2009 African Youth Championship

2009 African Youth Championship
CAF U20/Rwanda 2009
Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2009
Tournament details
Host country Rwanda
City Kigali City
Dates 18 January – 1 February
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) Amahoro Stadium, Nyamirambo Stadium (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Ghana (3rd title)
Runners-up  Cameroon
Third place  Nigeria
Fourth place  South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 43 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ghana Ransford Osei (7 goals)

The 2009 African Youth Championship is a football tournament for under 20 players. It was held in Rwanda from 18 January until 1 February 2009. It also served as qualification for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Preliminary round

The first leg was played on either the 18, 19 or 20 April 2008. The second leg was held on either the 2, 3 or 4 May 2008. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Congo, Nigeria, Zambia, Gambia, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Cameroon, Benin, Morocco, Tunisia, Mali, Ghana, Angola, Gabon, South Africa and Burkina Faso all received byes to the First Round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mauritania Mauritania 1–0 Algeria Algeria 1–0 0–0
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 1–3 Senegal Senegal 1–1 0–2
Somalia Somalia 3 – 3 (3–5 PSO) Kenya Kenya 2–1 1–2
Tanzania Tanzania walkover Sudan Sudan W/O W/O
Lesotho Lesotho 1–2 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1–0 0–2
Madagascar Madagascar walkover Mauritius Mauritius W/O W/O
Malawi Malawi 2 – 2 (3–4 AGR) Burundi Burundi 1–2 1–0
DR Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo 1–0 Uganda Uganda 0–0 1–0
Namibia Namibia 1–2 Botswana Botswana 1–1 0–1
Réunion Réunion 4–3 Mozambique Mozambique 2–2 2–1
Guinea Guinea 4–2 Liberia Liberia 3–2 1–0
Niger Niger 2 – 2 (4–3 PSO) Libya Libya 2–0 0–2

First round

The First Round first leg matches were held on the 27, 28 and 29 June 2008. The second legs were held on the 11, 12 and 13 July 2008. The winners qualified for the Second Round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benin Benin 6–3 Morocco Morocco 3–0 3–3
Tunisia Tunisia 0–2 Mali Mali 0–1 0–1
Ghana Ghana 5–2 Angola Angola 5–1 0–1
Gambia The Gambia 4–1 Mauritania Mauritania 1–0 3–1
Nigeria Nigeria 3–0 Senegal Senegal 2–0 1–0
Kenya Kenya 1 – 1(2–4 PSO) Sudan Sudan 1–0 0–1
Egypt Egypt 6–0 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 5–0 1–0
Zambia Zambia 3–0 Mauritius Mauritius 1–0 2–0
Cameroon Cameroon 2–0 Burundi Burundi 1–0 1–0
Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 3–1 Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo 1–1 2–0
Gabon Gabon 0–2 Botswana Botswana 0–2 0–0
South Africa South Africa 8–2 Réunion Réunion 1–1 7–1
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 3–2 Guinea Guinea 1–1 2–1
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 6–0 Niger Niger 3–0 3–0

Second round

The first legs were played on the 26, 27 and 28 September. The second legs were played on the 11, 12 and 13 October. The winners qualified for the Finals.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benin Benin 0–2 Mali Mali 0–2 0–0
Ghana Ghana 3–1 The Gambia Gambia 2–1 1–0
Nigeria Nigeria 7–2 Sudan Sudan 5–0 2–2
Egypt Egypt 4–3 Zambia Zambia 3–3 1–0
Cameroon Cameroon 2–0 Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 0–0 2–0
Botswana Botswana 0–3 South Africa South Africa 0–0 0–3
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 5–2 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 1–0 4–2

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2009 African Youth Championship squads.

The following teams entered the tournament:

Group stage

Group A

Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Ghana 7321051+4
 Cameroon 5312052+3
 Rwanda 4311134−1
 Mali 0300317−6

18 January 2009
15:00
Rwanda  2–1  Mali
Mugiraneza  6'
Uzamukunda  61'
Ngaboyisibo  34'
Kwizera  57'
Ngoma  90+4'		 Report Sow  29'

18 January 2009
17:30
Ghana  1–1  Cameroon
Ayew  37' Report Zoua  1'
Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Kaoma Zambia Zambia

21 January 2009
14:00
Mali  0–2  Ghana
Report Awako  17'
Osei  78'
Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Ragab Libya Libya

21 January 2009
16:45
Cameroon  1–1  Rwanda
Owana  35' Report Y. Ndayishimiye  44'
Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Yakhouba Keita Guinea Guinea

24 January 2009
15:30
Rwanda  0–2  Ghana
Report Osei  68', 80'

24 January 2009
15:30
Mali  0–3  Cameroon
Report Zoua  20'
Ekeng  25'
Owana  44'

Group B

Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Nigeria 63201624
 South Africa 63201431
 Egypt 63201440
 Ivory Coast 0300316−5

19 January 2009
13:00
Nigeria  2–0  Egypt
Udoh  36'
Alfa  55'

19 January 2009
15:30
Ivory Coast  0–1  South Africa
Report Nyanda  1H'

22 January 2009
13:00
Egypt  2–1  Ivory Coast
Bogy  62'
Hegazy  89'		 Report Koné  29'

22 January 2009
15:30
South Africa  2–1  Nigeria
Bhengu  75' (pen.)
Maluleka  82'		 Report Uchebo  72'

25 January 2009
15:30
Nigeria  3–0  Ivory Coast
Chrisantus  27'
Lukman  80'
Ibrahim  82'		 Report
Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Ragab Libya Libya

25 January 2009
15:30
Egypt  2–1  South Africa
Talaat  27', 39' Report Ngcepe  71'
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Yakhouba Keita Guinea Guinea

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
28 January – Kigali
  Ghana  4  
  South Africa  3  
 
1 February – Kigali
      Ghana  2
    Cameroon  0
Third place
28 January – Kigali 31 January – Kigali
  Nigeria  0   Nigeria  2
  Cameroon  2     South Africa  1

Semi-finals

28 January 2009
Nigeria  0–2  Cameroon
Oseni  87' Report Zoua  31'
Tiko  66'
Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Kaoma Zambia Zambia

28 January 2009
South Africa  3–4  Ghana
Bhengu  63', 87' (pen.)
Serero  72'		 Report Adiyiah  26'
Osei  45+2', 71'
Ayew  64'
Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Referee: Gadir Sudan Sudan

3rd Place

31 January 2009
South Africa  1–2  Nigeria
Maluleka  8' Report Ibrahim  15'
Temile  45'

Final

1 February 2009
Cameroon  0–2  Ghana
Osei 22' 86'

Winner

 2009 African Youth Championship Winner 

Ghana
Third title

Qualification to FIFA U-20 World Cup

The four best performing teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. r

 Egypt failed to advance to the semifinals. But they qualified as host.

Goal scorers

External links

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