1983 African Under-21 Football Championship

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1983 African Under-21 Football Championship
African Youth Championship 1983
Number of nations 25th
African champions NigeriaNigeria Nigeria (1st title)
Opening game June 12, 1982
Tournament end April 16, 1983
Games 31
Gates 81  (⌀: 2.61 per game)

The 1983 U-21 African Football Championship was the third 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 12, 1982 and ended on April 16, 1983. The winner was Nigeria . The tournament winner qualified together with the defeated finalist Ivory Coast for the Junior World Championship 1983 in Mexico.

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 13-27, 1982 LiberiaLiberia Liberia 4: 3 Guinea-aGuinea Guinea 2: 2 2: 1
June 12, 1982 SenegalSenegal Senegal : GambiaGambia Gambia 0: 2 :
0 SudanSudan Sudan : Ethiopia 1975Ethiopia Ethiopia : :
0 TogoTogo Togo : GhanaGhana Ghana : :
0 GabonGabon Gabon : Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic : :
0 SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland : MauritiusMauritius Mauritius : :
0 AngolaAngola Angola : Congo People's Republic People's Republic of the Congo People's Republic of the Congo : :
0 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast : Upper VoltaUpper Volta Upper Volta : :
0 MoroccoMorocco Morocco : Political system of the Libyan Arab JamahiriyaPolitical system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya : :

Liberia was disqualified, Senegal did not play for the second leg. Ethiopia, Ghana, Central Africa, Mauritius, Congo, Upper Volta and Libya withdrew their teams. All other teams had no play.

Round of 16

date total First leg Return leg
August 13-27, 1982 SudanSudan Sudan 2: 4 Egypt 1972Egypt Egypt 1: 1 1: 3
5th / 19th September 1982 Guinea-aGuinea Guinea 3: 2 TogoTogo Togo 2: 1 1: 1
August 15-24, 1982 GabonGabon Gabon 0: 3 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 0: 1 0: 2
15th August 1982 SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland : ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 1: 5 :
August 15-24, 1982 AngolaAngola Angola 1: 3 CameroonCameroon Cameroon 0: 1 1: 2
15th August 1982 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast : Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 4: 1 :
July 25 / August 6, 1982 GambiaGambia Gambia 1: 2 AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 0-0 1: 2
September 19-26, 1982 MoroccoMorocco Morocco 4-0 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 4-0 0-0

Swaziland did not play for the second leg, Equatorial Guinea was disqualified after the first game.

Quarter finals

date total First leg Return leg
October 31 / November 14, 1982 Egypt 1972Egypt Egypt 1: 1
7: 8 i. E. 		Guinea-aGuinea Guinea 1-0 0: 1
October 23 / November 7, 1982 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 3: 2 ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 3: 1 0: 1
October 31 / November 14, 1982 CameroonCameroon Cameroon 2: 5 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast 0: 2 2: 3
October 31 / November 13, 1982 AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria (a) 3: 3 (a) MoroccoMorocco Morocco 2-0 1: 3

Semifinals

date total First leg Return leg
December 19, 1982 / January 8, 1983 Guinea-aGuinea Guinea 2: 3 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 2: 1 0: 2
December 19, 1982 / January 9, 1983 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast (a) 2: 2 (a) AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 1-0 1: 2

final

date total First leg Return leg
April 3-16, 1983 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast 3: 4 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 2: 2 1: 2

Result

Nigeria and the Ivory Coast qualified for the 1983 Junior World Cup in Mexico. There, Nigeria took third place in its preliminary group behind Brazil and the Netherlands . The Ivory Coast finished the group last behind Uruguay , Poland and the USA .

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