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1979 African Youth Championship

2nd African youth football qualification tournament

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tourney_name	African Youth Championship
year	1979
dates	6 August 1978 – 25 February 1979
num_teams	11
confederations	1
champion_other
count	1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches	10
goals	24
prevseason	1977
nextseason	1981

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.

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

After Malawi, Madagascar and Senegal all withdrew, the preliminary round was scratched and Kenya, Mauritius and the Gambia advanced 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.

Second round

Semi-finals

Final

Winners

Qualification to the World Youth Championship

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

Notes

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