1981 African Under-21 Football Championship

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1981 African Under-21 Football Championship
African Youth Championship 1981
Number of nations 19th
African champions Egypt 1972Egypt Egypt (1st title)
Opening game June 8, 1980
Tournament end April 24, 1981
Games 23
Gates 60  (⌀: 2.61 per game)

The 1981 U-21 African Football Championship was the second edition of the tournament for junior football national teams (U-21) in Africa organized by the African Football Association (CAF) . The tournament began on June 8, 1980 and ended on April 24, 1981. The winner was Egypt . The tournament winner qualified together with the defeated finalist Cameroon for the Junior World Championship 1981 in Australia.

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

date total First leg Return leg
June 8-22, 1980 Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 4: 3 GabonGabon Gabon 2-0 2: 3
0 TogoTogo Togo : Benin People's RepublicPeople's Republic of Benin Benin : :
0 ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe : Malawi 1964Malawi Malawi : :

Benin and Malawi did not run. All other teams had no play.

Round of 16

date total First leg Return leg
October 5th / 19th, 1980 Guinea-aGuinea Guinea (a) 2: 2 (a) Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 2: 1 0: 1
October 24 / September 15, 1980 CameroonCameroon Cameroon 4: 2 TogoTogo Togo 3-0 1: 2
October 12-26, 1980 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 1: 1
6: 5 i. E. 		MoroccoMorocco Morocco 0: 1 1-0
October 30 / November 2, 1980 ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 2: 1 Ethiopia 1975Ethiopia Ethiopia 0-0 2: 1
October 26 / November 7, 1980 MauritaniaMauritania Mauritania 1: 6 AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 1: 3 0: 3
0 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria : Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast : :
0 Egypt 1972Egypt Egypt : UgandaUganda Uganda : :
0 Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic : KenyaKenya Kenya : :

Uganda, Ivory Coast and Kenya did not run.

Quarter finals

date total First leg Return leg
December 30, 1980 / January 11, 1981 CameroonCameroon Cameroon 3: 1 Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 3-0 0: 1
November 27, 1980 / January 11, 1981 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 5: 4 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 4-0 1: 4
November 30, 1980 / January 23, 1981 ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 1: 3 Egypt 1972Egypt Egypt 1: 1 0: 2
January 18, 1981 Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic : AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 4: 1 :

Central Africa did not play for the second leg.

Semifinals

date total First leg Return leg
March 14-29, 1981 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 2: 4 CameroonCameroon Cameroon 2: 3 0: 1
0 Egypt 1972Egypt Egypt : AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria : :

Algeria has not competed.

final

date total First leg Return leg
April 12-24, 1981 CameroonCameroon Cameroon 1: 3 Egypt 1972Egypt Egypt 1: 1 0: 2

Result

Egypt and Cameroon qualified for the 1981 World Junior Championship in Australia. There, Egypt prevailed against Mexico and Spain in the preliminary round and finished second behind the Federal Republic of Germany , and was eliminated in the quarter-finals against England . Cameroon finished last in its preliminary group behind England, Australia and Argentina .

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