1979 African Youth Championship

The 1979 African Youth Championship was the second edition of the biennial qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship for African nations and the inaugural edition under the African Youth Championship title.

1979 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates6 August – 25 February 1978
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up Guinea
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored24 (2.4 per match)

Algeria and Guinea qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan by reaching the final, although the former won their inaugural title via the away goals rule against the latter with the match ending 4–4 on aggregate.

Teams

The following teams entered this edition of the tournament and played at least a match:

Preliminary round

Malawi, Madagascar and Senegal all withdrew, leading to the scrapping of the preliminary round and the advancement of Kenya, Mauritius and Gambia to the first round.

First round

Uganda, Mali, Togo, Ivory Coast and Gambia withdrew, leading Mauritius, Morocco, Guinea, Cameroon and Nigeria to advance to the second round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Libya  2–3  Algeria 1–2 1–1
Egypt  0–3  Tunisia 0–1 0–2
Kenya  2–4  Ethiopia 2–0 0–4

Second round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia  1–2  Algeria 1–2 0–0
Mauritius  1–2  Ethiopia 1–1 0–1
Guinea  2–0  Morocco 2–0 0–0
Nigeria  3–1  Cameroon 1–1 2–0

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  0–1  Algeria 0–0 0–1
Nigeria  1–2  Guinea 0–1 1–1

Final
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria  4–4[lower-alpha 1]  Guinea 2–1 2–3


Winners
 1979 African Youth Championship winners 

Algeria
First/Inaugural title

Qualification to the World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Notes
  1. Algeria won on away goals.
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