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1 Teams  




2 Preliminary round  




3 First round  




4 Quarter-finals  




5 Semi-finals  




6 Final  




7 Qualification for the World Youth Championship  




8 External links  













1987 African Youth Championship






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1987 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates14 June 1986 – 18 April 1987
Teams15 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-up Togo
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored67 (2.58 per match)

← 1985

1989 →

The 1987 African Youth Championship was the 6th edition of the biennial African qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship which was contested on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

Nigeria successfully defended the title for the second consecutive time by defeating Togo 5–1 in their 3rd straight final, although both teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile.

Teams[edit]

The following teams entered this edition of the tournament and played at least a match:

  •  Ivory Coast
  •  Egypt
  •  Ethiopia
  •  Ghana
  •  Guinea
  •  Mauritania
  •  Morocco
  •  Nigeria
  •  Somalia
  •  Togo
  •  Tunisia
  •  Uganda
  •  Zambia
  •  Zimbabwe

    • Preliminary round[edit]

    Swaziland, Lesotho, Sudan, Gabon, Gambia and Maurituania withdrew from this edition of the tournament, leaving their respective opponents Mauritius, Mozambique, Egypt, Ghana, Togo and Algeria to advance to the First Round.

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Uganda  1–3  Somalia 1–2 0–1
    Angola  1–3  Zambia 1–1 0–21

    1 Angola were ejected from the competition for fielding over-aged players in the first leg.

    First round[edit]

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Somalia  1–4 1  Zimbabwe 1–0 0–4
    Egypt  6–0  Ethiopia 4–0 2–0 2
    Zambia  2–3  Nigeria 2–2 0–1
    Guinea  1–2  Tunisia 0–1 1–1
    Togo  1–3 3  Ghana 0–2 1–1
    Mauritania  0–6  Morocco 0–2 0–4
    Cameroon  2–3  Ivory Coast 2–0 0–3
    Mauritius  w/o 4  Mozambique
    • 1 Zimbabwe were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players.
  • 2 Ethiopia withdrew after the first leg.
  • 3 Ghana were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players.
  • 4 Mauritius withdrew.

    • Quarter-finals[edit]

    Mozambique withdrew, leaving its opponent, Somalia, to advance to the semi-finals.

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Nigeria  5–2  Egypt 4–0 1–2
    Tunisia  1–1(a)  Togo 1–1 0–0
    Ivory Coast  2–3  Morocco 2–0 0–3

    Semi-finals[edit]

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Nigeria  2–0  Somalia 1–0 1–0
    Morocco  1–2  Togo 1–0 0–2

    Final[edit]

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Togo  1–5  Nigeria 1–2 0–3


     1987 African Youth Championship 

    Nigeria
    3rd title

    Qualification for the World Youth Championship[edit]

    These two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile:

    External links[edit]


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