1993 African Youth Championship

The 1993 African Youth Championship was a football tournament hosted on the island of Mauritius, off the east coast of Africa. The Championship was won by Ghana, who defeated Cameroon in the final, with both teams thus qualifying for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.^[1]

Qualification

Gambia withdrew and therefore Senegal received a bye

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kenya	0–4	Uganda	0–2	0–2
Mali	8–2	Mauritania	6–1	2–1
Togo	(a)1–1	Niger	0–0	1–1

Algeria, Cameroon, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia and Zimbabwe entered the tournament here.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ethiopia	3–1	Togo	3–1	0–0
Algeria	1–4	Morocco	1–2	0–2
Ghana	3–0	Mali	2–0	1–0
Nigeria	DSQ	Congo	0–1	DSQ
Tunisia	3–5	Senegal	2–2	1–3
Cameroon	3–1	Uganda	1–0	2–1
Egypt	4–2	Zimbabwe	3–1	1–1

The following teams qualified for tournament:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ghana	3	2	1	2	2	0	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Nigeria	3	1	2	2	2	0	3
4	Mauritius (H)	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ethiopia	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Morocco	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Senegal	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

7 February 1993

Cameroon	5 – 0	Ethiopia

7 February 1993

Egypt	1 – 3 (aet)	Ghana

9 February 1993

Egypt	3 – 0	Ethiopia

10 February 1993

Ghana	2 – 0	Cameroon

1993 African Youth Championship
Ghana First title

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.