1979 African Youth Championship

1979 African Youth Championship

Tournament details
Dates	6 August (1978) - 25 February
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Guinea
Third place	Nigeria  Ethiopia

The 1979 African Youth Championship was the first edition of the Championship. Algeria were crowned champions after beating Guinea in the final on the away goals rule, with both teams tied 4-4 after two legs. Both teams also qualified to the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament (and played at least one match):

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kenya	w/o	Malawi	–	–
Mauritius	w/o	Madagascar	–	–
Gambia	w/o	Senegal	–	–

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Libya	2 - 3	Algeria	1 - 2	1 - 1
Egypt	0 - 3	Tunisia	0 - 1	0 - 2
Kenya	2 - 3	Ethiopia	2 - 0	0 - 4
Mauritius	w/o	Uganda	–	–
Morocco	w/o	Mali	–	–
Guinea	w/o	Togo	–	–
Cameroon	w/o	Côte d'Ivoire	–	–
Nigeria	w/o	Gambia	–	–

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tunisia	1 - 2	Algeria	1 - 2	0 - 0
Mauritius	1 - 2	Ethiopia	1 - 1	0 - 1
Guinea	2 - 0	Morocco	2 - 0	0 - 0
Nigeria	3 - 1	Cameroon	1 - 1	2 - 0

Semi Final round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ethiopia	0 - 1	Algeria	0 - 0	0 - 1
Nigeria	1 - 2	Guinea	0 - 1	1 - 1

Final round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	4 - 4a	Guinea	2 - 1	2 - 3

^a Algeria wins by the away goals.

Winners

1979 African Youth Championship Winners
Algeria First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Algeria
•  Guinea

External links

• African Youth Championship 1979 (rsssf.com)