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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() |
2–2 | 3–1 |
Quarterfinals
Ivory Coast entered the tournament.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
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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 |
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Tunisia ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–2 |
1985 African Youth Championship |
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![]() Nigeria Second title |
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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