1989 African Youth Championship

The 1989 African Youth Championship was the 7th edition of the biennial African qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship, contested on a home and away two-legged basis.

1989 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates30 April 1988 – 14 January 1989
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (4th title)
Runners-up Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored82 (2.73 per match)
1987
1991

Nigeria reached the final and defended their title for the third consecutive time and the fourth time overall by defeating Mali 4–1 on aggregate, although both teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia.

Teams

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

Preliminary round

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Central Africa, Mauritania, Mauritius and Kenya withdrew, leaving their respective opponents Gabon, Algeria, Madagascar and Lesotho to advance to the first round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali   6–4   Senegal 4–0 2–4
Guinea   4–2   Liberia 3–1 1–1
Angola   3–4   Zaire 2–1 1–3

First round

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Madagascar, Somalia and Togo withdrew, leaving their respective opponents Egypt, Ivory Coast and Lesotho to advance to the second round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali   2–2 (a)   Morocco 1–0 1–2
Algeria   2–2 (a)   Tunisia 0–0 2–2
Guinea   3–3 (a)   Ghana 3–2 0–1
Zaire   2–2 (a)   Nigeria 2–2 0–0
Gabon   2–1   Cameroon 2–0 0–1

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali   3–3 (a)   Egypt 2–0 1–3
Ghana   3–3
(4–5 pen.)
  Algeria 3–0 0–3
Nigeria   6–1   Lesotho 4–0 2–1
Gabon   2–4   Ivory Coast 1–0 1–4

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria   1–1 (a)   Mali 1–1 0–0
Ivory Coast   2–4   Nigeria 2–2 0–2

Final

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The final was played over two legs; on 1 January in Bamako and on the 14th in Ibadan.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali   1–4   Nigeria 1–2 0–2

Second leg match details:

Nigeria  2–0  Mali
  •   45' Mutiu Adepoju
  •   75' Jimoh Balogun


 1989 African Youth Championship 
 
Nigeria
4th title

Qualification for the World Youth Championship

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These two best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia:

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