2001 African Youth Championship

2001 African Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Ethiopia
Dates	18 March - 1 April
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Angola (1st title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Best player(s)	António Mendonça
← 1999 2003 →

The African Youth Championship 2001 was held in Ethiopia. It also served as qualification for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification[]

Preliminary round[]

Eritrea and Guinea Bissau withdrew. As a result, Kenya and Gambia advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gabon	2–2(a)		2–1	0–1
	1–3		1–2	0–1
Tanzania	4–0	Namibia	2–0	2–0
Mauritius	6–3		4–1	2–2
	1–2		1–0	0–2
	1–2	Uganda	not played	1–2

First round[]

Congo-Brazzaville and Sierra Leone withdrew. As a result, Cameroon and Ghana advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	2–1	Libya	1–0	1–1
	0–7	Mali	0–1	0–6
Ivory Coast	2–2 (p: 2–4)	Tunisia	1–1	1–1
Gambia	(a)2–2	Senegal	0–1	2–1
	3–7	Angola	2–1	1–6
Morocco	1–2	Burkina Faso	1–0	0–2
Sudan	3–6	Nigeria	1–2	2–4
Tanzania	2–4	Mozambique	0–0	2–4
Mauritius	1–5	South Africa	0–3	1–2
	3–5		1–2	2–3
Uganda	2–3	Zambia	2–3	0–0
Kenya	0–1	Egypt	0–0	0–1

Second round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ghana	3–2	Algeria	1–0	2–2
Mali	3–2	Tunisia	2–0	1–2
Cameroon	2–1	Gambia	1–0	1–1
Angola	2–0	Burkina Faso	2–0	0–0
Nigeria	5–1	Mozambique	3–1	2–0
South Africa	7–5		3–3	4–2
Zambia	0–0 (p: 1–3)	Egypt	0–0	0–0

Teams[]

The following teams qualified for tournament:

Group stage[]

Group 1[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ethiopia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Egypt	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4 (+3)
Cameroon	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
South Africa	3	0	1	2	3	7	–4	1

18 March	Ethiopia	0–1	Cameroon
	South Africa	0–1	Egypt
21 March	Cameroon	2–2	South Africa
	Egypt	2–2	Ethiopia
24 March	Cameroon	0-0 1	Egypt
26 March 2	Ethiopia	4–1	South Africa

¹ The match was abandoned with only one minute left and the score at 0-0 after fans invaded the pitch believing that their teams had plotted to do a draw so both teams could progress. The match was ordered to be replayed two days later, with the results to be used to determine who would qualify for the semifinals but to not count in the standings.
² The match was originally scheduled for the 24th, but was postponed after the South African team had travel difficulties.

Semifinals play-off[]

26 March	Cameroon	1–3	Egypt

Group 2[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Angola	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Mali	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	1	6	–5	1

19 March	Ghana	1–0	Angola
	Mali	0–0	Nigeria
22 March	Angola	2–2	Mali
	Nigeria	1–4	Ghana
25 March	Angola	2–0	Nigeria
	Ghana	1–1	Mali

Semifinals[]

Third place match[]

Final[]

2001 African Youth Championship
Angola First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship[]

The four best performing teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Angola
•  Egypt
•  Ethiopia
•  Ghana

External links[]

• Results by RSSSF