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1999 African Youth Championship

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Host country
  
Ghana

Teams
  
8

Runners-up
  
Nigeria

Dates
  
21 February - 7 March

Champions
  
Ghana (2nd title)

Third place
  
Cameroon

The 1999 African Youth Championship was the tenth edition of the continental Under-20 football competition, held in Ghana. It also served as qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Contents

Preliminary Round

Gambia and Namibia withdrew before playing. A bye was therefore given to respectively Burkina Faso and Malawi. Mauritania withdrew after one match and Libya went through.

First Round

Burkina Faso withdrew before playing. A bye was therefore given to Nigeria.

Teams

The following teams qualified for tournament:

  •  Angola
  •  Cameroon
  •  Ghana (host)
  •  Guinea
  •  Malawi
  •  Mali
  •  Nigeria
  •  Zambia

    • Final

    Further information

    Assistant Referees:

  • Carlos Henriques
  • Tomusange Ali
  • Monteiro Duarte

    • Cautions:

  • Kofi Amoako  43'
  • Aminu Sani 54'
  • Sunday Adu  59'
  • Sam Okoye  61'
    • Line-ups

    Qualification to World Youth Championship

    The five best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

  •  Cameroon
  •  Ghana
  •  Mali
  •  Nigeria (host)
  •  Zambia

    • References

    1999 African Youth Championship Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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