1979 African Under-21 Football Championship

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1979 African Under-21 Football Championship
African Youth Championship 1979
Number of nations 19th
African champions AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria (1st title)
Opening game August 6, 1978
Tournament end February 25, 1979
Games 20th
Gates 38  (⌀: 1.9 per game)

The 1979 U-21 African Football Championship was the first edition of the tournament for junior football national teams (U-21) in Africa organized by the African Football Association (CAF) . The tournament began on August 6, 1978 and ended on February 25, 1979. The winner was Algeria . The tournament winner qualified together with the defeated finalist Guinea for the Junior World Championships 1979 in Japan.

mode

The tournament was played in a knockout system with two 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

total First leg Return leg
KenyaKenya Kenya : Malawi 1964Malawi Malawi : :
MauritiusMauritius Mauritius : MadagascarMadagascar Madagascar : :
GambiaGambia Gambia : SenegalSenegal Senegal : :

Malawi, Madagascar and Senegal did not run. All other teams had no play.

Round of 16

date total First leg Return leg
August 6-19, 1978 Political system of the Libyan Arab JamahiriyaPolitical system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya 2: 3 AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 1: 2 1: 1
August 6-19, 1978 Egypt 1972Egypt Egypt 0: 3 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 0: 1 0: 2
August 6-19, 1978 KenyaKenya Kenya 2: 4 Ethiopia 1975Ethiopia Ethiopia 2-0 0: 4
0 MauritiusMauritius Mauritius : UgandaUganda Uganda : :
0 MoroccoMorocco Morocco : MaliMali Mali : :
0 Guinea-aGuinea Guinea : TogoTogo Togo : :
0 CameroonCameroon Cameroon : Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast : :
0 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria : GambiaGambia Gambia : :

Uganda, Mali, Togo, Ivory Coast and Gambia did not run.

Quarter finals

date total First leg Return leg
October 15-22, 1978 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 1: 2 AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 1: 2 0-0
September 17 / October 1, 1978 MauritiusMauritius Mauritius 1: 2 Ethiopia 1975Ethiopia Ethiopia 1: 1 0: 1
October 20 / November 11, 1978 Guinea-aGuinea Guinea 2-0 MoroccoMorocco Morocco 2-0 0-0
September 17 / October 1, 1978 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 3: 1 CameroonCameroon Cameroon 1: 1 2-0

Semifinals

date total First leg Return leg
December 30, 1978 / January 16, 1979 Ethiopia 1975Ethiopia Ethiopia 0: 1 AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 0-0 0: 1
December 30, 1978 / January 14, 1979 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 1: 2 Guinea-aGuinea Guinea 0: 1 1: 1

final

date total First leg Return leg
February 9-25, 1979 AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria (a) 4: 4 (a) Guinea-aGuinea Guinea 2: 1 2: 3

Result

Algeria and Guinea qualified for the 1979 World Junior Championship in Japan. There Algeria prevailed in the preliminary round against Mexico and the hosts and reached the quarter-finals as second in the group behind Spain , where they were eliminated from eventual world champions Argentina . Guinea finished their preliminary group without a point or goal behind Uruguay , the Soviet Union and Hungary in last place.

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