1983 African Youth Championship

1983 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates	25 July 1982 - 16 April 1983
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Ivory Coast
	← 1981 1985 →

The African Youth Championship 1983 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams[]

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

Preliminary round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liberia	4 - 3 ¹	Guinea	2 - 2	2 - 1
Senegal	0 - 4 ²	Gambia	0 - 2	0 - 2 ²
Sudan	w/o ³	Ethiopia	-	-
Togo	w/o ³	Ghana	-	-
Gabon	w/o ³	Central African Republic	-	-
	w/o ³	Mauritius	-	-
Congo	w/o ³	Angola	-	-
Upper Volta	w/o ³	Ivory Coast	-	-
Libya	w/o ³	Morocco	-	-

¹ Liberia initially won on aggregate against Guinea, but were disqualified for using ineligible players in both legs.

² Senegal withdrew after first leg.

³ Ethiopia, Ghana, Central African Republic, Mauritius, Congo, Upper Volta and Libya all withdrew.

First round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sudan	2–4	Egypt	1–1	1–3
Guinea	3–2	Togo	2–1	1–1
Gabon	0–3	Nigeria	0–1	0–2
	1-7 ¹		1-5	0-2 ¹
Angola	1–3	Cameroon	0–1	1–2
Ivory Coast	awd ²		4-1	n/p
Gambia	1–2	Algeria	0–0	1–2
Morocco	4–0	Tunisia	4–0	0–0

¹ Swaziland withdrew after losing the first leg to Zimbabwe.

² Equatorial Guinea were ejected from the competition for using five ineligible players in the first leg.

Quarterfinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Egypt	1–1 (p: 7–8)	Guinea	1–0	0–1
Nigeria	3–2		3–1	0–1
Cameroon	2–5	Ivory Coast	0–2	2–3
Algeria	(a)3–3	Morocco	2–0	1–3

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guinea	2–3	Nigeria	2–1	0–2
Ivory Coast	(a)2–2	Algeria	1–0	1–2

Final[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ivory Coast	3–4	Nigeria	2–2	1–2

1983 African Youth Championship
Nigeria First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship[]

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.

External links[]

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