2001 African Youth Championship

2001 African Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Ethiopia
Dates	18 March - 1 April
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Angola (1st title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Best player	António Mendonça

The African Youth Championship 2001 was held in Ethiopia. It also served as qualification for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

Preliminary Round

Eritrea and Guinea Bissau withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively Kenya and Gambia.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gabon	2–2(a)	Equatorial Guinea	2–1	0–1
Botswana	1–3	Swaziland	1–2	0–1
Tanzania	4–0	Namibia	2–0	2–0
Mauritius	6–3	Lesotho	4–1	2–2
Réunion	1–2	Madagascar	1–0	0–2
Somalia	1–2	Uganda	not played	1–2

First Round

Congo-Brazzaville and Sierra Leone withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively Cameroon and Ghana.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	2–1	Libya	1–0	1–1
Equatorial Guinea	0–7	Mali	0–1	0–6
Ivory Coast	2–2 (p: 2–4)	Tunisia	1–1	1–1
Gambia	(a)2–2	Senegal	0–1	2–1
Swaziland	3–7	Angola	2–1	1–6
Morocco	1–2	Burkina Faso	1–0	0–2
Sudan	3–6	Nigeria	1–2	2–4
Tanzania	2–4	Mozambique	0–0	2–4
Mauritius	1–5	South Africa	0–3	1–2
Madagascar	3–5	Malawi	1–2	2–3
Uganda	2–3	Zambia	2–3	0–0
Kenya	0–1	Egypt	0–0	0–1

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ghana	3–2	Algeria	1–0	2–2
Mali	3–2	Tunisia	2–0	1–2
Cameroon	2–1	Gambia	1–0	1–1
Angola	2–0	Burkina Faso	2–0	0–0
Nigeria	5–1	Mozambique	3–1	2–0
South Africa	7–5	Malawi	3–3	4–2
Zambia	0–0 (p: 1–3)	Egypt	0–0	0–0

Teams

The following teams qualified for tournament:

Angola  Cameroon  Egypt  Ethiopia (host)

Ghana  Mali  Nigeria  South Africa

Group Stage

Group 1

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ethiopia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Egypt	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4 (+3)
Cameroon	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
South Africa	3	0	1	2	3	7	–4	1

18 March	Ethiopia	0–1	Cameroon
	South Africa	0–1	Egypt
21 March	Cameroon	2–2	South Africa
	Egypt	2–2	Ethiopia
24 March	Cameroon	abandoned	Egypt
26 Mar. (postp. from 24th)	Ethiopia	4–1	South Africa

The match Cameroon-Egypt was abandoned because angry fans invaded the pitch in fear of a draw on purpose, which would end the tournament for host Ethiopia. The match would be replayed a few days later, but the results would only be used to determine if Cameroon or Egypt would proceed to the semifinals.

26 March (semifinals play-off)	Cameroon	1–3	Egypt

Group 2

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Angola	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Mali	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	1	6	–5	1

19 March	Ghana	1–0	Angola
	Mali	0–0	Nigeria
22 March	Angola	2–2	Mali
	Nigeria	1–4	Ghana
25 March	Angola	2–0	Nigeria
	Ghana	1–1	Mali

Semifinals

Ethiopia  v  Angola

28 March 2001

Ethiopia	2 – 5	Angola
19', 69' Yordanos		5' Gilberto  13' Loló  35', 48' Mantorras  89' Mendonça

Ghana  v  Egypt

28 March 2001

Ghana	1 – 1	Egypt
96' Stephen Tetteh		98' Gamal Hamza
	Penalties
	6 – 5

Third Place Match

Ethiopia  v  Egypt

1 April 2001

Ethiopia	0 – 2	Egypt
		3' Ahmed Hossam  87' Mohammed Abdel Wahed

Attendance: 30.000

Final

Ghana  v  Angola

1 April 2001

Ghana	0 – 2	Angola
		57', 85' Loló

Attendance: 30.000

2001 African Youth Championship
Angola First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The four best performing teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Angola
•  Egypt
•  Ethiopia
•  Ghana

External links

• Results by RSSSF