2003 Africa Under-21 Football Championship / qualification

The qualification for the U-21 African Cup of Nations 2003 was held to determine the seven finalists alongside hosts Burkina Faso . The games took place between April 6 and October 20, 2002.

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 6th and 7th, the second legs on April 20th and 21st, 2002.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Togo	4: 1	Chad	3-0	1: 1
Equatorial Guinea	0: 6	Gabon	0: 1	0: 5
Guinea-Bissau	:	Liberia	:	:
Burundi	2: 3	Tanzania	1-0	1: 3
Cameroon	:	Sao Tome and Principe	:	:
Kenya	:	Somalia	:	:
Sudan	4: 4 3: 4 i. E.	Uganda	3: 1	1: 3
Zimbabwe	3: 1	Swaziland	1-0	2: 1
Sierra Leone	:	Mauritania	:	:
Namibia	2: 3	Botswana	1-0	1: 3
Mauritius	:	Madagascar	:	:

Liberia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Kenya, Sierra Leone and Mauritius withdrew their teams. The other teams had no play.

First round

The first legs were played on July 20 and 21, the second legs on August 10 and 11, 2002.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Angola	1: 1 1: 4 i. E.	Togo	1-0	0: 1
Senegal	3: 4	Gabon	1: 2	2: 2
Ghana	:	Guinea-Bissau	:	:
Tunisia	7: 1	Libya	5-0	2: 1
Cameroon	4-0	Tanzania	4-0	0-0
Algeria	0: 5	Ivory Coast	0: 3	0: 2
Nigeria	6-0	Somalia	6-0	:
Morocco	(a) 2: 2(a)	Guinea	1-0	1: 2
Egypt	3: 1	Uganda	3: 1	0-0
Malawi	:	Zimbabwe	:	:
Mali	:	Mauritania	9: 1	:
Mozambique	4: 1	Botswana	3-0	1: 1
Ethiopia	0: 2	Zambia	0-0	0: 2
South Africa	5-0	Madagascar	2-0	3-0

Guinea-Bissau and Malawi withdrew their team. Mauritania did not play for the second leg. There was only one match between Nigeria and Somalia.

Second round

The first legs were played on September 28 and 29, the second legs on October 20, 2002.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Togo	2: 3	Gabon	1-0	1: 3
Ghana	1: 1 5: 3 i. E.	Tunisia	1-0	0: 1
Cameroon	2: 3	Ivory Coast	0: 1	2: 2
Nigeria	2: 3	Morocco	1: 2	1: 1
Egypt	2-0	Zimbabwe	2-0	0-0
Mali	2-0	Mozambique	1-0	1-0
Zambia	(a)4: 4 (a)	South Africa	4: 1	0: 3

Result

Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Egypt, Mali and South Africa qualified for the finals.

Web links

• African U-21 Championship 2003 on rsssf.com (English)