1989 African Under-21 Football Championship

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1989 African Under-21 Football Championship
African Youth Championship 1989
Number of nations 23
African champions NigeriaNigeria Nigeria (4th title)
Opening game April 30, 1988
Tournament end January 14, 1989
Games 30th
Gates 82  (⌀: 2.73 per game)

The 1989 U-21 African Football Championship was the sixth edition of the African Football Association (CAF) tournament for junior football teams (U-21s) in Africa . The tournament began on April 30, 1988 and ended on January 14, 1988. The winner was Nigeria . The tournament winner qualified together with the defeated finalist Mali for the Junior World Championship in 1989 in Saudi Arabia.

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

The first legs were played on April 30, the second legs on May 14, 1988.

total First leg Return leg
MaliMali Mali 6: 4 SenegalSenegal Senegal 4-0 2: 4
Guinea-aGuinea Guinea 4: 2 LiberiaLiberia Liberia 3: 1 1: 1
AngolaAngola Angola 3: 4 ZaireZaire Zaire 2: 1 1: 3
AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria : MauritaniaMauritania Mauritania : :
GabonGabon Gabon : Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic : :
Lesotho 1987Lesotho Lesotho : KenyaKenya Kenya : :
MadagascarMadagascar Madagascar : MauritiusMauritius Mauritius : :

Mauritania, Central Africa, Kenya and Mauritius withdrew their teams. All other teams had no play.

Round of 16

The first legs were played on June 25, the second legs on July 9, 1988.

total First leg Return leg
MaliMali Mali (a) 2: 2(a) MoroccoMorocco Morocco 1-0 1: 2
AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria (a) 2: 2(a) TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 0-0 2: 2
Guinea-aGuinea Guinea (a)3: 3 (a) GhanaGhana Ghana 3: 2 0: 1
ZaireZaire Zaire (a)2: 2 (a) NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 2: 2 0-0
GabonGabon Gabon 2: 1 CameroonCameroon Cameroon 2-0 0: 1
EgyptEgypt Egypt : SomaliaSomalia Somalia : :
Lesotho 1987Lesotho Lesotho : MadagascarMadagascar Madagascar : :
Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast : TogoTogo Togo : :

Somalia, Madagascar and Togo withdrew their teams.

Quarter finals

The first leg was played on August 13, the second leg on August 27, 1988.

total First leg Return leg
MaliMali Mali (a) 3: 3(a) EgyptEgypt Egypt 2-0 1: 3
GhanaGhana Ghana 3: 3
4: 5 i. E. 		AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 3-0 0: 3
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 6: 1 Lesotho 1987Lesotho Lesotho 4-0 2: 1
GabonGabon Gabon 2: 4 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast 1-0 1: 4

Semifinals

The first legs were played on October 1st, the second leg on October 15th, 1988.

total First leg Return leg
AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria (a)1: 1 (a) MaliMali Mali 1: 1 0-0
Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast 2: 4 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 2: 2 0: 2

final

The first leg was played on January 1, 1989 in Bamako , the second leg on January 14, 1989 in Ibadan .

total First leg Return leg
MaliMali Mali 1: 4 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 1: 2 0: 2

Nigeria won the second leg for the fourth time in a row with goals from Mutiu Adepoju and Jimoh Balogun .

Result

Nigeria and Mali qualified for the 1989 World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia. There Nigeria reached behind Portugal and ahead of Czechoslovakia as well as the hosts as group runner-up in the quarter-finals. There the African champions prevailed against the Soviet Union and eliminated the USA on penalties in the semifinals . As in the group stage, Portugal prevailed in the final. Mali was the last in a group with Brazil , the USA and the GDR .

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