1985 African Youth Championship

1985 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates 2 September 1984 - 4 May 1985
Teams 17
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up  Tunisia

The African Youth Championship 1985 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament (and played at least one match):

Preliminary Round:

First Round:

Second Round:

Preliminary Round

Burkina Faso, Libya and Togo did not enter. A bye was therefore given to respectively Benin, Ethiopia and Senegal.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gambia  2–3  Ghana 1–0 1–3
Guinea  2–2  Angola 2–1 0–1
Sudan  1–0  Uganda 1–0 0–0
Mozambique  0–8  Zambia 0–3 0–5

Guinea and Angola both went through to the next round.

First Round

Benin and Senegal did not enter. A bye was therefore given to respectively Guinea and Ivory Coast. Entrants in this round were Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia and Zimbabwe.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia  0–0 (p: 3–2)  Algeria 0–0 0–0
Morocco  3–1  Egypt 2–0 1–1
Nigeria  2–1  Ghana 2–0 0–1
Cameroon  5–0  Angola 3–0 2–0
Zimbabwe  4–3  Sudan 4–2 0–1
Ethiopia  5–3  Zambia 2–2 3–1

Quarterfinals

Ivory Coast entered the tournament.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea  1–3  Ivory Coast 0–0 1–3
Morocco  1–2  Tunisia 1–0 0–2
Cameroon  4–5  Nigeria 3–0 1–5
Ethiopia  3–1  Zimbabwe 1–1 2–0

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast  1–1(a)  Tunisia 1–1 0–0
Nigeria  4–1  Ethiopia 3–0 1–1

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia  2–3  Nigeria 1–1 1–2
 1985 African Youth Championship 

Nigeria
Second title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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