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2003 African Youth Championship

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.

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 →

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
  •   Pare Lassina
  •   Essam Abdel Fattah
  •   Atef Yacoubi
  •   Samba Diouf
  •   Modou Sowe
  •   Keita Yakhouba
  •   Mochubela Walters
  •   Njike Gilbert
Assistant referees
  •  Celestin Ntangungira
  •   Millogo Brama
  •   Nako Boukare
  •   Diabate Moussa
  •   Bekolo Angoula
  •   Robert Kimbatsa
  •   Luleseged Begashew
  •   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
Burkina Faso  0 - 0  South Africa
Mali  2 - 2  Gabon
Mali  4 - 2  South Africa
Burkina Faso  2 - 1  Gabon
Gabon  3 - 1  South Africa
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
Ivory Coast  1 - 1  Egypt
Ivory Coast  1 - 0  Morocco
Ghana  1 - 1  Egypt
Ivory Coast  3 - 2  Ghana
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  
Ivory Coast  0 - 0(3-1)(PSO)Burkina Faso  

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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