1987 African Youth Championship

1987 African Youth Championship

Tournament details
Dates	14 June 1986 - 18 April 1987
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-up	Togo

The African Youth Championship 1987 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

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

Cameroon  Ivory Coast  Egypt  Ethiopia  Ghana

Guinea  Mauritania  Morocco  Nigeria  Somalia

Togo  Tunisia  Uganda  Zambia  Zimbabwe

Preliminary Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uganda	2–3	Somalia	1–2	1–1

First Round

Ghana and Zimbabwe were disqualified due to using ineligible players. Ethiopia withdrew after playing one match. Mauritius withdrew before playing so Mozambique received a bye.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Somalia	DSQ	Zimbabwe	1–0	0–4
Egypt	walkover	Ethiopia	4–0	walkover
Zambia	2–3	Nigeria	2–2	0–1
Guinea	1–2	Tunisia	0–1	1–1
Togo	DSQ	Ghana	0–2	1–1
Mauritania	0–6	Morocco	0–2	0–4
Cameroon	2–3	Ivory Coast	2–0	0–3

Quarterfinals

Mozambique withdrew before playing so Somalia received a bye.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mozambique	walkover	Somalia	walkover	walkover
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

Semifinals

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

Final

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

1987 African Youth Championship
Nigeria Third title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Nigeria
•  Togo

External links

• Results by RSSSF