| 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 |
← 1991 1995 → | |
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]
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 |
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 |
The following teams qualified for tournament:
| 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
|
| 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
|
| Cameroon | 5 – 0 | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1 – 3 (aet) | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 3 – 0 | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2 – 0 | Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 African Youth Championship |
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 Ghana First title |
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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| African Qualification Tournament |
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| African Youth Championship |
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| African U-20 Championship |
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| U-20 Africa Cup of Nations |
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