2003 African Youth Championship

African Youth Championship 2003 Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2003 2003 African Youth Championship.png 90 Ouagadougou, Bobo Dioulasso Burkina Faso 4–18 January 8 CAF 2 2 20 EGY 3 20 CIV 20 MLI 20 BFA 16 43 EGYEmad Moteab (5 goals) 2001 2005 The 2003 African Youth Championship was an association football tournament for under-20 players (born in 1983 and before). It was held in Burkina Faso from January 4 until January 18. The top four teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. Qualification Preliminary round The first leg was played on either 6, 7 or 8 April 2002. The second leg was held on either 19, 20 or 21 April 2002. The winners advanced to the First Round. 20 TOG 4–1 20 CHA 3–0 1–1 20 EQG 0–6 20 GAB 0–1 0–5 20 BDI 2–3 20 TAN 1–0 1–3 20 SUD 4–4(3-4)(PSO) 20 UGA 3–1 1–3 20 ZIM 3–1 20 SWZ Swaziland 1–0 2–1 20 NAM 2–3 20 BOT 1–0 1–3 20 GNB w/o 20 LBR w/o w/o 20 CMR w/o 20 STP w/o w/o 20 SOM w/o 20 KEN w/o w/o 20 MTN 1959 w/o 20 SLE w/o w/o 20 MRI w/o 20 MAD w/o w/o |} First round The First Round first leg matches were held on 20 and 21 July 2002. The second leg matches were held on 10 and 11 August 2002. The winners qualified for the Second Round. 20 ANG 1–1(1-4)(PK) 20 TOG 1–0 0-1 20 SEN 3–4 20 GAB 1–2 2–2 20 TUN 7–1 20 LBY 1977 5–0 2–1 20 CMR 4–0 20 TAN 4–0 0–0 20 ALG 0–5 20 CIV 0–3 0–2 20 NGA 6–0 20 SOM 6–0 20 MAR 2–2 (a) 20 GUI 1–0 1–2 20 EGY 3–1 20 UGA 3–1 0–0 20 MOZ 4–1 20 BOT 3–0 1–1 20 ETH 1996 0–2 20 ZAM 0–0 0–2 20 RSA 5–0 20 MAD 2–0 3–0 20 GHA w/o 20 GNB w/o w/o 20 ZIM w/o 20 MWI w/o w/o 20 MLI w/o 20 MTN 1959 9 - 1 w/o |} Second round The Second Round first leg matches were played on 28 and 29 September 2002. The second leg matches was played on 20 October 2002. The winners of the aggregate of the two legs qualified for the Finals. 20 TOG 2–3 20 GAB 1–0 1–3 20 GHA 1–1(5-4)(PSO) 20 TUN 1–0 0–1 20 CMR 2–3 20 CIV 0–1 2–2 20 NGA 2–3 20 MAR 1–2 1–1 20 MLI 2–0 20 MOZ 1–0 1–0 20 EGY 2–0 20 ZIM 2–0 0–0 20 ZAM 4–4 (a) 20 RSA 4–1 0–3 |} Teams The final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, were held from 18 March to 1 April 2003. 20 EGY 20 MAR 20 CIV 20 GHA 20 GAB 20 BFA (hosts) 20 MLI 20 RSA Referees Referees BFA Pare Lassina EGY Essam Abdel Fattah TUN Atef Yacoubi SEN Samba Diouf GAM Modou Sowe GUI Keita Yakhouba RSA Mochubela Walters CMR Njike GilbertAssistant referees RWACelestin Ntangungira BFA Millogo Brama BFA Nako Boukare MLI Diabate Moussa CMR Bekolo Angoula CGO Robert Kimbatsa ETH Luleseged Begashew ANG Antonio Luciano Group stage Group A main WDL 20 MLI 20 BFA 20 GAB 20 RSA complete 1 2 0 7 5 1 2 0 3 2 H 1 1 1 6 5 0 1 2 3 7 MLI, BFA, GAB, RSA Group tiebreakers Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 4 January 2003 20 BFA 0 - 0 20 RSA Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou 4 January 2003 20 MLI 2 - 2 20 GAB Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou 7 January 2003 20 MLI 4 - 2 20 RSA Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou 7 January 2003 20 BFA 2 - 1 20 GAB Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou 10 January 2003 20 GAB 3 - 1 20 RSA Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso 10 January 2003 20 BFA 1 - 1 20 MLI Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou Group B main WDL 20 CIV 20 EGY 20 GHA 20 MAR complete 2 1 0 5 3 1 2 0 6 2 0 2 1 3 4 0 1 2 0 5 CIV, EGY, GHA, MAR Group tiebreakers Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 5 January 2003 20 GHA 0 - 0 20 MAR Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso 5 January 2003 20 CIV 1 - 1 20 EGY Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso 8 January 2003 20 CIV 1 - 0 20 MAR Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso 8 January 2003 20 GHA 1 - 1 20 EGY Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso 11 January 2003 20 CIV 3 - 2 20 GHA Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso 11 January 2003 20 MAR 0 - 4 20 EGY Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou Knockout stage Semifinals Final Third place A1 20 fbu-rt 0 B2 20 fbu-rt 1 B1 20 fbu-rt(PSO) 0(3) A2 20 fbu-rt 0(1) 20 fbu-rt 4 20 fbu-rt 3 20 fbu-rt(PSO) 1(5) 20 fbu-rt 1(4) Semifinals 14 January 2003 20 MLI 0- 1 20 EGY Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou 14 January 2003 20 CIV 0 - 0(3-1)(PSO) 20 BFA Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou Third place 17 January 2003 20 MLI 1 - 1(5-4)(PSO) 20 BFA Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou Final 18 January 2003 20 EGY 4 - 3 yes 20 CIV Emad Moteab 2, 94Ahmed Fathy 26 penHosny Abd Rabo 33 Romaric 8Yaya Touré 21André Saki 44 Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou fb 2003 African Youth Championship winner EGY Third Qualification to World Youth Championship The four best performing teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. 20 BFA 20 CIV 20 EGY 20 MLI External links Results by RSSSF 2003 Youth Championship Youth Championship Championship Category:2003 in Burkinabe sport Category:2003 FIFA World Youth Championship qualification Category:Men's football in Burkina Faso Category:International association football competitions hosted by Burkina Faso Category:Sports competitions in Ouagadougou Category:January 2003 sports events in Africa