2007 African Youth Championship

2007 African Youth Championship

Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2007
Tournament details
Host country	Republic of the Congo
Dates	20 January – 3 February
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Congo (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Gambia
Fourth place	Zambia
← 2005 2009 →

The African Youth Championship 2007 was held in the Republic of the Congo. It also served as qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Preliminary round

Cape Verde, Swaziland and Uganda withdrew. As a result, Senegal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Madagascar	(a)3–3	Mauritius	1–1	2–2
Malawi	3–0	Botswana	2–0	1–0
Rwanda	2–1	Ethiopia	2–1	0–0
Sudan	1–6	Tunisia	1–3	0–3
Niger	(a)3–3	Togo	2–0	1–3
Equatorial Guinea	2–1	Gabon	0–0	2–1
Sierra Leone	1–5	Gambia	1–1	0–4
Mauritania	1–4	Guinea	0–0	1–4
DR Congo	4–1	Namibia	3–0	1–1
Libya	1–3	Algeria	0–2	1–1
Kenya	1–0	Djibouti	1–0	one leg

First round

Benin and DR Congo withdrew. As a result, Tunisia and Burkina Faso advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zambia	5–2	Madagascar	4–1	1–1
South Africa	4–3	Zimbabwe	1–0	3–3
Angola	2–3	Ivory Coast	0–0	2–3
Burundi	2–1	Mozambique	1–0	1–1
Ghana	4–1	Senegal	2–0	2–1
Morocco	2–4	Gambia	2–2	0–2
Nigeria	3–2	Equatorial Guinea	3–0	0–2
Lesotho	2–3	Malawi	2–1	0–2
Egypt	4–2	Algeria	4–0	0–2
Cameroon	(a)2–2	Niger	1–0	1–2
Rwanda	2–0	Kenya	1–0	1–0
Mali	2–0	Guinea	1–0	1–0

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nigeria	6–0	Rwanda	5–0	1–0
South Africa	2–3	Zambia	2–1	0–2
Tunisia	1–3	Ivory Coast	1–1	0–2
Mali	2–3	Gambia	1–1	1–2
Burkina Faso	1–1 (p: 4–3)	Ghana	1–0	0–1
Cameroon	4–0	Malawi	2–0	2–0
Burundi	0–3	Egypt	0–1	0–2

Squads

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

•  Burkina Faso
•  Cameroon
•  Congo (host)
•  Ivory Coast
•  Egypt
•  Gambia
•  Nigeria
•  Zambia

Group stage

Group A

Nation	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Gambia	9	3	3	0	0	4	0
Congo	6	3	2	0	1	3	1
Burkina Faso	3	3	1	0	2	2	3
Ivory Coast	0	3	0	0	3	0	5

January 20, 2007

Congo	2 - 0	Ivory Coast

Burkina Faso	0 - 2	Gambia

January 23, 2007

Ivory Coast	0 - 2	Burkina Faso

Gambia	1 - 0	Congo

January 26, 2007

Ivory Coast	0 - 1	Gambia

Congo	1 - 0	Burkina Faso

Group B

Nation	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Zambia	6	3	2	0	1	8	6
Nigeria	4	3	1	1	1	5	5
Egypt	4	3	1	1	1	2	4
Cameroon	3	3	1	0	2	4	4

January 21, 2007

Nigeria	4 - 2	Zambia

Cameroon	0 - 1	Egypt

January 24, 2007

Zambia	3 - 2	Cameroon

Egypt	1 - 1	Nigeria

January 27, 2007

Zambia	3 - 0	Egypt

Nigeria	0 - 2	Cameroon

Knockout stages

Semifinals

January 30, 2007

Gambia	0 - 1	Nigeria

Zambia	0 - 1	Congo

Third place play-off

February 2, 2007

Gambia	3 - 1	Zambia

Finals

February 3, 2007

Nigeria	0 - 1	Congo

Winner

2007 African Youth Championship winners
Congo First title

Top scorers

1.	Fwayo Tembo	5
2.	Clifford Mulenga	3
2.	Ousman Jallow	3

Qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

•  Gambia
•  Congo
•  Zambia
•  Nigeria

External links

• Results by RSSSF