The 1979 African Youth Championship was the second edition of the biennial qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship for African nations and the inaugural edition under the African Youth Championship title.
Malawi, Madagascar and Senegal all withdrew, leading to the scrapping of the preliminary round and the advancement of Kenya, Mauritius and Gambia to the first round.
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Uganda, Mali, Togo, Ivory Coast and Gambia withdrew, leading Mauritius, Morocco, Guinea, Cameroon and Nigeria to advance to the second round.
1979, african, youth, championship, second, edition, biennial, qualification, tournament, fifa, world, youth, championship, african, nations, inaugural, edition, under, african, youth, championship, title, tournament, detailsdates6, august, february, 1978teams. The 1979 African Youth Championship was the second edition of the biennial qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship for African nations and the inaugural edition under the African Youth Championship title 1979 African Youth ChampionshipTournament detailsDates6 August 25 February 1978Teams11 from 1 confederation Final positionsChampions Algeria 1st title Runners up GuineaThird place NigeriaFourth place EthiopiaTournament statisticsMatches played10Goals scored24 2 4 per match 19771981 Algeria and Guinea qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan by reaching the final although the former won their inaugural title via the away goals rule against the latter with the match ending 4 4 on aggregate Contents 1 Teams 2 Preliminary round 3 First round 4 Second round 5 Semi finals 6 Final 7 Winners 8 Qualification to the World Youth Championship 9 Notes 10 External linksTeams editThe following teams entered this edition of the tournament and played at least a match nbsp Algeria nbsp Cameroon nbsp Egypt nbsp Ethiopia nbsp Guinea nbsp Kenya nbsp Libya nbsp Mauritius nbsp Morocco nbsp Nigeria nbsp TunisiaPreliminary round editMalawi Madagascar and Senegal all withdrew leading to the scrapping of the preliminary round and the advancement of Kenya Mauritius and Gambia to the first round First round editUganda Mali Togo Ivory Coast and Gambia withdrew leading Mauritius Morocco Guinea Cameroon and Nigeria to advance to the second round Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Libya nbsp 2 3 nbsp Algeria 1 2 1 1 Egypt nbsp 0 3 nbsp Tunisia 0 1 0 2 Kenya nbsp 2 4 nbsp Ethiopia 2 0 0 4Second round editTeam 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Tunisia nbsp 1 2 nbsp Algeria 1 2 0 0 Mauritius nbsp 1 2 nbsp Ethiopia 1 1 0 1 Guinea nbsp 2 0 nbsp Morocco 2 0 0 0 Nigeria nbsp 3 1 nbsp Cameroon 1 1 2 0Semi finals editTeam 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Ethiopia nbsp 0 1 nbsp Algeria 0 0 0 1 Nigeria nbsp 1 2 nbsp Guinea 0 1 1 1Final editTeam 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Algeria nbsp 4 4 a nbsp Guinea 2 1 2 3Winners edit 1979 African Youth Championship winners nbsp AlgeriaFirst Inaugural titleQualification to the World Youth Championship editThe two best performing teams qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship nbsp Algeria nbsp GuineaNotes edit Algeria won on away goals External links editTournament records at RSSSF Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1979 African Youth Championship amp oldid 1162726231, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
