2007 African Youth Championship

2007 African Youth Championship
Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2007
Tournament details
Host country Republic of the Congo
Dates 20 January - 3 February
Teams 8
Final positions
Champions  Congo (1st title)
Runners-up  Nigeria
Third place  Gambia
Fourth place  Zambia

The African Youth Championship 2007 was held in the Republic of the Congo. It also served as qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Preliminary Round

Cape Verde, Swaziland and Uganda withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively Senegal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Madagascar  (a)3–3  Mauritius 1–1 2–2
Malawi  3–0  Botswana 2–0 1–0
Rwanda  2–1  Ethiopia 2–1 0–0
Sudan  1–6  Tunisia 1–3 0–3
Niger  (a)3–3  Togo 2–0 1–3
Equatorial Guinea  2–1  Gabon 0–0 2–1
Sierra Leone  1–5  Gambia 1–1 0–4
Mauritania  1–4  Guinea 0–0 1–4
DR Congo  4–1  Namibia 3–0 1–1
Libya  1–3  Algeria 0–2 1–1
Kenya  1–0  Djibouti 1–0 one leg

First Round

Benin and Congo-Kinshasa withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively Tunisia and Burkina Faso.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zambia  5–2  Madagascar 4–1 1–1
South Africa  4–3  Zimbabwe 1–0 3–3
Angola  2–3  Ivory Coast 0–0 2–3
Burundi  2–1  Mozambique 1–0 1–1
Ghana  4–1  Senegal 2–0 2–1
Morocco  2–4  Gambia 2–2 0–2
Nigeria  3–2  Equatorial Guinea 3–0 0–2
Lesotho  2–3  Malawi 2–1 0–2
Egypt  4–2  Algeria 4–0 0–2
Cameroon  (a)2–2  Niger 1–0 1–2
Rwanda  2–0  Kenya 1–0 1–0
Mali  2–0  Guinea 1–0 1–0

Second Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  6–0  Rwanda 5–0 1–0
South Africa  2–3  Zambia 2–1 0–2
Tunisia  1–3  Ivory Coast 1–1 0–2
Mali  2–3  Gambia 1–1 1–2
Burkina Faso  1–1 (p: 4–3)  Ghana 1–0 0–1
Cameroon  4–0  Malawi 2–0 2–0
Burundi  0–3  Egypt 0–1 0–2

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2007 African Youth Championship squads.

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Group stage

Group A

Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Gambia 9330040
 Congo 6320131
 Burkina Faso 3310223
 Ivory Coast 0300305

January 20, 2007

Congo  2 - 0  Ivory Coast
Burkina Faso  0 - 2  Gambia

January 23, 2007

Ivory Coast  0 - 2  Burkina Faso
Gambia  1 - 0  Congo

January 26, 2007

Ivory Coast  0 - 1  Gambia
Congo  1 - 0  Burkina Faso

Group B

Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Zambia 6320186
 Nigeria 4311155
 Egypt 4311124
 Cameroon 3310244

January 21, 2007

Nigeria  4 - 2  Zambia
Cameroon  0 - 1  Egypt

January 24, 2007

Zambia  3 - 2  Cameroon
Egypt  1 - 1  Nigeria

January 27, 2007

Zambia  3 - 0  Egypt
Nigeria  0 - 2  Cameroon

Knockout Stages

Semifinals

January 30, 2007

Gambia  0 - 1  Nigeria
Zambia  0 - 1  Congo


Third place play-off

February 2, 2007

Gambia  3 - 1  Zambia

Finals

February 3, 2007

Nigeria  0 - 1  Congo

Winner

 2007 African Youth Championship Winners 

Congo
First title

Top scorers

1. Zambia Fwayo Tembo 5
2. Zambia Clifford Mulenga 3
2. The Gambia Ousman Jallow 3

Qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

External links


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