1979 African Youth Championship

The 1979 African Youth Championship was the first edition of the Championship. Algeria were crowned champions after beating Guinea in the final on the away goals rule, with both teams tied 4-4 after two legs. Both teams also qualified to the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan.

1979 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates6 August (1978) - 25 February
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up Guinea
Third place Nigeria
 Ethiopia

Teams

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

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya  w/o  Malawi – –
Mauritius  w/o  Madagascar – –
Gambia  w/o  Senegal – –

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Libya  2 - 3  Algeria 1 - 2 1 - 1
Egypt  0 - 3  Tunisia 0 - 1 0 - 2
Kenya  2 - 4  Ethiopia 2 - 0 0 - 4
Mauritius  w/o  Uganda – –
Morocco  w/o  Mali – –
Guinea  w/o  Togo – –
Cameroon  w/o  Ivory Coast – –
Nigeria  w/o  Gambia – –

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia  1–2  Algeria 1–2 0–0
Mauritius  1–2  Ethiopia 1–1 0–1
Guinea  2–0  Morocco 2–0 0–0
Nigeria  3–1  Cameroon 1–1 2–0

Semi Final round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  0–1  Algeria 0–0 0–1
Nigeria  1–2  Guinea 0–1 1–1

Final round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria  4 - 4a  Guinea 2 - 1 2 - 3

^a Algeria wins by the away goals.

Winners
 1979 African Youth Championship Winners 

Algeria
First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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