U-20 African Cup of Nations 2007 / qualification

The qualification for the U-20 African Cup of Nations 2007 was held to determine the seven finalists alongside hosts Republic of the Congo . The games took place between April 15 and October 22, 2006.

mode

The registered teams determined the seven final round participants in three qualifying rounds in the knockout system with home and return legs. In the event of a tie, the away goal rule decided on progress. If there was also a tie, a penalty shoot- out was carried out without extra time .

Preliminary round

The first legs were played between April 15 and 17, the second legs on April 29 and 30, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Madagascar	(a) 3: 3(a)	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
Swaziland	:	Mozambique	:	:
Uganda	:	Zimbabwe	:	:
Niger	(a) 3: 3(a)	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
Senegal	:	Cape Verde	:	:
Democratic Republic of Congo	4: 1	Namibia	3-0	1: 1
Libya	1: 3	Algeria	0: 2	1: 1
Kenya	1-0	Djibouti	1-0	:

Swaziland, Uganda and Cape Verde withdrew their teams. Only one game was played between Kenya and Djibouti. The other teams had no play.

First round

The first legs were played between August 4 and 6, and the second legs between August 18 and 20, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return 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
Burkina Faso	:	Democratic Republic of Congo	:	:
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(a)	Niger	1-0	1: 2
Benin	:	Tunisia	:	:
Rwanda	2-0	Kenya	1-0	1-0
Mali	2-0	Guinea	1-0	1-0

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Benin withdrew their teams.

Second round

The first legs were played on September 30 and October 1, the second legs on October 21 and 22, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return 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 4: 3 i. E.	Ghana	1-0	0: 1
Cameroon	4-0	Malawi	2-0	2-0
Burundi	0: 3	Egypt	0: 1	0: 2

Result

Nigeria, Zambia, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Egypt qualified for the finals.

Web links

• African U-20 Championship 2007 on rsssf.com (English)