2001 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEthiopia
Dates18 March – 1 April
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Angola (1st title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Best player(s)Angola António Mendonça

The African Youth Championship 2001 was held in Ethiopia. It also served as qualification for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

Preliminary round

Eritrea and Guinea Bissau withdrew. As a result, Kenya and Gambia advanced to the next round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gabon  2–2(a)  Equatorial Guinea 2–1 0–1
Botswana  1–3  Swaziland 1–2 0–1
Tanzania  4–0  Namibia 2–0 2–0
Mauritius  6–3  Lesotho 4–1 2–2
Réunion  1–2  Madagascar 1–0 0–2
Somalia  1–2  Uganda not played 1–2

First round

Congo-Brazzaville and Sierra Leone withdrew. As a result, Cameroon and Ghana advanced to the next round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria  2–1  Libya 1–0 1–1
Equatorial Guinea  0–7  Mali 0–1 0–6
Ivory Coast  2–2 (p: 2–4)  Tunisia 1–1 1–1
Gambia  (a)2–2  Senegal 0–1 2–1
Swaziland  3–7  Angola 2–1 1–6
Morocco  1–2  Burkina Faso 1–0 0–2
Sudan  3–6  Nigeria 1–2 2–4
Tanzania  2–4  Mozambique 0–0 2–4
Mauritius  1–5  South Africa 0–3 1–2
Madagascar  3–5  Malawi 1–2 2–3
Uganda  2–3  Zambia 2–3 0–0
Kenya  0–1  Egypt 0–0 0–1

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ghana  3–2  Algeria 1–0 2–2
Mali  3–2  Tunisia 2–0 1–2
Cameroon  2–1  Gambia 1–0 1–1
Angola  2–0  Burkina Faso 2–0 0–0
Nigeria  5–1  Mozambique 3–1 2–0
South Africa  7–5  Malawi 3–3 4–2
Zambia  0–0 (p: 1–3)  Egypt 0–0 0–0

Teams

The following teams qualified for tournament:

Group stage

Group 1

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ethiopia 311164+24
 Egypt 211032+14 (+3)
 Cameroon 211032+14
 South Africa 301237–41


18 March Ethiopia  0–1  Cameroon
South Africa  0–1  Egypt
21 March Cameroon  2–2  South Africa
Egypt  2–2  Ethiopia
24 March Cameroon  0-0 1  Egypt
26 March 2 Ethiopia  4–1  South Africa

1 The match was abandoned in the 89th minute and the score at 0-0 after fans invaded the pitch believing that the teams had arranged a draw so both could progress. The match was ordered to be replayed two days later, with the results to be used to determine who would qualify for the semifinals but not to count in the standings.
2 The match was originally scheduled for the 24th, but was postponed after the South African team had travel difficulties.

Semifinals play-off

26 March Cameroon  1–3  Egypt

Group 2

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 321062+47
 Angola 311143+14
 Mali 30303303
 Nigeria 301216–51


19 March Ghana  1–0  Angola
Mali  0–0  Nigeria
22 March Angola  2–2  Mali
Nigeria  1–4  Ghana
25 March Angola  2–0  Nigeria
Ghana  1–1  Mali

Semifinals

Ethiopia 2 – 5 Angola
19', 69' Yordanos 5' Gilberto
13' Loló
35', 48' Mantorras
89' Mendonça
Ghana 1 – 1 Egypt
96' Stephen Tetteh 98' Gamal Hamza
Penalties
6 – 5

Third place match

Ethiopia 0 – 2 Egypt
3' Ahmed Hossam
87' Mohammed Abdel Wahed
Attendance: 30.000

Final

Ghana 0 – 2 Angola
57', 85' Loló
Attendance: 30.000
 2001 African Youth Championship 

Angola

First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The four best performing teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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