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1983 African Youth Championship

{{short description|4th African youth football qualification tournament}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = African Youth Championship

| year = 1983

| dates = 25 July 1982 – 16 April 1983

| num_teams = 18

| confederations = 1

| champion_other = {{fbu|20|NGA}}

| count = 1

| second_other = {{fbu|20|CIV}}

| matches = 45

| goals = 66

| prevseason = 1981

| nextseason = 1985

}}

The 1983 African Youth Championship was the 4th edition of the biennial African qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship which was contested on a home and away two-legged basis.

By reaching the final of this edition of the competition, Nigeria and Ivory Coast qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship in Mexico, although the former defeated the latter 4–3 on aggregate to claim their inaugural title.

Teams

The following teams entered this edition of the tournament and played at least a match:

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  • {{fbu|20|ALG}}
  • {{fbu|20|ANG}}
  • {{fbu|20|CMR}}
  • {{fbu|20|CIV}}
  • {{fb|Equatorial Guinea}}
  • {{fbu|20|EGY}}
  • {{fbu|20|GAB}}
  • {{fbu|20|GAM}}
  • {{fbu|20|GIN}}
  • {{fbu|20|LBR}}
  • {{fbu|20|MAR}}
  • {{fbu|20|NGA}}
  • {{fbu|20|SEN}}
  • {{fbu|20|SDN}}
  • {{fb|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}
  • {{fbu|20|TOG}}
  • {{fbu|20|TUN}}
  • {{fb|Zimbabwe}}

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Preliminary round

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{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|LBR}}||4–3 1|{{fbu|20|GUI}}||2–2|2–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|SEN}}||0–4 2 |{{fbu|20|GAM}}||0–2|0–2 2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|SDN}}||w/o 3|{{fbu|20|ETH|1975}}|||}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|TOG}}||w/o 3|{{fbu|20|GHA}}|||}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|GAB}}||w/o 3|{{fbu|20|CTA}}|||}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}||w/o 3|{{fbu|20|MRI}}|||}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|CGO|1970}}||w/o 3|{{fbu|20|ANG}}|||}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|Upper Volta}}||w/o 3|{{fbu|20|CIV}}|||}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|LBY|1977}}||w/o 3|{{fbu|20|MAR}}|||}}

|}

{{ubl|1 Liberia were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players in both legs.

|2 Senegal withdrew after the first leg.

|3 Ethiopia, Ghana, Central African Republic, Mauritius, Congo, Upper Volta and Libya all withdrew.}}

First round

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|SDN}}||2–4|{{fbu|20|EGY}}||1–1|1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|GIN}}||3–2|{{fbu|20|TOG}}||2–1|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|GAB}}||0–3|{{fbu|20|NGA}}||0–1|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}|| 1–7 1|{{fb|ZIM}}||1–5| 0–2 1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|ANG}}||1–3|{{fbu|20|CMR}}||0–1|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|CIV}}||w/o 2|{{fb|EQG}}||4-1| n/p }}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|GAM}}||1–2|{{fbu|20|ALG}}||0–0|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|MAR}}||4–0|{{fbu|20|TUN}}||4–0|0–0}}

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{{ubl|1 Swaziland withdrew after the first leg.

|2 The second leg was scratched and Ivory Coast advanced to the second round after Equatorial Guinea were ejected from the competition for using five ineligible players in the first leg.}}

Quarter-finals

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{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|EGY}}||1–1
7–8 (pen.)|{{fbu|20|GIN}}||1–0|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|NGA}}||3–2|{{fb|ZIM}}||3–1|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|CMR}}||2–5|{{fbu|20|CIV}}||0–2|2–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|ALG}}||3–3 (a)|{{fbu|20|MAR}}||2–0|1–3}}

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Semi-finals

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|GIN}}||2–3|{{fbu|20|NGA}}||2–1|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|CIV}}||2–2 (a)|{{fbu|20|ALG}}||1–0|1–2}}

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Final

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|CIV}}||3–4|{{fbu|20|NGA}}||2–2|1–2}}

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{{Winners|fbu|20|1983 African Youth Championship|Nigeria|First/Inaugural}}

Qualification for the World Youth Championship

These two best performing teams qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship in Mexico.

  • {{fbu|20|CIV}}
  • {{fbu|20|NGA}}

External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afr-u21-83.html Tournament records] at RSSSF

{{U-20 Africa Cup of Nations}}

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