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Each nation brought their under-20 teams to compete in a group and knockout tournament. The top teams and the best second placed team advanced to the knockout stage of the competition. Canada won the tournament after a penalty shootout with Congo.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Madagascar |
City | Antananarivo |
Dates | 28 August - 6 September |
Teams | 10 (from 3 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Canada (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Congo |
Third place | Cameroon |
Fourth place | Madagascar |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 41 (2.56 per match) |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Congo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Niger | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
Benin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
Canada | 2 – 0 | Niger |
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Niger | 2 – 1 | Benin |
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Canada | 0 – 0 | Congo |
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Congo | 1 – 1 | Niger |
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Benin | 2 – 0 | Canada |
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Congo | 2 – 0 | Benin |
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Cameroon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
Seychelles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 |
Cameroon | 3 – 1 | France |
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France | 2 – 1 | Seychelles |
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Cameroon | 2 – 1 | Seychelles |
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Madagascar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
Gabon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Mauritius | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Madagascar | 3 – 1 | Mauritius |
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Gabon | 2 – 1 | Mauritius |
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Madagascar | 2 – 0 | Gabon |
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| Semi-finals | Final | ||||
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| Canada | 1 | ||||
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| Cameroon | 0 | ||||
| Canada | 0 (5) | ||||
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| Congo | 0 (3) | ||||
| Congo | 4 | ||||
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| Madagascar | 3 | ||||
| Third place | |||||
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| Cameroon | 2 | ||||
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| Madagascar | 1 |