1993 African Youth Championship

1993 African Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mauritius
Dates	30 January – 10 February
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Ethiopia
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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.^[1]

Qualification

Preliminary round

Gambia withdrew and therefore Senegal received a bye

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kenya	0–4	Uganda	0–2	0–2
Mali	8–2	Mauritania	6–1	2–1
Togo	(a)1–1	Niger	0–0	1–1

Main Round

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ethiopia	3–1	Togo	3–1	0–0
Algeria	1–4	Morocco	1–2	0–2
Ghana	3–0	Mali	2–0	1–0
Nigeria	DSQ	Congo	0–1	DSQ
Tunisia	3–5	Senegal	2–2	1–3
Cameroon	3–1	Uganda	1–0	2–1
Egypt	4–2	Zimbabwe	3–1	1–1

Teams

The following teams qualified for tournament:

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

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4
Ghana	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	4
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	2
Mauritius	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	2

30 January	Ghana	1–0	Mauritius
	Cameroon	1–0	Nigeria
1 February	Nigeria	2–0	Mauritius
	Cameroon	2–0	Ghana
3 February	Mauritius	2–1	Cameroon
	Ghana	1–0	Nigeria

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5
Ethiopia	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
Morocco	3	1	0	2	4	6	–2	2
Senegal	3	0	1	2	1	5	–4	1

31 January	Egypt	0–0	Senegal
	Ethiopia	2–1	Morocco
2 February	Egypt	4–1	Morocco
	Ethiopia	3–1	Senegal
4 February	Egypt	1–0	Ethiopia
	Morocco	2–0	Senegal

Semifinals

7 February 1993 (1993-02-07)

Cameroon	5 – 0	Ethiopia

7 February 1993 (1993-02-07)

Egypt	1 – 3 (aet)	Ghana

Third place match

9 February 1993 (1993-02-09)

Egypt	3 – 0	Ethiopia

Final

10 February 1993 (1993-02-10)

Ghana	2 – 0	Cameroon

1993 African Youth Championship
Ghana First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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

•  Cameroon
•  Ghana

External links

• Results by RSSSF

References