1991 African Youth Championship

The 1991 African Youth Championship was a football tournament for under-20 players. It was held in Egypt from 22 February until 8 March 1991. The two best teams qualified for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1991 African Youth Championship

إنشاء بطولة أفريقيا لكرة القدم للشباب 1991
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
City	Cairo, Alexandria, Ismailia
Dates	22 February – 8 March
Teams	6
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (2nd title)
Runners-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Zambia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	19 (1.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mustafa ٍSadek (3 goals)

Qualifying

First round

The first leg matches were played on either 10, 11 or 12 August 1990. The second leg matches were held on either 24, 25 or 26 August 1990. The winners advanced to the Second Round. Algeria, Ghana, Mali received a bye and due to the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Liberia, Congo and Mauritius; Togo, Ghana, Cameroon and Zimbabwe received a bye as well. Guinea were disqualified.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	1–3	Morocco	1–2	0–1
Niger	1–2	Tunisia	1–1	0–1
Sierra Leone	1–0	Senegal	1–0	0–0
Benin	1–2	Ivory Coast	0–2	1–0
Guinea	DSQ	Gambia	2–0	3–0
Lesotho	0–1	Zambia	0–0	0–1
Central African Republic	w/o	Gabon	1–1	w/o
Ethiopia	(a)4–4	Uganda	2–1	2–3

Second Round

The first leg matches were played on either 27, 28 or 29 October 1990. The second leg matches were held on 11 November 1990. The winners advanced to the final tournament in Egypt. Gabon were disqualified.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Morocco	2–4	Tunisia	1–2	1–2
Sierra Leone	3–3(a)	Ivory Coast	3–1	0–2
Mali	0–6	Ghana	0–0	0–6
Zambia	DSQ	Gabon	1–1	2–3
Gambia	0–5	Cameroon	0–4	0–1
Zimbabwe	2–4	Ethiopia	1–1	1–3
Algeria	w/o	Togo	w/o	w/o

Teams

Algeria and Tunisia would not participate in the main tournament due to the Gulf War. The following teams qualified for the main tournament:

•  Cameroon
•  Ivory Coast
•  Egypt (host)
•  Ethiopia
•  Ghana
•  Zambia

Group stage

Group A

Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Ivory Coast 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2  Egypt 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2  Cameroon 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 final positions were decided by drawing of lots 22 February 1991 15:00 Ivory Coast  1 – 1  Cameroon Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 25 February 1991 15:00 Ivory Coast  1 – 1  Egypt Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 28 February 1991 15:00 Cameroon  1 – 1  Egypt Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Group B Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Ghana 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4  Zambia 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2  Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 0 23 February 1991 15:00 Ghana  1 – 0  Zambia Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia 26 February 1991 15:00 Ghana  1 – 0  Ethiopia Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia 1 March 1991 15:00 Zambia  3 – 2  Ethiopia Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Knock-out stage   Semifinals     Final                     A1  Ivory Coast 0(4)     B2  Zambia (PSO) 0(3)            Egypt 2        Ivory Coast 1   B1  Ghana 0       A2  Egypt 1   Third place    Ghana 2    Zambia 0 Semifinals 4 March 1991 14:30 Ivory Coast  0- 0 (4-3)(PSO) Zambia  Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 5 March 1991 14:30 Ghana  0 - 1 Egypt  Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Third place 8 March 1991 13:00 Ghana  2 - 0 Zambia  Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Final 8 March 1991 15:00 Egypt  2 - 1 Ivory Coast   55' Tamer Sakr  57' Mustafa Sadeq  80' (pen.) Mambo Ossou Cairo International Stadium, Cairo  1991 African Youth Championship Winners  Egypt Second title Qualification to World Youth Championship The two best performing teams qualified for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.  Ivory Coast  Egypt External links Results by RSSSF