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1993 African Youth Championship

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Host country
  
Mauritius

Champions
  
Ghana (1st title)

Third place
  
Egypt

Teams
  
8

Runners-up
  
Cameroon

Dates
  
30 January - 10 February

The 1993 African Youth Championship was a football tournament hosted on the island of Mauritius, off the east coast of Africa. The Championship was won by Ghana, who defeated Cameroon in the final, with both teams thus qualifying for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Contents

Preliminary Round

Gambia withdrew and therefore Senegal received a bye

Main Round

Algeria, Cameroon, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia and Zimbabwe entered the tournament here.

Teams

The following teams qualified for tournament:

  •  Cameroon
  •  Egypt
  •  Ethiopia
  •  Ghana
  •  Mauritius (host)
  •  Morocco
  •  Nigeria
  •  Senegal

    • Qualification to World Youth Championship

    The two best performing teams qualified for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.

  •  Cameroon
  •  Ghana

    • References

    1993 African Youth Championship Wikipedia
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