1993_African_Youth_Championship

1993 African Youth Championship

1993 African Youth Championship

International football competition


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]

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Qualification

Preliminary round

Gambia withdrew and therefore Senegal received a bye

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Main Round

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

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Teams

The following teams qualified for tournament:

Group stage

Group A

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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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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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Third place match

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Final

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 1993 African Youth Championship 

Ghana

First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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


References

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

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