# 1991 African Youth Championship

The 1991 African Youth Championship was a football tournament for under-20 players. It was held in Egypt from 22 February until 8 March 1991. The two best teams qualified for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.

## Qualifying
### First round

The first leg matches were played on 10–12 August 1990. The second leg matches were held on 24–26 August 1990.
Burkina Faso, Liberia, Congo and Mauritius withdrew: Togo, Ghana, Cameroon and Zimbabwe advanced to the second round, while Algeria, Ghana and Mali received byes.
Central African Republic withdrew after the first leg, with Gabon being awarded a 2-0 victory for the second leg and advancing to the second round.
Guinea were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Mauritania | 1–3 | Morocco | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Niger | 1–2 | Tunisia | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Sierra Leone | 1–0 | Senegal | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Benin | 1–2 | Ivory Coast | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Guinea | 5–0 | Gambia | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Lesotho | 0–1 | Zambia | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Central African Republic | 1–3 | Gabon | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Ethiopia | (a)4–4 | Uganda | 2–1 | 2–3 |

### Second round

The first leg matches were played on either 27–29 October 1990, and the second leg matches were held on 11 November 1990. The winners advanced to the final tournament in Egypt.
Togo withdrew, meaning Algeria qualified for the final tournament, while Gabon were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Morocco | 2–4 | Tunisia | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Sierra Leone | 3–3(a) | Ivory Coast | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Mali | 0–6 | Ghana | 0–0 | 0–6 |
| Zambia | 3-4 | Gabon | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Gambia | 0–5 | Cameroon | 0–4 | 0–1 |
| Zimbabwe | 2–4 | Ethiopia | 1–1 | 1–3 |

## Teams

Algeria and Tunisia would not participate in the main tournament due to the Gulf War. The following teams qualified for the main tournament:
* Cameroon
* Ivory Coast
* Egypt (host)
* Ethiopia
* Ghana
* Zambia

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ivory Coast | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Egypt (H) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
* 1 2 3 Tied on head-to-head result, overall goal difference and overall goals scored, final positions were decided by drawing of lots.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ghana | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Zambia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 | |

## Knock-out stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Ivory Coast | 0(4) | | | |
| B2 | Zambia (PSO) | 0(3) | | | |
| B2 | Zambia (PSO) | 0(3) | Egypt | Egypt | 2 |
| | | | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 1 |
| B1 | Ghana | 0 | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 1 |
| A2 | Egypt | 1 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Ghana | Ghana | 2 |
| | | | Zambia | Zambia | 0 |

### Final

* 1991 African Youth Championship winners
* Egypt Second title

## Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.
* Ivory Coast
* Egypt