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2009 African Youth Championship

CAF U20/Rwanda 2009 Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2009 Igikombe cya Afurika cy'abato bato 2009 Kombe la Mataifa ya Jumuiya ya Afrika 2009
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)	Ransford Osei (7 goals)
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The 2009 African Youth Championship is a football tournament for under 20 players. It was held in Rwanda from 18 January until 1 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 18, 19 or 20 April 2008. The second leg was held on either the 2, 3 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	1–0	Algeria	1–0	0–0
Sierra Leone	1–3	Senegal	1–1	0–2
Somalia	3 – 3 (3–5 PSO)	Kenya	2–1	1–2
Tanzania	w/o	Sudan	w/o	w/o
Lesotho	1–2	Zimbabwe	1–0	0–2
Madagascar	w/o	Mauritius	w/o	w/o
Malawi	2 – 2 (3–4 AGR)	Burundi	1–2	1–0
DR Congo	1–0	Uganda	0–0	1–0
Namibia	1–2	Botswana	1–1	0–1
Réunion	4–3	Mozambique	2–2	2–1
Guinea	4–2	Liberia	3–2	1–0
Niger	2 – 2 (4–3 PSO)	Libya	2–0	0–2

First round

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

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

Second round

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

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

Squads

The following teams entered the tournament:

•  Cameroon
•  Ivory Coast
•  Egypt
•  Ghana
•  Mali
•  Nigeria
•  Rwanda (host)
•  South Africa

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cameroon	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	Rwanda (H)	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Mali	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Rwanda	2–1	Mali
Mugiraneza 6' Uzamukunda 61' Ngaboyisibo  34' Kwizera  57' Ngoma  90+4'	Report	Sow 29'

Ghana	1–1	Cameroon
Ayew 37'	Report	Zoua 1'

Mali	0–2	Ghana
	Report	Awako 17' Osei 78'

Cameroon	1–1	Rwanda
Owana 35'	Report	Y. Ndayishimiye 44'

Rwanda	0–2	Ghana
	Report	Osei 68', 80'

Mali	0–3	Cameroon
	Report	Zoua 20' Ekeng 25' Owana 44'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Africa	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Egypt	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

1. ^ Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Nigeria +4, South Africa +1, Egypt 0.

Nigeria	2–0	Egypt
Udoh 36' Alfa 55'

Ivory Coast	0–1	South Africa
	Report	Nyanda 1H'

Egypt	2–1	Ivory Coast
Bogy 62' Hegazy 89'	Report	Koné 29'

South Africa	2–1	Nigeria
Bhengu 75' (pen.) Maluleka 82'	Report	Uchebo 72'

Nigeria	3–0	Ivory Coast
Chrisantus 27' Lukman 80' Ibrahim 82'	Report

Egypt	2–1	South Africa
Talaat 27', 39'	Report	Ngcepe 71'

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

Nigeria	0–2	Cameroon
Oseni  87'	Report	Zoua 31' Tiko 66'

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

3rd Place

South Africa	1–2	Nigeria
Maluleka 8'	Report	Ibrahim 15' Temile 45'

Final

Cameroon	0–2	Ghana
		Osei 22', 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.

•  Cameroon
•  Ghana
•  Nigeria
•  South Africa

Goal scorers

External links

• Confederation of African Football
• Results by RSSSF

• U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
• 2009 in African football
• International association football competitions hosted by Rwanda
• 2009 in Rwandan sport
• 2009 in youth association football