2003 African Youth Championship
Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2003
Tournament details
Host countryBurkina Faso
CityOuagadougou, Bobo Dioulasso
Dates4–18 January
Teams8 (from CAF confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (3rd title)
Runners-up Ivory Coast
Third place Mali
Fourth place Burkina Faso
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored43 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)EgyptEmad Moteab (5 goals)
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The 2003 African Youth Championship was an association football tournament for under-20 players (born in 1983 and before). It was held in Burkina Faso from January 4 until January 18. The top four teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

Preliminary round

The first leg was played on either 6, 7 or 8 April 2002. The second leg was held on either 19, 20 or 21 April 2002. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Togo  4–1  Chad 3–0 1–1
Equatorial Guinea  0–6  Gabon 0–1 0–5
Burundi  2–3  Tanzania 1–0 1–3
Sudan  4–4(3-4)(PSO)  Uganda 3–1 1–3
Zimbabwe  3–1  Swaziland 1–0 2–1
Namibia  2–3  Botswana 1–0 1–3
Guinea-Bissau  w/o  Liberia w/o w/o
Cameroon  w/o  São Tomé and Príncipe w/o w/o
Somalia  w/o  Kenya w/o w/o
Mauritania  w/o  Sierra Leone w/o w/o
Mauritius  w/o  Madagascar w/o w/o

First round

The First Round first leg matches were held on 20 and 21 July 2002. The second leg matches were held on 10 and 11 August 2002. The winners qualified for the Second Round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Angola  1–1(1-4)(PK)  Togo 1–0 0-1
Senegal  3–4  Gabon 1–2 2–2
Tunisia  7–1  Libya 5–0 2–1
Cameroon  4–0  Tanzania 4–0 0–0
Algeria  0–5  Ivory Coast 0–3 0–2
Nigeria  6–0  Somalia 6–0
Morocco  2–2 (a)  Guinea 1–0 1–2
Egypt  3–1  Uganda 3–1 0–0
Mozambique  4–1  Botswana 3–0 1–1
Ethiopia  0–2  Zambia 0–0 0–2
South Africa  5–0  Madagascar 2–0 3–0
Ghana  w/o  Guinea-Bissau w/o w/o
Zimbabwe  w/o  Malawi w/o w/o
Mali  w/o  Mauritania 9 - 1 w/o

Second round

The Second Round first leg matches were played on 28 and 29 September 2002. The second leg matches was played on 20 October 2002. The winners of the aggregate of the two legs qualified for the Finals.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Togo  2–3  Gabon 1–0 1–3
Ghana  1–1(5-4)(PSO)  Tunisia 1–0 0–1
Cameroon  2–3  Ivory Coast 0–1 2–2
Nigeria  2–3  Morocco 1–2 1–1
Mali  2–0  Mozambique 1–0 1–0
Egypt  2–0  Zimbabwe 2–0 0–0
Zambia  4–4 (a)  South Africa 4–1 0–3

Final tournament

The final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, were held from 18 March to 1 April 2003.

Referees

Referees
  • Burkina Faso Pare Lassina
  • Egypt Essam Abdel Fattah
  • Tunisia Atef Yacoubi
  • Senegal Samba Diouf
  • The Gambia Modou Sowe
  • Guinea Keita Yakhouba
  • South Africa Mochubela Walters
  • Cameroon Njike Gilbert
Assistant referees
  • RwandaCelestin Ntangungira
  • Burkina Faso Millogo Brama
  • Burkina Faso Nako Boukare
  • Mali Diabate Moussa
  • Cameroon Bekolo Angoula
  • Republic of the Congo Robert Kimbatsa
  • Ethiopia Luleseged Begashew
  • Angola Antonio Luciano

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mali 3 1 2 0 7 5 +2 5
 Burkina Faso 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Gabon 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
 South Africa 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 1
Burkina Faso 0 - 0 South Africa
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Mali 2 - 2 Gabon
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Mali 4 - 2 South Africa
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso 2 - 1 Gabon
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Gabon 3 - 1 South Africa
Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso
Burkina Faso 1 - 1 Mali
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
 Egypt 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
 Ghana 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 2
 Morocco 3 0 1 2 0 5 -5 1
Ghana 0 - 0 Morocco
Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso
Ivory Coast 1 - 1 Egypt
Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso
Ivory Coast 1 - 0 Morocco
Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso
Ghana 1 - 1 Egypt
Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso
Ivory Coast 3 - 2 Ghana
Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso
Morocco 0 - 4 Egypt
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

Knock-out stage

Semifinals Final
      
A1  Mali 0
B2  Egypt 1
 Egypt 4
 Ivory Coast 3
B1  Ivory Coast(PSO) 0(3)
A2  Burkina Faso 0(1) Third place
 Mali(PSO) 1(5)
 Burkina Faso 1(4)

Semifinals

Mali 0- 1Egypt 
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Ivory Coast 0 - 0(3-1)(PSO)Burkina Faso 
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

Third place

Mali 1 - 1(5-4)(PSO)Burkina Faso 
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

Final

Egypt 4 - 3 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast
Emad Moteab 2', 94'
Ahmed Fathy 26' (pen)
Hosny Abd Rabo 33'		 Romaric 8'
Yaya Touré 21'
André Saki 44'
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou


 2003 African Youth Championship winner 

Egypt
Third title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The four best performing teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

External links

African Youth Championship, African U-20 Championship and U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
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