African U-21 Championship 1999

Ghana (host final tournament) automatically qualified

Preliminary Round [Apr 18-19; May 2-3]
Mozambique    4-4 2-1 Reunion
Sierra Leone  4-3 2-2 Liberia
Lesotho       2-1 1-1 Swaziland
Congo         2-1 1-1 Togo
Rwanda        1-1 1-0 Chad         [2nd leg May 11]
Mauritania    2-2 w/o Libya        [Mauritania withdrew after 1st leg]
Namibia         w/o   Malawi       [Namibia withdrew before 1st leg]
Burkina Faso    w/o   Gambia       [Gambia withdrew before 1st leg]

First Round [Aug 7-9; Aug 28-30]
Libya         3-3 2-1 Tunisia
Sierra Leone  1-3 1-1 Mali
Gabon         3-2 2-0 Angola
Congo         1-1 0-3 Ivory Coast
Uganda        1-1 1-3 Tanzania
Burkina Faso    w/o   Nigeria      [Burkina Faso withdrew before 1st leg]
Ethiopia      0-0 1-2 Egypt
Lesotho       2-2 1-2 Zambia
Rwanda        2-0 0-3 Cameroon
Burundi       1-1 1-0 Sudan
Algeria       3-2 0-4 Guinea
Senegal       1-1 0-0 Morocco (holders)
Malawi        1-0 1-2 Botswana
Mozambique    1-1 1-1 South Africa [3-4 pen]

Second Round [Sep 26,27; Oct 17,18]
Ivory Coast   4-0 0-4 Angola       [3-4 pen]
Nigeria       3-1 1-1 Tanzania
Zambia        3-0 0-3 Egypt        [6-5 pen]
Burundi       1-2 0-0 Cameroon
Morocco       0-4 0-0 Guinea
South Africa  0-1 1-4 Malawi
Mali          3-0 2-4 Libya        [1st leg Oct 11, 2nd leg Oct 23]


Final Tournament (in Ghana)

Ghana qualified as hosts.

Group A [Accra]
21 Feb Ghana      1-0 Mali             1.GHANA        3  2  1  0  7- 1  7
       Angola     0-1 Cameroon         2.CAMEROON     3  1  2  0  3- 2  5
24 Feb Mali       1-1 Cameroon         3.Mali         3  1  1  1  4- 3  4
       Angola     0-5 Ghana            4.Angola       3  0  0  3  1- 9  0
27 Feb Mali       3-1 Angola
       Cameroon   1-1 Ghana

Group B [Kumasi]
22 Feb Zambia     1-0 Malawi           1.NIGERIA      3  2  1  0  9- 3  7
       Guinea     3-4 Nigeria          2.ZAMBIA       3  2  1  0  7- 2  7
25 Feb Malawi     0-5 Nigeria          3.Guinea       3  1  0  2  8-12  3
       Guinea     2-6 Zambia           4.Malawi       3  0  0  3  2- 9  0
28 Feb Malawi     2-3 Guinea
       Nigeria    0-0 Zambia

Fifth Place Match [qualifying for U-21 World Cup]
 3 Mar Mali       4-1 Guinea

Semifinals [Accra]
 4 Mar Ghana      3-1 Zambia
       Nigeria    2-1 Cameroon 

Third Place Match [Accra]
 7 Mar Cameroon   2-1 Zambia  

Final [Accra]
 7 Mar Ghana      1-0 Nigeria


[Ghana, Cameroon, Zambia and Mali qualify for U-21 World Cup; Nigeria
 are qualified as hosts.]
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Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 14 Feb 2000