Host: Benin
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2003 Egypt Burkina Faso
2001 Angola Ethiopia
1999 Ghana Nigeria/Ghana
1997 Morocco Morocco
1995 Cameroon Nigeria
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The 14th African Nations U20 Youth Championships 2005 Qualifying

Qualifying Rounds

The U20 African Championship is held every two years with the top 4 teams qualifying for the FIFA World Youth Championship  which will be hosted by the Netherlands in 2005. Canada will host the 2007 edition of the championship

Until 1989 the African representatives were determined purely on a qualifying basis with no African title on the line. Since 1991 there has been a qualifying stage followed by a final tournament played by 8 teams in a chosen country.

Host country Benin automatically qualifies for the final rounds.

Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Morocco, Lesotho, Angola, Mali and Egypt will join host, Benin, for the African Youth Championship finals from January 15 - 29, 2005.

  
Second Round 1L 2L   
2 Oct 04 Morocco 4-0 * Niger  
2 Oct 04 Zambia 2-0 0-3 Egypt 22-24 Oct 04
2 Oct 04 Zimbabwe 0-0 0-3 Lesotho 24 Oct 04
3 Oct 04 Angola 1-0 0-0 Rwanda 22-24 Oct 04
1 Oct 04 Ghana 0-1 1-1 Côte d'Ivoire 22-24 Oct 04
3 Oct 04 Nigeria 2-0 3-2 Burkina Faso 22-24 Oct 04
3 Oct 04 Mali 1-0 1-1 Cameroon 22-24 Oct 04
*Niger suspended by FIFA after 1st leg for government interference
First Round 1L 2L   
18 Jul 04 1 Algeria 1-2 0-1 Niger 31 Jul 04
17 Jul 04 2 Morocco 3-0 0-1 Sierra Leone 1 Aug 04
18 Jul 04 3 Egypt 4-0 0-0 Sudan 1 Aug 04
  4 Ethiopia* Zambia  
16 Jul 04 5 South Africa 2-1 0-1 Lesotho 1 Aug 04
  6 Zimbabwe Tanzania*  
18 Jul 04 7 Mozambique 1-0 0-4 Rwanda 31 Jul 04
18 Jul 04 8 Angola 3-0 2-2 Botswana 30 Jul 04
18 Jul 04 9 Côte d'Ivoire
won 5-4 pen
2-0 0-2 Guinea 2 Aug 04
  10 Ghana Gabon*  
18 Jul 04 11 Tunisia 1-0 0-1 Burkina Faso
won 5-3 pen
31 Jul 04
  12 DR Congo* Nigeria  
  13 Cameroon Congo*  
18 Jul 04 14 Mali 3-1 0-0 Senegal 31 Jul 04
*withdrew
Preliminary Round 1L 2L   
    Burundi* Congo  
    Lesotho Mauritius*  
4 Apr 04   Libya 2-2 0-0 Niger 18 Apr 04
4 Apr 04   Sierra Leone 0-0 1-1 Gambia 18 Apr 04
4 Apr 04   Sudan 1-0 2-1 Somalia 10 Apr 04
4 Apr 04   Eritrea 0-1 0-0 Rwanda 18 Apr 04
4 Apr 04   Namibia 0-0 0-6 Botswana 18 Apr 04
*withdrew