1985 African Youth Championship
The African Youth Championship 1985 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2 September 1984 - 4 May 1985 |
| Teams | 17 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up |  |
Teams
The following teams entered the tournament (and played at least one match):
Preliminary round
Burkina Faso, Libya and Togo withdrew, meaning Benin, Ethiopia and Senegal qualified for the First Round.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gambia  |
2–3 |  |
1–0 | 1–3 |
Equatorial Guinea  |
2–2 |  |
2–1 | 0–1 |
Sudan  |
1–0 |  |
1–0 | 0–0 |
Mozambique  |
0–8 |  |
0–3 | 0–5 |
First round
Benin and Senegal withdrew. As a result, Guinea and Ivory Coast advanced to the next round. Entrants in this round were Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia and Zimbabwe.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia |
0–0 (p: 3–2) |  |
0–0 | 0–0 |
Morocco  |
3–1 |  |
2–0 | 1–1 |
| Nigeria |
2–1 | |
2–0 | 0–1 |
Cameroon  |
5–0 | |
3–0 | 2–0 |
Zimbabwe  |
4–3 | |
4–2 | 0–1 |
Ethiopia .svg.png){kind=small} |
5–3 | |
2–2 | 3–1 |
Quarterfinals
Ivory Coast entered the tournament.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Guinea  |
1–3 |  |
0–0 | 1–3 |
| Morocco |
1–2 | |
1–0 | 0–2 |
| Cameroon |
4–5 | |
3–0 | 1–5 |
| Ethiopia |
3–1 | |
1–1 | 2–0 |
Semifinals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast |
1–1(a) | |
1–1 | 0–0 |
| Nigeria |
4–1 | |
3–0 | 1–1 |
Final
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia |
2–3 | |
1–1 | 1–2 |
| 1985 African Youth Championship |
|---|
Nigeria Second title |
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.
gollark: Possibly. It seems unlikely that they would say it if it wasn't somewhat necessary, it makes it significantly less attractive.
gollark: It does, it needs to be kept at -70 degrees or something.
gollark: Also, storage requirements, and it needs to actually be injected safely/correctly.
gollark: Apparently it needs to be stored at very low temperatures, which is likely to cause issues with distributing it.
gollark: No, I mean presumably nature would have come up with very infectious retroviruses at some point.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.