Teams 16 Runners-up Mali | Champions Nigeria (4th title) | |
Dates 30 April 1988 - 14 January 1989 | ||
The African Youth Championship 1989 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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Teams
The following teams entered the tournament (and played at least one match):
Preliminary Round
Central Africa, Mauritania, Mauritius and Kenya withdrew before playing. A bye was therefore given to respectively Gabon, Algeria, Madagascar and Lesotho.
First Round
Madagascar, Somalia and Togo withdrew before playing. A bye was therefore given to respectively Egypt, Ivory Coast and Lesotho.
Final
Matches were played on 1 January in Bamako, Mali and 14 January in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Second final match details:
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.
References
1989 African Youth Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA