1979 African Youth Championship

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1979 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates6 August (1978) - 25 February
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up Guinea
Third place Nigeria
 Ethiopia
1981

The 1979 African Youth Championship was the first edition of the Championship. Algeria were crowned champions after beating Guinea in the final on the away goals rule, with both teams tied 4-4 after two legs. Both teams also qualified to the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan.

Teams[]

The following teams entered the tournament (and played at least one match):

Preliminary round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya  w/o  
Mauritius  w/o  
Gambia  w/o  Senegal

First round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Libya  2 - 3  Algeria 1 - 2 1 - 1
Egypt  0 - 3  Tunisia 0 - 1 0 - 2
Kenya  2 - 4  Ethiopia 2 - 0 0 - 4
Mauritius  w/o  Uganda
Morocco  w/o  Mali
Guinea  w/o  Togo
Cameroon  w/o  Ivory Coast
Nigeria  w/o  Gambia

Second round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia  1–2  Algeria 1–2 0–0
Mauritius  1–2  Ethiopia 1–1 0–1
Guinea  2–0  Morocco 2–0 0–0
Nigeria  3–1  Cameroon 1–1 2–0

Semi Final round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  0–1  Algeria 0–0 0–1
Nigeria  1–2  Guinea 0–1 1–1

Final round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria  4 - 4a  Guinea 2 - 1 2 - 3

^a Algeria wins by the away goals.

Winners[]

 1979 African Youth Championship Winners 

Algeria
First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship[]

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

External links[]

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