U-21 soccer championship 1987

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U-21 soccer championship 1987
African Youth Championship 1987
Number of nations 17th
African champions NigeriaNigeria Nigeria (3rd title)
Opening game June 14, 1986
Tournament end April 18, 1987
Games 27
Gates 62  (⌀: 2.3 per game)

The U-21 African Football Championship in 1987 was the fifth edition of the tournament for junior football teams (U-21) in Africa organized by the African Football Federation (CAF) . The tournament began on June 14, 1986 and ended on April 18, 1987. The winner was Nigeria . The tournament winner qualified together with the defeated finalist Togo for the Junior World Championship 1987 in Chile.

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 14-30, 1986 UgandaUganda Uganda 2: 3 SomaliaSomalia Somalia 1: 2 1: 1

All other teams had no play.

Round of 16

date total First leg Return leg
August 15 / September 21, 1986 SomaliaSomalia Somalia : ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 1-0 0: 4
September 28, 1986 EgyptEgypt Egypt : Ethiopia 1975Ethiopia Ethiopia 4-0 :
August 17-30, 1986 Zambia 1964Zambia Zambia 2: 3 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 2: 2 0: 1
August 17/31, 1986 Guinea-aGuinea Guinea 1: 2 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 0: 1 1: 1
August 17/31, 1986 TogoTogo Togo : GhanaGhana Ghana 0: 2 1: 1
August 22nd / September 7th 1986 MauritaniaMauritania Mauritania 0: 6 MoroccoMorocco Morocco 0: 2 0: 4
August 17/31, 1986 CameroonCameroon Cameroon 2: 3 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast 2-0 0: 3
0 MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique : MauritiusMauritius Mauritius : :

Ethiopia and Mauritius withdrew their team. Zimbabwe and Ghana were disqualified.

Quarter finals

date total First leg Return leg
November 8-22, 1986 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 5: 2 EgyptEgypt Egypt 4-0 1: 2
October 19 / November 9, 1986 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia (a)1: 1 (a) TogoTogo Togo 1: 1 0-0
October 19 / November 8, 1986 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast 2: 3 MoroccoMorocco Morocco 2-0 0: 3
0 SomaliaSomalia Somalia : MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique : :

Mozambique withdrew its team.

Semifinals

date total First leg Return leg
December 13, 1986 / January 9, 1987 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 2-0 SomaliaSomalia Somalia 1-0 1-0
December 13-28, 1986 MoroccoMorocco Morocco 1: 2 TogoTogo Togo 1-0 0: 2

final

date total First leg Return leg
April 5-18, 1987 TogoTogo Togo 1: 5 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 1: 2 0: 3

Result

Nigeria and Togo qualified for the 1987 World Junior Championship in Chile. There, Nigeria finished last in their preliminary round groups behind Italy , Brazil and Canada , as did Togo behind Yugoslavia , the hosts and Australia .

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