1991 African Youth Championship

1991 African Youth Championship

إنشاء بطولة أفريقيا لكرة القدم للشباب 1991
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
City	Cairo, Alexandria, Ismailia
Dates	22 February – 8 March
Teams	6
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 played	10
Goals scored	19 (1.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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:

•  Cameroon
•  Ivory Coast
•  Egypt (host)
•  Ethiopia
•  Ghana
•  Zambia

Group stage

Group A

Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Ivory Coast 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2  Egypt 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2  Cameroon 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2

• final positions were decided by drawing of lots

22 February 1991

15:00

Ivory Coast	1 – 1	Cameroon

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

25 February 1991

15:00

Ivory Coast	1 – 1	Egypt

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

28 February 1991

15:00

Cameroon	1 – 1	Egypt

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Group B

Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Ghana 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4  Zambia 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2  Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 0

23 February 1991

15:00

Ghana	1 – 0	Zambia

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

26 February 1991

15:00

Ghana	1 – 0	Ethiopia

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

1 March 1991

15:00

Zambia	3 – 2	Ethiopia

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

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

4 March 1991

14:30

Ivory Coast	0- 0 (4-3)(PSO)	Zambia

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

5 March 1991

14:30

Ghana	0 - 1	Egypt

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

Third place

8 March 1991

13:00

Ghana	2 - 0	Zambia

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Final

8 March 1991

15:00

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

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

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.

•  Ivory Coast
•  Egypt

External links

• Results by RSSSF

This page was last edited on 10 October 2023, at 17:21