South Africa qualified for final stage although they had been eliminated by Lesotho in the qualifying stage; The Tournament was due to be held in Libya. Following political unrest in the region, CAF decided to postpone the tournament, before deciding that South Africa would be the new hosts, thereby earning a birth Preliminary Round [Apr 16 - May 2; 2010] Central African Republic 3–0 4-1 Congo DR Togo 2–1 0-1 Guinea Mauritius w/o Comoros [Comoros withdrew] Uganda w/o Ethiopia [Ethiopia withdrew] Senegal 0-0 1–0 Tunisia Lesotho 6–1 1-1 Mozambique Eritrea w/o Kenya [Kenya withdrew] Malawi 2-2 1-3 Tanzania Sierra Leone 2–0 0-1 Algeria Namibia w/o Zimbabwe [Zimbabwe withdrew] Equatorial Guinea 0-3 1-1 Gabon Chad 5-0 2-4 Burundi Byes: Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Rwanda, Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin, Gambia, Sudan, Zambia, Congo, Burkina Faso, Angola, Morocco. First round [Jul 23 - Aug 8; 2010] Cameroon 4-0 1-1 Central African Republic Congo 2–0 1-2 Rwanda Nigeria 2–0 0-1 Guinea Zambia 1-0 1–3 Mauritius Egypt 2–0 0-1 Uganda Morocco 0–2 0-0 Senegal South Africa 0-2 2-1 Lesotho Sudan 0–2 0-1 Kenya Ivory Coast 1-0 1-1 Tanzania Gambia 4–1 0-0 Sierra Leone Ghana 4-0 1-1 Namibia Benin 0-0 4–2 Burkina Faso Angola 2–0 0-3 Gabon Mali 2–0 2-0 Chad Second round [Sep 24 - Oct 24; 2010] Senegal 1–0 0-3 Egypt Benin 0–2 1-4 Ghana Gambia 1-0 1-0 Ivory Coast Mauritius 0-2 1-2 Nigeria Cameroon 1–0 2-0 Congo Kenya 0–1 0-0 Lesotho Mali 3–1 0-1 Gabon Final Tournament (in Johannesburg - South Africa) [Apr 17 - May 1; 2011] Group A 17 Apr 2011 South Africa 2–4 Mali 17 Apr 2011 Egypt 2–0 Lesotho 20 Apr 2011 Lesotho 1–2 South Africa 20 Apr 2011 Mali 1–0 Egypt 23 Apr 2011 Mali 1–1 Lesotho 23 Apr 2011 South Africa 0–1 Egypt 1.Mali 3 2 1 0 6- 3 7 2.Egypt 3 2 0 1 3- 1 6 3.South Africa 3 1 0 2 4- 6 3 4.Lesotho 3 0 1 2 2- 5 1 Group B 18 Apr 2011 Ghana 1–2 Nigeria 18 Apr 2011 Cameroon 1–0 Gambia 21 Apr 2011 Nigeria 0–1 Cameroon 21 Apr 2011 Gambia 1–1 Ghana 24 Apr 2011 Ghana 1–1 Cameroon 24 Apr 2011 Nigeria 2–0 Gambia 1.Cameroon 3 2 1 0 3- 1 7 2.Nigeria 3 2 0 1 4- 2 6 3.Ghana 3 0 2 1 3- 4 2 4.Gambia 3 0 1 2 1- 4 1 Semifinals 28 Apr 2011 Mali 0–2 Nigeria 28 Apr 2011 Egypt 0–0 Cameroon [aet; 2-4 on pen.] Third Place Match 01 May 2011 Mali 0–1 Egypt Final 01 May 2011 Nigeria 3–2 Cameroon Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt and Mali qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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