1985 Africa Under-21 Football Championship

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1985 Africa Under-21 Football Championship
African Youth Championship 1985
Number of nations 23
African champions NigeriaNigeria Nigeria (2nd title)
Opening game 2nd September 1984
Tournament end May 4th 1985
Games 34
Gates 77  (⌀: 2.26 per game)

The 1985 U-21 African Football Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament for junior football national teams (U-21) in Africa organized by the African Football Association (CAF) . The tournament began on September 2, 1984 and ended on May 4, 1985. The winner was Nigeria . The tournament winner qualified together with the defeated finalist Tunisia for the Junior World Championship 1985 in the Soviet Union.

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
September 9-23, 1984 GambiaGambia Gambia 2: 3 GhanaGhana Ghana 1-0 1: 3
September 2/19, 1984 Guinea-aGuinea Guinea (a)2: 2 (a) AngolaAngola Angola 2: 1 0: 1
September 16-30, 1984 SudanSudan Sudan 1-0 UgandaUganda Uganda 1-0 0-0
September 16-30, 1984 MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique 0: 8 Zambia 1964Zambia Zambia 0: 3 0: 5
0 SenegalSenegal Senegal : TogoTogo Togo : :
0 Benin People's RepublicPeople's Republic of Benin Benin : Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Burkina Faso : :
0 Ethiopia 1975Ethiopia Ethiopia : Political system of the Libyan Arab JamahiriyaPolitical system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya : :

Togo, Burkina Faso and Libya withdrew their teams. All other teams had no play.

Round of 16

date total First leg Return leg
4th / 18th November 1984 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 0: 0
3: 2 i. E. 		AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 0-0 0-0
3rd / 17th November 1984 MoroccoMorocco Morocco 3: 1 EgyptEgypt Egypt 2-0 1: 1
3rd / 18th November 1984 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 2: 1 GhanaGhana Ghana 2-0 0: 1
4th / 18th November 1984 CameroonCameroon Cameroon 5-0 AngolaAngola Angola 3-0 2-0
4th / 18th November 1984 ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 4: 3 SudanSudan Sudan 4: 2 0: 1
4th / 18th November 1984 Ethiopia 1975Ethiopia Ethiopia 5: 3 Zambia 1964Zambia Zambia 2: 2 3: 1
0 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast : SenegalSenegal Senegal : :
0 Guinea-aGuinea Guinea : Benin People's RepublicPeople's Republic of Benin Benin : :

Senegal and Benin withdrew their teams.

Quarter finals

date total First leg Return leg
December 16, 1984 / January 13, 1985 Guinea-aGuinea Guinea 1: 3 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast 0-0 1: 3
December 30, 1984 / January 13, 1985 MoroccoMorocco Morocco 1: 2 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 1-0 0: 2
December 19, 1984 / January 13, 1985 CameroonCameroon Cameroon 4: 5 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 3-0 1: 5
December 16, 1984 / January 13, 1985 Ethiopia 1975Ethiopia Ethiopia 3: 1 ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 1: 1 2-0

Semifinals

date total First leg Return leg
March 17/31, 1985 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast (a)1: 1 (a) TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 1: 1 0-0
March 10/31, 1985 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 4: 1 Ethiopia 1975Ethiopia Ethiopia 3-0 1: 1

final

date total First leg Return leg
April 21 / May 4, 1985 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 2: 3 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 1: 1 1: 2

Result

Nigeria and Tunisia qualified for the 1985 World Junior Championship in the Soviet Union. There, Nigeria finished second in its preliminary group behind the hosts . After beating Mexico in the quarter-finals , the African champions were eliminated in the semi-finals against eventual world champions Brazil . Tunisia only finished last in its preliminary group behind Bulgaria , Colombia and Hungary .

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