# 1999 African Youth Championship

The 1999 African Youth Championship was the tenth edition of the continental Under-20 football competition, held in Ghana. It also served as qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

## Qualification
### Preliminary round

Gambia and Namibia withdrew before playing. As a result, Burkina Faso and Malawi advanced to the next round. Mauritania withdrew after one match and Libya went through.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Mozambique | 6–5 | Réunion | 4–4 | 2–1 |
| Sierra Leone | 6–5 | Liberia | 4–3 | 2–2 |
| Lesotho | 3–2 | Swaziland | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Congo | 3–2 | Togo | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Rwanda | 2–1 | Chad | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Mauritania | w/o | Libya | 2–2 | w/o |

### First round

Burkina Faso withdrew before playing. As a result, Nigeria advanced to the next round.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Libya | 5–4 | Tunisia | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Sierra Leone | 2–4 | Mali | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Angola | 5–2 | Gabon | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Congo | 1–4 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Uganda | 2–4 | Tanzania | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Ethiopia | 1–2 | Egypt | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Lesotho | 3–4 | Zambia | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Rwanda | 2–3 | Cameroon | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Burundi | 2–1 | Sudan | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Algeria | 3–6 | Guinea | 3–2 | 0–4 |
| Senegal | 1–1 | Morocco | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Malawi | (a)2–2 | Botswana | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Mozambique | 2–2 (p: 3–4) | South Africa | 1–1 | 1–1 |

### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ivory Coast | 4–4 (p: 3–4) | Angola | 4–0 | 0–4 |
| Nigeria | 4–2 | Tanzania | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Zambia | 3–3 (p: 6–5) | Egypt | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Burundi | 1–2 | Cameroon | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Morocco | 0–4 | Guinea | 0–4 | 0–0 |
| South Africa | 1–5 | Malawi | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Mali | 5–4 | Libya | 3–0 | 2–4 |

## Teams

The following teams qualified for tournament:
* Angola
* Cameroon
* Ghana (host)
* Guinea
* Malawi
* Mali
* Nigeria
* Zambia

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ghana (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Mali | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to fifth place play-off |
| 4 | Angola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Zambia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 3 | Advance to fifth place play-off |
| 4 | Malawi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Final
#### Further information

Assistant Referees:
* Carlos Henriques
* Tomusange Ali
* Monteiro Duarte
Cautions:
* Kofi Amoako 43'
* Aminu Sani 54'
* Sunday Adu 59'
* Sam Okoye 61'

#### Line-ups

| Nigeria | Ghana |
| Sam Okoye Ikenna Eneh Emmanuel Izuuagha John Aranka Haruna Babangida (Joseph Yobo 82’) Hashimu Garba Aminu Sani (Julius Aghahowa 70’) Abubakar Musa Pius Ikedia Rabiu Afolabi Sunday Adu | Sammy Adjei Baffour Gyan Abdul Rahman Issah (Theophilus Amuzu 38’) Abdul Razak Hamza Mohammed Kofi Amoako (Emmanuel Adjogu 68’) Aziz Ansah Laryea Kingston Johnson Eku (Awule Quayejme 76’) George Blay Owusu Afriyie |
* 1999 African Youth Championship
* Ghana Second title

## Qualification to World Youth Championship

The five best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
* Cameroon
* Ghana
* Mali
* Nigeria (host)
* Zambia