second round.

Guinea were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mauritania  1–3  Morocco 1–2 0–1
Niger  1–2  Tunisia 1–1 0–1
Sierra Leone  1–0  Senegal 1–0 0–0
Benin  1–2  Ivory Coast 0–2 1–0
Guinea  5–0  Gambia 2–0 3–0
Lesotho  0–1  Zambia 0–0 0–1
Central African Republic  1–3  Gabon 1–1 0–2
Ethiopia  (a)4–4  Uganda 2–1 2–3

Second round

The first leg matches were played on either 27–29 October 1990, and the second leg matches were held on 11 November 1990. The winners advanced to the final tournament in Egypt.

Togo withdrew, meaning Algeria qualified for the final tournament, while Gabon were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco  2–4  Tunisia 1–2 1–2
Sierra Leone  3–3(a)  Ivory Coast 3–1 0–2
Mali  0–6  Ghana 0–0 0–6
Zambia  3-4  Gabon 1–1 2–3
Gambia  0–5  Cameroon 0–4 0–1
Zimbabwe  2–4  Ethiopia 1–1 1–3

Teams

Algeria and Tunisia would not participate in the main tournament due to the Gulf War.[citation needed] The following teams qualified for the main tournament:

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2[a] Advance to knockout stage
2  Egypt (H) 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2[a]
3  Cameroon 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tied on head-to-head result, overall goal difference and overall goals scored, final positions were decided by drawing of lots.
Ivory Coast 1 – 1 Cameroon
Ivory Coast 1 – 1 Egypt
Cameroon 1 – 1 Egypt

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Zambia 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3  Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
Ghana 1 – 0 Zambia
Ghana 1 – 0 Ethiopia
Zambia 3 – 2 Ethiopia

Knock-out stage

Semifinals Final
      
A1  Ivory Coast 0(4)
B2  Zambia (PSO) 0(3)
 Egypt 2
 Ivory Coast 1
B1  Ghana 0
A2  Egypt 1 Third place
 Ghana 2
 Zambia 0

Semifinals

Ivory Coast 0- 0 (4-3)(PSO)Zambia 
Ghana 0 - 1Egypt 

Third place

Ghana 2 - 0Zambia 

Final

Egypt 2 - 1Ivory Coast 
55' Tamer Sakr
57' Moustafa Sadek		 80' (pen.) Mambo Ossou


 1991 African Youth Championship winners 

Egypt
Second title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.