U-21 African Cup of Nations 1999 / qualification

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The qualification for the U-21 African Cup of Nations 1999 was held to determine the seven finalists alongside hosts Ghana . The games took place between April 18 and October 23, 1998.

mode

The registered teams determined the seven final round participants in three qualifying rounds in the knockout system with home and return 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 18 and 19, the second legs on May 2 and 3, 1998.

total First leg Return leg
MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique 6: 5 ReunionReunion Reunion 4: 4 2: 1
Sierra LeoneSierra Leone Sierra Leone 6: 5 LiberiaLiberia Liberia 4: 3 2: 2
Lesotho 1987Lesotho Lesotho 3: 2 SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland 2: 1 1: 1
Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 3: 2 TogoTogo Togo 2: 1 1: 1
Rwanda 1962Rwanda Rwanda 2: 1 ChadChad Chad 1: 1 1-0
MauritaniaMauritania Mauritania : Political system of the Libyan Arab JamahiriyaPolitical system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya 2: 2 :
NamibiaNamibia Namibia : Malawi 1964Malawi Malawi : :
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Burkina Faso : GambiaGambia Gambia : :

Mauritania withdrew their team after the first leg, Namibia and Gambia before the first leg. The other teams had no play.

First round

The first legs were played between August 7 and 9, the second legs between August 28 and 30, 1998.

total First leg Return leg
Political system of the Libyan Arab JamahiriyaPolitical system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya 5: 4 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 3: 3 2: 1
Sierra LeoneSierra Leone Sierra Leone 2: 4 MaliMali Mali 1: 3 1: 1
GabonGabon Gabon 5: 2 AngolaAngola Angola 3: 2 2-0
Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 1: 4 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast 1: 1 0: 3
UgandaUganda Uganda 2: 4 TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania 1: 1 1: 3
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Burkina Faso : NigeriaNigeria Nigeria : :
Ethiopia 1996Ethiopia Ethiopia 1: 2 EgyptEgypt Egypt 0-0 1: 2
Lesotho 1987Lesotho Lesotho 3: 4 ZambiaZambia Zambia 2: 2 1: 2
Rwanda 1962Rwanda Rwanda 2: 3 CameroonCameroon Cameroon 2-0 0: 3
BurundiBurundi Burundi 2: 1 SudanSudan Sudan 1: 1 1-0
AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 3: 6 Guinea-aGuinea Guinea 3: 2 0: 4
SenegalSenegal Senegal (a)1: 1 (a) MoroccoMorocco Morocco 1: 1 0-0
Malawi 1964Malawi Malawi (a) 2: 2(a) BotswanaBotswana Botswana 1-0 1: 2
MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique 2: 2
3: 4 i. E. 		South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 1: 1 1: 1

Burkina Faso withdrew its team.

Second round

The first legs were played on September 26 and 27, the second legs on October 17 and 18, 1998.

total First leg Return leg
Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast 4: 4
3: 4 i. E. 		AngolaAngola Angola 4-0 0: 4
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 4: 2 TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania 3: 1 1: 1
ZambiaZambia Zambia 3: 3
6: 5 i. E. 		EgyptEgypt Egypt 3-0 0: 3
BurundiBurundi Burundi 1: 2 CameroonCameroon Cameroon 1: 2 0-0
MoroccoMorocco Morocco 0: 4 Guinea-aGuinea Guinea 0: 4 0-0
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 1: 5 Malawi 1964Malawi Malawi 0: 1 1: 4
MaliMali Mali 5: 4 Political system of the Libyan Arab JamahiriyaPolitical system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya 3-0 2: 4

Result

Angola, Nigeria, Zambia, Cameroon, Guinea, Malawi and Mali qualified for the finals. Defending champion Morocco was eliminated.

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