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1993 African Youth Championship

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1993 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMauritius
Dates30 January – 10 February
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up Cameroon
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Ethiopia
1991
1995

The 1993 African Youth Championship was a football tournament hosted on the island of Mauritius, off the east coast of Africa. The Championship was won by Ghana, who defeated Cameroon in the final, with both teams thus qualifying for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.[1]

Qualification

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Preliminary round

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Gambia withdrew and therefore Senegal received a bye

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya  0–4  Uganda 0–2 0–2
Mali  8–2  Mauritania 6–1 2–1
Togo  (a)1–1  Niger 0–0 1–1

Main Round

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Algeria, Cameroon, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia and Zimbabwe entered the tournament here.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  3–1  Togo 3–1 0–0
Algeria  1–4  Morocco 1–2 0–2
Ghana  3–0  Mali 2–0 1–0
Nigeria  DSQ  Congo 0–1 DSQ
Tunisia  3–5  Senegal 2–2 1–3
Cameroon  3–1  Uganda 1–0 2–1
Egypt  4–2  Zimbabwe 3–1 1–1

Teams

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The following teams qualified for tournament:

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Ghana 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 6
3  Nigeria 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
4  Mauritius (H) 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
30 January Ghana  1–0  Mauritius
Cameroon  1–0  Nigeria
1 February Nigeria  2–0  Mauritius
Cameroon  2–0  Ghana
3 February Mauritius  2–1  Cameroon
Ghana  1–0  Nigeria

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Ethiopia 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Morocco 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4  Senegal 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
31 January Egypt  0–0  Senegal
Ethiopia  2–1  Morocco
2 February Egypt  4–1  Morocco
Ethiopia  3–1  Senegal
4 February Egypt  1–0  Ethiopia
Morocco  2–0  Senegal

Semifinals

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Cameroon 5 – 0 Ethiopia
Egypt 1 – 3
(aet)
 Ghana

Third place match

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Egypt 3 – 0 Ethiopia

Final

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Ghana 2 – 0 Cameroon


 1993 African Youth Championship 

Ghana

First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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The two best performing teams qualified for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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References

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  1. ^ "African U-21 Championship 1993". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 September 2010.