2007 African Youth Championship

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2007 African Youth Championship
Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2007
Tournament details
Host countryRepublic of the Congo
Dates20 January – 3 February
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Congo (1st title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Gambia
Fourth place Zambia
2005
2009

The African Youth Championship 2007 was held in the Republic of the Congo. It also served as qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Cape Verde, Swaziland and Uganda withdrew. As a result, Senegal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe advanced to the next round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Madagascar  (a)3–3  Mauritius 1–1 2–2
Malawi  3–0  Botswana 2–0 1–0
Rwanda  2–1  Ethiopia 2–1 0–0
Sudan  1–6  Tunisia 1–3 0–3
Niger  (a)3–3  Togo 2–0 1–3
Equatorial Guinea  2–1  Gabon 0–0 2–1
Sierra Leone  1–5  Gambia 1–1 0–4
Mauritania  1–4  Guinea 0–0 1–4
DR Congo  4–1  Namibia 3–0 1–1
Libya  1–3  Algeria 0–2 1–1
Kenya  1–0  Djibouti 1–0 one leg

First round[edit]

Benin and DR Congo withdrew. As a result, Tunisia and Burkina Faso advanced to the next round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zambia  5–2  Madagascar 4–1 1–1
South Africa  4–3  Zimbabwe 1–0 3–3
Angola  2–3  Ivory Coast 0–0 2–3
Burundi  2–1  Mozambique 1–0 1–1
Ghana  4–1  Senegal 2–0 2–1
Morocco  2–4  Gambia 2–2 0–2
Nigeria  3–2  Equatorial Guinea 3–0 0–2
Lesotho  2–3  Malawi 2–1 0–2
Egypt  4–2  Algeria 4–0 0–2
Cameroon  (a)2–2  Niger 1–0 1–2
Rwanda  2–0  Kenya 1–0 1–0
Mali  2–0  Guinea 1–0 1–0

Second round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  6–0  Rwanda 5–0 1–0
South Africa  2–3  Zambia 2–1 0–2
Tunisia  1–3  Ivory Coast 1–1 0–2
Mali  2–3  Gambia 1–1 1–2
Burkina Faso  1–1 (p: 4–3)  Ghana 1–0 0–1
Cameroon  4–0  Malawi 2–0 2–0
Burundi  0–3  Egypt 0–1 0–2

Squads[edit]

Teams[edit]

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Gambia 9 3 3 0 0 4 0
 Congo 6 3 2 0 1 3 1
 Burkina Faso 3 3 1 0 2 2 3
 Ivory Coast 0 3 0 0 3 0 5

January 20, 2007

Congo  2 - 0  Ivory Coast
Burkina Faso  0 - 2  Gambia

January 23, 2007

Ivory Coast  0 - 2  Burkina Faso
Gambia  1 - 0  Congo

January 26, 2007

Ivory Coast  0 - 1  Gambia
Congo  1 - 0  Burkina Faso

Group B[edit]

Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Zambia 6 3 2 0 1 8 6
 Nigeria 4 3 1 1 1 5 5
 Egypt 4 3 1 1 1 2 4
 Cameroon 3 3 1 0 2 4 4

January 21, 2007

Nigeria  4 - 2  Zambia
Cameroon  0 - 1  Egypt

January 24, 2007

Zambia  3 - 2  Cameroon
Egypt  1 - 1  Nigeria

January 27, 2007

Zambia  3 - 0  Egypt
Nigeria  0 - 2  Cameroon

Knockout stages[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

January 30, 2007

Gambia  0 - 1  Nigeria
Zambia  0 - 1  Congo

Third place play-off[edit]

February 2, 2007

Gambia  3 - 1  Zambia

Finals[edit]

February 3, 2007

Nigeria  0 - 1  Congo

Winner[edit]

 2007 African Youth Championship winners 

Congo

First title

Top scorers[edit]

1. Zambia Fwayo Tembo 5
2. Zambia Clifford Mulenga 3
2. The Gambia Ousman Jallow 3

Qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup[edit]

External links[edit]