# 2007 African Youth Championship

The African Youth Championship 2007 was held in the Republic of the Congo. It also served as qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

## Qualification
### Preliminary round

Cape Verde, Swaziland and Uganda withdrew. As a result, Senegal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe advanced to the next round.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Madagascar | (a)3–3 | Mauritius | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Malawi | 3–0 | Botswana | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Rwanda | 2–1 | Ethiopia | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Sudan | 1–6 | Tunisia | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Niger | (a)3–3 | Togo | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2–1 | Gabon | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Sierra Leone | 1–5 | Gambia | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Mauritania | 1–4 | Guinea | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| DR Congo | 4–1 | Namibia | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Libya | 1–3 | Algeria | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Kenya | 1–0 | Djibouti | 1–0 | one leg |

### First round

Benin and DR Congo withdrew. As a result, Tunisia and Burkina Faso advanced to the next round.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Zambia | 5–2 | Madagascar | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| South Africa | 4–3 | Zimbabwe | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Angola | 2–3 | Ivory Coast | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Burundi | 2–1 | Mozambique | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Ghana | 4–1 | Senegal | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Morocco | 2–4 | Gambia | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Nigeria | 3–2 | Equatorial Guinea | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Lesotho | 2–3 | Malawi | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Egypt | 4–2 | Algeria | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| Cameroon | (a)2–2 | Niger | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Rwanda | 2–0 | Kenya | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Mali | 2–0 | Guinea | 1–0 | 1–0 |

### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Nigeria | 6–0 | Rwanda | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| South Africa | 2–3 | Zambia | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Tunisia | 1–3 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Mali | 2–3 | Gambia | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Burkina Faso | 1–1 (p: 4–3) | Ghana | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Cameroon | 4–0 | Malawi | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Burundi | 0–3 | Egypt | 0–1 | 0–2 |

## Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:
* Burkina Faso
* Cameroon
* Congo (host)
* Ivory Coast
* Egypt
* Gambia
* Nigeria
* Zambia

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Gambia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Congo (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | |
January 20, 2007
| Congo | 2 - 0 | Ivory Coast |
| Burkina Faso | 0 - 2 | Gambia |
January 23, 2007
| Ivory Coast | 0 - 2 | Burkina Faso |
| Gambia | 1 - 0 | Congo |
January 26, 2007
| Ivory Coast | 0 - 1 | Gambia |
| Congo | 1 - 0 | Burkina Faso |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zambia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
January 21, 2007
| Nigeria | 4 - 2 | Zambia |
| Cameroon | 0 - 1 | Egypt |
January 24, 2007
| Zambia | 3 - 2 | Cameroon |
| Egypt | 1 - 1 | Nigeria |
January 27, 2007
| Zambia | 3 - 0 | Egypt |
| Nigeria | 0 - 2 | Cameroon |

## Knockout stages
### Semifinals

January 30, 2007
| Gambia | 0 - 1 | Nigeria |
| Zambia | 0 - 1 | Congo |

### Third place play-off

February 2, 2007
| Gambia | 3 - 1 | Zambia |

### Finals

February 3, 2007
| Nigeria | 0 - 1 | Congo |

## Winner

* 2007 African Youth Championship winners
* Congo First title

## Top scorers

| 1. | Fwayo Tembo | 5 |
| 2. | Clifford Mulenga | 3 |
| 2. | Ousman Jallow | 3 |

## Qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

* Gambia
* Congo
* Zambia
* Nigeria