Host country Republic of the Congo Champions Congo (1st title) Third place Gambia | Teams 8 Runners-up Nigeria | |
Dates 20 January - 3 February | ||
The African Youth Championship 2007 was held in the Republic of the Congo. It also served as qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Contents
Preliminary Round
Cape Verde, Swaziland and Uganda withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively Senegal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
First Round
Benin and Congo-Kinshasa withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively Tunisia and Burkina Faso.
Teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
Group A
January 20, 2007
January 23, 2007
January 26, 2007
Group B
January 21, 2007
January 24, 2007
January 27, 2007
Semifinals
January 30, 2007
Third place play-off
February 2, 2007
Finals
February 3, 2007
Qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
References
2007 African Youth Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA