1987 African Youth Championship

The African Youth Championship 1987 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1987 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates14 June 1986 - 18 April 1987
Teams15
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-up Togo

Teams

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

Preliminary round

Swaziland, Lesotho, Sudan, Gabon, Gambia and Maurituania all withdrew: Mauritius, Mozambique, Egypt, Ghana, Togo and Algeria advanced to the first round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uganda  1–3  Somalia 1–2 0–1
Angola  1–3  Zambia 1–1 0–21

1 Angola were ejected from the competition for fielding overaged players in the first leg.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Somalia  1–4 1  Zimbabwe 1–0 0–4
Egypt  6–0  Ethiopia 4–0 2–0 2
Zambia  2–3  Nigeria 2–2 0–1
Guinea  1–2  Tunisia 0–1 1–1
Togo  1–3 3  Ghana 0–2 1–1
Mauritania  0–6  Morocco 0–2 0–4
Cameroon  2–3  Ivory Coast 2–0 0–3
Mauritius  w/o 4  Mozambique - -

1 Zimbabwe were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players.
2 Ethopia withdrew after the first leg.
3 Ghana were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players.
4 Mauritius withdrew.

Quarterfinals

Mozambique withdrew, meaning Somalia advanced to the Semi-Finals.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  5–2  Egypt 4–0 1–2
Tunisia  1–1(a)  Togo 1–1 0–0
Ivory Coast  2–3  Morocco 2–0 0–3

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  2–0  Somalia 1–0 1–0
Morocco  1–2  Togo 1–0 0–2

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Togo  1–5  Nigeria 1–2 0–3
 1987 African Youth Championship 

Nigeria
Third title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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