2001 African Youth Championship

The African Youth Championship 2001 was held in Ethiopia. It also served as qualification for the 2001 FIFA World 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(s)	António Mendonça
← 1999 2003 →

Qualification

Preliminary round

Eritrea and Guinea Bissau withdrew. As a result, Kenya and Gambia advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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. As a result, Cameroon and Ghana advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ethiopia (H)	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Egypt	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Cameroon	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

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	0-0 1	Egypt
26 March 2	Ethiopia	4–1	South Africa

¹ The match was abandoned in the 89th minute and the score at 0-0 after fans invaded the pitch believing that the teams had arranged a draw so both could progress. The match was ordered to be replayed two days later, with the results to be used to determine who would qualify for the semifinals but not to count in the standings.
² The match was originally scheduled for the 24th, but was postponed after the South African team had travel difficulties.

Semifinals play-off

26 March	Cameroon	1–3	Egypt

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Angola	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Mali	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

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

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

28 March 2001 (2001-03-28)

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

28 March 2001 (2001-03-28)

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

Third place play-off

1 April 2001 (2001-04-01)

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

Attendance: 30.000

Final

1 April 2001 (2001-04-01)

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