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2003 African Youth Championship

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2003 African Youth Championship
Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2003
Tournament details
Host countryBurkina Faso
CityOuagadougou, Bobo Dioulasso
Dates4–18 January
Teams8 (from CAF confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (3rd title)
Runners-up Ivory Coast
Third place Mali
Fourth place Burkina Faso
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored43 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)EgyptEmad Moteab (5 goals)
2001
2005

The 2003 African Youth Championship was an association football tournament for under-20 players (born in 1983 and before). It was held in Burkina Faso from January 4 until January 18. The top four teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

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Preliminary round

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The first leg was played on either 6, 7 or 8 April 2002. The second leg was held on either 19, 20 or 21 April 2002. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Togo  4–1  Chad 3–0 1–1
Equatorial Guinea  0–6  Gabon 0–1 0–5
Burundi  2–3  Tanzania 1–0 1–3
Sudan  4–4(3-4)(PSO)  Uganda 3–1 1–3
Zimbabwe  3–1  Swaziland 1–0 2–1
Namibia  2–3  Botswana 1–0 1–3
Guinea-Bissau  w/o  Liberia w/o w/o
Cameroon  w/o  São Tomé and Príncipe w/o w/o
Somalia  w/o  Kenya w/o w/o
Mauritania  w/o  Sierra Leone w/o w/o
Mauritius  w/o  Madagascar w/o w/o

First round

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The First Round first leg matches were held on 20 and 21 July 2002. The second leg matches were held on 10 and 11 August 2002. The winners qualified for the Second Round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Angola  1–1(1-4)(PK)  Togo 1–0 0-1
Senegal  3–4  Gabon 1–2 2–2
Tunisia  7–1  Libya 5–0 2–1
Cameroon  4–0  Tanzania 4–0 0–0
Algeria  0–5  Ivory Coast 0–3 0–2
Nigeria  6–0  Somalia 6–0
Morocco  2–2 (a)  Guinea 1–0 1–2
Egypt  3–1  Uganda 3–1 0–0
Mozambique  4–1  Botswana 3–0 1–1
Ethiopia  0–2  Zambia 0–0 0–2
South Africa  5–0  Madagascar 2–0 3–0
Ghana  w/o  Guinea-Bissau w/o w/o
Zimbabwe  w/o  Malawi w/o w/o
Mali  w/o  Mauritania 9 - 1 w/o

Second round

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The Second Round first leg matches were played on 28 and 29 September 2002. The second leg matches was played on 20 October 2002. The winners of the aggregate of the two legs qualified for the Finals.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Togo  2–3  Gabon 1–0 1–3
Ghana  1–1(5-4)(PSO)  Tunisia 1–0 0–1
Cameroon  2–3  Ivory Coast 0–1 2–2
Nigeria  2–3  Morocco 1–2 1–1
Mali  2–0  Mozambique 1–0 1–0
Egypt  2–0  Zimbabwe 2–0 0–0
Zambia  4–4 (a)  South Africa 4–1 0–3

Teams

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The final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, were held from 18 March to 1 April 2003.

Referees

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Referees
  • Burkina Faso Pare Lassina
  • Egypt Essam Abdel Fattah
  • Tunisia Atef Yacoubi
  • Senegal Samba Diouf
  • The Gambia Modou Sowe
  • Guinea Keita Yakhouba
  • South Africa Mochubela Walters
  • Cameroon Njike Gilbert
Assistant referees
  • RwandaCelestin Ntangungira
  • Burkina Faso Millogo Brama
  • Burkina Faso Nako Boukare
  • Mali Diabate Moussa
  • Cameroon Bekolo Angoula
  • Republic of the Congo Robert Kimbatsa
  • Ethiopia Luleseged Begashew
  • Angola Antonio Luciano

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 3 1 2 0 7 5 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Burkina Faso (H) 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  Gabon 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
4  South Africa 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Mali 2 - 2 Gabon




Burkina Faso 1 - 1 Mali

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Egypt 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
3  Ghana 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Morocco 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
Ghana 0 - 0 Morocco



Ghana 1 - 1 Egypt


Morocco 0 - 4 Egypt

Knockout stage

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Semifinals Final
      
A1  Mali 0
B2  Egypt 1
 Egypt 4
 Ivory Coast 3
B1  Ivory Coast(PSO) 0(3)
A2  Burkina Faso 0(1) Third place
 Mali(PSO) 1(5)
 Burkina Faso 1(4)

Semifinals

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Mali 0- 1Egypt 


Third place

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Mali 1 - 1(5-4)(PSO)Burkina Faso 

Final

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Egypt 4 - 3 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast
Emad Moteab 2', 94'
Ahmed Fathy 26' (pen)
Hosny Abd Rabo 33'
Romaric 8'
Yaya Touré 21'
André Saki 44'


 2003 African Youth Championship winner 

Egypt

Third title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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The four best performing teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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