1983 African Youth Championship

The African Youth Championship 1983 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1983 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates25 July 1982 - 16 April 1983
Teams18
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up Ivory Coast

Teams

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

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liberia  4 - 3 1  Guinea 2 - 2 2 - 1
Senegal  0 - 4 2  Gambia 0 - 2 0 - 2 2
Sudan  w/o 3  Ethiopia - -
Togo  w/o 3  Ghana - -
Gabon  w/o 3  Central African Republic - -
Swaziland  w/o 3  Mauritius - -
Congo  w/o 3  Angola - -
Upper Volta  w/o 3  Ivory Coast - -
Libya  w/o 3  Morocco - -

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
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sudan  2–4  Egypt 1–1 1–3
Guinea  3–2  Togo 2–1 1–1
Gabon  0–3  Nigeria 0–1 0–2
Swaziland  1–7 1  Zimbabwe 1–5 0–2 1
Angola  1–3  Cameroon 0–1 1–2
Ivory Coast  w/o 2  Equatorial Guinea 4-1 n/p
Gambia  1–2  Algeria 0–0 1–2
Morocco  4–0  Tunisia 4–0 0–0

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.

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egypt  1–1 (p: 7–8)  Guinea 1–0 0–1
Nigeria  3–2  Zimbabwe 3–1 0–1
Cameroon  2–5  Ivory Coast 0–2 2–3
Algeria  (a)3–3  Morocco 2–0 1–3

Semi-Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea  2–3  Nigeria 2–1 0–2
Ivory Coast  (a)2–2  Algeria 1–0 1–2

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast  3–4  Nigeria 2–2 1–2
 1983 African Youth Championship 

Nigeria
First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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