1989 African Youth Championship

1989 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates	30 April 1988 - 14 January 1989
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (4th title)
Runners-up	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	82 (2.73 per match)
	← 1987 1991 →

The African Youth Championship 1989 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams[]

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

Preliminary Round:

First Round:

Preliminary round[]

Central Africa, Mauritania, Mauritius and Kenya withdrew before playing. As a result, Gabon, Algeria, Madagascar and Lesotho advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mali	6–4	Senegal	4–0	2–4
Guinea	4–2	Liberia	3–1	1–1
Angola	3–4	Zaire	2–1	1–3

First round[]

Madagascar, Somalia and Togo withdrew before playing. As a result, Egypt, Ivory Coast and Lesotho advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mali	(a)2–2	Morocco	1–0	1–2
Algeria	(a)2–2	Tunisia	0–0	2–2
Guinea	3–3(a)	Ghana	3–2	0–1
Zaire	2–2(a)	Nigeria	2–2	0–0
Gabon	2–1	Cameroon	2–0	0–1

Quarterfinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mali	(a)3–3	Egypt	2–0	1–3
Ghana	3–3 (p: 4–5)	Algeria	3–0	0–3
Nigeria	6–1		4–0	2–1
Gabon	2–4	Ivory Coast	1–0	1–4

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	1–1(a)	Mali	1–1	0–0
Ivory Coast	2–4	Nigeria	2–2	0–2

Final[]

Matches were played on 1 January in Bamako, Mali and 14 January in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mali	1–4	Nigeria	1–2	0–2

Second final match details:

14 January 1989

Nigeria	2 – 0
45' Mutiu Adepoju 75'

Ibadan

1989 African Youth Championship
Nigeria Fourth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship[]

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Mali
Nigeria

External links[]

Results by RSSSF