African U-21 Championship 2001

Ethiopia (host final tournament) automatically qualified

Preliminary Round [May 12-14; May 26-28, 2000]
Gabon         2-1 0-1 Equatorial Guinea
Gambia          w/o   Guinea Bissau         [Guinea Bissau withdrew] 
Botswana      1-2 0-1 Swaziland
Tanzania      2-0 2-0 Namibia
Mauritius     4-1 2-2 Lesotho
Reunion       1-0 0-2 Madagascar
Somalia       n/p 1-2 Uganda                [played in 1 leg in Uganda]
Kenya           w/o   Eritrea               [Eritrea withdrew] 

First Round [Aug 11-13; Aug 25-27]
Sierra Leone    w/o   Ghana                 [Sierra Leone withdrew]
Algeria       1-0 1-1 Libya
Equat. Guinea 0-1 0-6 Mali                  [2nd leg Oct 14]
Ivory Coast   1-1 1-1 Tunisia               [2-4 pen]
Congo-Brazzav.  w/o   Cameroon              [Congo-Brazzaville withdrew]
Gambia        0-1 2-1 Senegal
Swaziland     2-1 1-6 Angola
Morocco       1-0 0-2 Burkina Faso 
Sudan         1-2 2-4 Nigeria  
Tanzania      0-0 2-4 Mozambique
Mauritius     0-3 1-2 South Africa
Madagascar    1-2 2-3 Malawi
Uganda        2-3 0-0 Zambia
Kenya         0-0 0-1 Egypt 

Second Round [Oct 20-22; Nov 3-5]
Ghana         1-0 2-2 Algeria
Mali          2-0 1-2 Tunisia           [1st leg Oct 29]
Cameroon      1-0 1-1 Gambia
Angola        2-0 0-0 Burkina Faso      [Nov 26 and Dec 17]
Nigeria       3-1 2-0 Mozambique
South Africa  3-3 4-2 Malawi            [1st leg Nov 5(?); 2nd leg Nov 19(?)]
Zambia        0-0 0-0 Egypt             [1-3 pen]


Final Tournament (in Ethiopia)

Ethiopia qualified as hosts.

Group 1
Mar 18 Ethiopia      0-1 Cameroon
       South Africa  0-1 Egypt
Mar 21 Cameroon      2-2 South Africa
       Egypt         2-2 Ethiopia
Mar 24 Cameroon      abd Egypt             [abandoned at 0-0 following fans, angry that
       Ethiopia      ppd South Africa       teams seemed to play for a draw which would
                                            qualify both, invaded the pitch] 
Mar 26 Cameroon      1-3 Egypt             [*]
       Ethiopia      4-1 South Africa

 1.ETHIOPIA            3  1  1  1  6- 4  4
 2.EGYPT               2  1  1  0  3- 2  4  [3-1]
 3.Cameroon            2  1  1  0  3- 2  4  [1-3]
 4.South Africa        3  0  1  2  3- 7  1

[*] no points awarded for this match, which only served as a tie-breaker to
    determine the placings of Egypt and Cameroon with respect to each other; 
    had the match been drawn, it would have had to be decided in a penalty 
    shootout, this in order to prevent arrangement beforehand; 
    if the Ethiopia vs South Africa had been drawn, or finished in a 1-goal 
    win for either team, both Cameroon and Egypt would have progressed to
    the semifinals. 

Group 2
Mar 19 Ghana         1-0 Angola 
       Mali          0-0 Nigeria
Mar 22 Angola        2-2 Mali
       Nigeria       1-4 Ghana
Mar 25 Angola        2-0 Nigeria
       Ghana         1-1 Mali

 1.GHANA               3  2  1  0  6- 2  7
 2.ANGOLA              3  1  1  1  4- 3  4
 3.Mali                3  0  3  0  3- 3  3
 4.Nigeria             3  0  1  2  1- 6  1

Semifinals
Mar 28 Ethiopia      2-5 Angola
         [Yordanos 19, 69; Garca Amaral 5, Tomas (Lolo) 13, 
          Manuel Pedro (Mantorras) 35, 48, Viana 89]
       Ghana         1-1 Egypt             [aet, 6-5 pen]
         [Stephen Tetteh 96; Gamal Hamza 98]

Third Place Match [moved from Mar 31; att: 30,000]
Apr  1 Ethiopia      0-2 Egypt
         [Ahmed Hossam 3, Mohamed Abdel Wahed 87]

Final [att: 30,000]
Apr  1 Ghana         0-2 Angola
         [Lolo 57, 85]

All four semifinalists qualified for World Youth Cup 2001
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About this document

Prepared and maintained by Julián Díaz Rubio for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Julián Díaz Rubio (ju_diaz@teleline.es)
Last updated: 12 Jan 2002