1987 African Youth Championship

The African Youth Championship 1987 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1987 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates14 June 1986 - 18 April 1987
Teams15
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-up Togo

Teams

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

Preliminary round

Angola were disqualified for fielding overaged players. Other pairings were: Swaziland vs Mauritius, Lesotho vs Mozambique, Egypt vs Sudan, Ghana vs Gabon, Gambia vs Togo, Mauritania vs Algeria. It might be possible that most of the eliminated teams withdrew however so their opponents advanced to the next round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uganda  1–3  Somalia 1–2 0–1
Angola  awd  Zambia 1-1 awd

First round

Ghana and Zimbabwe were disqualified due to using ineligible players. Ethiopia withdrew after playing one match.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Somalia  DSQ  Zimbabwe 1–0 0–4
Egypt  walkover  Ethiopia 4–0 walkover
Zambia  2–3  Nigeria 2–2 0–1
Guinea  1–2  Tunisia 0–1 1–1
Togo  DSQ  Ghana 0–2 1–1
Mauritania  0–6  Morocco 0–2 0–4
Cameroon  2–3  Ivory Coast 2–0 0–3
Mauritius  w/o 1  Mozambique - -

1 Mauritius withdrew before playing.

Quarterfinals

Mozambique withdrew before playing so Somalia received a bye.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mozambique  walkover  Somalia walkover walkover
Nigeria  5–2  Egypt 4–0 1–2
Tunisia  1–1(a)  Togo 1–1 0–0
Ivory Coast  2–3  Morocco 2–0 0–3

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  2–0  Somalia 1–0 1–0
Morocco  1–2  Togo 1–0 0–2

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Togo  1–5  Nigeria 1–2 0–3
 1987 African Youth Championship 

Nigeria
Third title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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