2009 African Youth Championship

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2009 African Youth Championship
CAF U20/Rwanda 2009
Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2009
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Tournament details
Host country Rwanda
City Kigali City
Dates 18 January - 1 February
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) Amahoro Stadium, Nyamirambo Stadium (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Ghana (3rd title)
Runners-up  Cameroon
Third place  Nigeria
Fourth place  South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 43 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s) GhanaRansford Osei (7 goals)
2007
2011

The 2009 African Youth Championship is a football tournament for Under 20 players. It was held in Rwanda from the 18th of January until the 1st of February 2009. It also served as qualification for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Preliminary round

The first leg was played on either the 18th, 19th or 20 April 2008. The second leg was held on either the 2nd, 3rd or 4 May 2008. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Congo, Nigeria, Zambia, Gambia, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Cameroon, Benin, Morocco, Tunisia, Mali, Ghana, Angola, Gabon, South Africa and Burkina Faso all received byes to the First Round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mauritania Mauritania 1 - 0 Algeria Algeria 1 - 0 0 - 0
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 1 - 3 Senegal Senegal 1 - 1 0 - 2
Somalia Somalia 3 - 3 (3-5 PSO) Kenya Kenya 2 - 1 1 - 2
Tanzania Tanzania walkover Sudan Sudan W/O W/O
Lesotho Lesotho 1 - 2 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1 - 0 0 - 2
Madagascar Madagascar walkover Mauritius Mauritius W/O W/O
Malawi Malawi 2 - 2 (3-4 AGR) Burundi Burundi 1 - 2 1 - 0
DR Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 - 0 Uganda Uganda 0 - 0 1 - 0
Namibia Namibia 1 - 2 Botswana Botswana 1 - 1 0 - 1
Réunion Réunion 4 - 3 Mozambique Mozambique 2 - 2 2 - 1
Guinea Guinea 4 - 2 Liberia Liberia 3 - 2 1 - 0
Niger Niger 2 - 2 (4-3 PSO) Libya Libya 2 - 0 0 - 2

First round

The First Round first leg matches were held on the 27th, 28th and 29 June 2008. The second legs were held on the 11th, 12th and 13 July 2008. The winners qualified for the Second Round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benin Benin 6 - 3 Morocco Morocco 3 - 0 3 - 3
Tunisia Tunisia 0 - 2 Mali Mali 0 - 1 0 - 1
Ghana Ghana 5 - 2 Angola Angola 5 - 1 0 - 1
Gambia The Gambia 4 - 1 Mauritania Mauritania 1 - 0 3 - 1
Nigeria Nigeria 3 - 0 Senegal Senegal 2 - 0 1 - 0
Kenya Kenya 1 - 1(2-4 PSO) Sudan Sudan 1 - 0 0 - 1
Egypt Egypt 6 - 0 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 5 - 0 1 - 0
Zambia Zambia 3 - 0 Mauritius Mauritius 1 - 0 2 - 0
Cameroon Cameroon 2 - 0 Burundi Burundi 1 - 0 1 - 0
Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 3 - 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo 1 - 1 2 - 0
Gabon Gabon 0 - 2 Botswana Botswana 0 - 2 0 - 0
South Africa South Africa 8 - 2 Réunion Réunion 1 - 1 7 - 1
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 3 - 2 Guinea Guinea 1 - 1 2 - 1
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 6 - 0 Niger Niger 3 - 0 3 - 0

Second round

The first legs were played on the 26th, 27th and 28 September. The second legs were played on the 11th, 12th and 13 October. The winners qualified for the Finals.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benin Benin 0 - 2 Mali Mali 0 - 2 0 - 0
Ghana Ghana 3 - 1 The Gambia Gambia 2 - 1 1 - 0
Nigeria Nigeria 7 - 2 Sudan Sudan 5 - 0 2 - 2
Egypt Egypt 4 - 3 Zambia Zambia 3 - 3 1 - 0
Cameroon Cameroon 2 - 0 Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 0 - 0 2 - 0
Botswana Botswana 0 - 3 South Africa South Africa 0 - 0 0 - 3
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 5 - 2 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 1 - 0 4 - 2

Squads

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The following teams entered the tournament:

Group stage

Group A

Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Ghana 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4
 Cameroon 5 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3
 Rwanda 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1
 Mali 0 3 0 0 3 1 7 -6

2009-01-18
15:00
Rwanda  2 – 1  Mali
Mugiraneza Goal 6'
Uzamukunda Goal 61'
NgaboyisiboBooked 34'
KwizeraBooked 57'
NgomaBooked 90+4'
Report Sow Goal 29'

2009-01-18
17:30
Ghana  1 – 1  Cameroon
Ayew Goal 37' Report Zoua Goal 1'

2009-01-21
14:00
Mali  0 – 2  Ghana
Report Awako Goal 17'
Osei Goal 78'

2009-01-21
16:45
Cameroon  1 – 1  Rwanda
Owana Goal 35' Report Y. Ndayishimiye Goal 44'

2009-01-24
15:30
Rwanda  0 – 2  Ghana
Report Osei Goal 68',Goal 80'

2009-01-24
15:30
Mali  0 – 3  Cameroon
Report Zoua Goal 20'
Ekeng Goal 25'
Owana Goal 44'

Group B

Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Nigeria 6 3 2 0 1 6 2 4
 South Africa 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 1
 Egypt 6 3 2 0 1 4 4 0
 Ivory Coast 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 -5

2009-01-19
13:00
Nigeria  2 – 0  Egypt
Udoh Goal 36'
Alfa Goal 55'


2009-01-22
13:00
Egypt  2 – 1  Ivory Coast
BogyGoal 62'
Hegazy Goal 89'
Report Kone Goal 29'

2009-01-22
15:30
South Africa  2 – 1  Nigeria
Bhengu Goal 75' (pen.)
Maluleka Goal 82'
Report Uchebo Goal 72'

2009-01-25
15:30
Nigeria  3 – 0  Ivory Coast
Chrisantus Goal 27'
Lukman Goal 80'
Ibrahim Goal 82'
Report

2009-01-25
15:30
Egypt  2 – 1  South Africa
Talaat Goal 27',Goal 39' Report Ngcepe Goal 71'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
28 January - Kigali
  Ghana  4  
  South Africa  3  
 
1 February - Kigali
      Ghana  2
    Cameroon  0
Third place
28 January - Kigali 31 January - Kigali
  Nigeria  0   Nigeria  2
  Cameroon  2     South Africa  1

Semi-finals

2009-01-28
Nigeria  0 – 2  Cameroon
Oseni Booked 87' Report Zoua Goal 31'
Tiko Goal 66'

2009-01-28
South Africa  3 – 4  Ghana
Bhengu Goal 63'Goal 87' (pen.)
Serero Goal 72'
Report Adiyiah Goal 26'
Osei Goal 45+2'Goal 71'
Ayew Goal 64'

3rd Place


Final

2009-02-01
Cameroon  0 – 2  Ghana
OseiGoal 22'Goal 86'

Winner

 2009 African Youth Championship Winner 

Ghana
Third title

Qualification to FIFA U-20 World Cup

The four best performing teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. r

 Egypt failed to advance to the semifinals. But they qualified as host.

Goal scorers

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