1999 African Youth Championship

African Youth Championship 1999 250px Ghana 21 February – 7 March 8 20 GHA 2 20 NGA 20 CMR 20 ZAM 1997 2001 The 1999 African Youth Championship was the tenth edition of the continental Under-20 football competition, held in Ghana. It also served as qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. Qualification Preliminary round Gambia and Namibia withdrew before playing. As a result, Burkina Faso and Malawi advanced to the next round. Mauritania withdrew after one match and Libya went through. 20 MOZ 6–5 20 REU 4–4 2–1 20 SLE 6–5 20 LBR 4–3 2–2 20 LSO 3–2 20 SWZ Swaziland 2–1 1–1 20 COG 3–2 20 TGO 2–1 1–1 20 RWA 2–1 20 CHA 1–1 1–0 20 MRT w/o 20 LBY 1977 2–2 w/o |} First round Burkina Faso withdrew before playing. As a result, Nigeria advanced to the next round. 20 LBY 1977 5–4 20 TUN 3–3 2–1 20 SLE 2–4 20 MLI 1–3 1–1 20 ANG 5–2 20 GAB 3–2 2–0 20 COG 1–4 20 CIV 1–1 0–3 20 UGA 2–4 20 TZA 1–1 1–3 20 ETH 1996 1–2 20 EGY 0–0 1–2 20 LSO 3–4 20 ZAM 2–2 1–2 20 RWA 2–3 20 CMR 2–0 0–3 20 BDI 2–1 20 SDN 1–1 1–0 20 ALG 3–6 20 GIN 3–2 0–4 20 SEN 1–1 20 MAR 1–1 0–0 20 MWI (a)2–2 20 BWA 1–0 1–2 20 MOZ 2–2 (p: 3–4) 20 ZAF 1–1 1–1 |} Second round 20 CIV 4–4 (p: 3–4) 20 ANG 4–0 0–4 20 NGA 4–2 20 TZA 3–1 1–1 20 ZAM 3–3 (p: 6–5) 20 EGY 3–0 0–3 20 BDI 1–2 20 CMR 1–2 0–0 20 MAR 0–4 20 GIN 0–4 0–0 20 ZAF 1–5 20 MWI 0–1 1–4 20 MLI 5–4 20 LBY 1977 3–0 2–4 |} Teams The following teams qualified for tournament: 20 ANG 20 CMR 20 GHA (host) 20 GIN 20 MWI 20 MLI 20 NGA 20 ZAM Group stage Group A main WDL 20 GHA 20 CMR 20 MLI 20 ANG complete 2 1 0 7 1 H 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 4 3 0 0 3 1 9 GHA, CMR, MLI, ANG Group tiebreakers Q KO KO 5th green1 Advance to knockout stage blue1 Advance to fifth place play-off 21 February 20 Ghana 1–0 20 Mali 21 February 20 Angola 0–1 20 Cameroon 24 February 20 Mali 1–1 20 Cameroon 24 February 20 Angola 0–5 20 Ghana 27 February 20 Mali 3–1 20 Angola 27 February 20 Cameroon 1–1 20 Ghana Group B main WDL 20 NGA 20 ZAM 20 GUI 20 MWI complete 2 1 0 9 3 2 1 0 7 2 1 0 2 8 12 0 0 3 2 9 NGA, ZAM, GUI, MWI Group tiebreakers Q KO KO 5th green1 Advance to knockout stage blue1 Advance to fifth place play-off 22 February 20 Zambia 1–0 20 Malawi 22 February 20 Guinea 3–4 20 Nigeria 25 February 20 Malawi 0–5 20 Nigeria 25 February 20 Guinea 2-6 20 Zambia 28 February 20 Malawi 2–3 20 Guinea 28 February 20 Nigeria 0–0 20 Zambia Knockout stage Fifth place play-off 3 March 20 Mali 4–1 20 Guinea Semi-finals 4 March 20 Ghana 3–1 20 Zambia Accra 4 March 20 Nigeria 2–1 20 Cameroon Accra Third place play-off 7 March 20 Cameroon 2–1 20 Zambia Accra Final 7 March 20 Ghana 1–0 20 Nigeria Laryea Kingston 40 Accra MAR Mohamed Guezaz Further information Assistant Referees: RSA Carlos Henriques UGATomusange Ali CPV Monteiro Duarte Cautions: GHA Kofi Amoako 43 NGR Aminu Sani54 NGR Sunday Adu 59 NGR Sam Okoye 61 Line-ups NigeriaGhanaSam Okoye Ikenna Eneh Emmanuel Izuuagha John Aranka Haruna Babangida (Joseph Yobo 82’) Hashimu Garba Aminu Sani (Julius Aghahowa 70’) Abubakar Musa Pius Ikedia Rabiu Afolabi Sunday Adu Sammy Adjei Baffour Gyan Abdul Rahman Issah (Theophilus Amuzu 38’) Abdul Razak Hamza Mohammed Kofi Amoako (Emmanuel Adjogu 68’) Aziz Ansah Laryea Kingston Johnson Eku (Awule Quayejme 76’) George Blay Owusu Afriyie fb 1999 African Youth Championship Ghana Second Qualification to World Youth Championship The five best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. 20 CMR 20 GHA 20 MLI 20 NGA (host) 20 ZAM External links Tournament details at Rsssf 1999 Youth Championship Youth Championship Championship Category:1998–99 in Ghanaian football Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by Ghana Category:1999 FIFA World Youth Championship qualification Category:20th century in Accra Category:Football competitions in Accra Category:Sport in Kumasi Category:February 1999 sports events in Africa Category:March 1999 sports events in Africa