1979 African Youth Championship

2nd African youth football qualification tournament African Youth Championship 1979 6 August 1978 – 25 February 1979 11 1 20 ALG 1 20 GUI 20 NGA 20 ETH 1975 10 24 1977 1981 The 1979 African Youth Championship was the second edition of the biennial qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship for African nations and the inaugural edition under the African Youth Championship title. Algeria and Guinea qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan by reaching the final, although the former won their inaugural title via the away goals rule against the latter with the match ending 4–4 on aggregate. Teams The following teams entered this edition of the tournament and played at least a match: 10em 20 ALG 20 CMR 20 EGY 1972 20 ETH 1975 20 GUI 20 KEN 20 LBY 1977 20 MRI 20 MAR 20 NGA 20 TUN 1959 Preliminary round After Malawi, Madagascar and Senegal all withdrew, the preliminary round was scratched and Kenya, Mauritius and the Gambia advanced to the first round. First round Uganda, Mali, Togo, Ivory Coast and Gambia withdrew, leading Mauritius, Morocco, Guinea, Cameroon and Nigeria to advance to the second round. 20 LBY 1977 2–3 20 ALG 1977 1–2 1–1 20 EGY 1972 0–3 20 TUN 1959 0–1 0–2 20 KEN 2–4 20 ETH 1975 2–0 0–4 |} Second round 20 TUN 1959 1–2 20 ALG 1–2 0–0 20 MRI 1–2 20 ETH 1975 1–1 0–1 20 GUI 2–0 20 MAR 2–0 0–0 20 NGA 3–1 20 CMR 1–1 2–0 |} Semi-finals 20 ETH 1975 0–1 20 ALG 0–0 0–1 20 NGA 1–2 20 GUI 0–1 1–1 |} Final 20 ALG 4–4Algeria won on away goals. 20 GUI 2–1 2–3 |} Winners fbu 20 1979 African Youth Championship winners ALG First/Inaugural Qualification to the World Youth Championship The two best performing teams qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. 20 ALG 20 GUI Notes External links Tournament records at RSSSF 1979 Youth Championship Youth Championship Youth Championship Youth Championship Championship Championship Category:1979 FIFA World Youth Championship qualification Category:August 1978 in sports Category:September 1978 in sports Category:September 1978 in Africa Category:October 1978 in sports Category:October 1978 in Africa Category:November 1978 sports events in Africa Category:December 1978 sports events in Africa Category:January 1979 sports events in Africa Category:February 1979 in sports Category:February 1979 in Africa