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1987 African Youth Championship

6th African youth football qualification tournament

Field	Value
tourney_name	African Youth Championship
year	1987
dates	14 June 1986 – 18 April 1987
num_teams	15
confederations	1
champion_other
count	3
second_other
matches	26
goals	67
prevseason	1985
nextseason	1989

The 1987 African Youth Championship was the 6th edition of the biennial African qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship which was contested on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

Nigeria successfully defended the title for the second consecutive time by defeating Togo 5–1 in their 3rd straight final, although both teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile.

Teams

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

Preliminary round

Swaziland, Lesotho, Sudan, Gabon, Gambia and Mauritania withdrew from this edition of the tournament, leaving their respective opponents Mauritius, Mozambique, Egypt, Ghana, Togo and Algeria to advance to the First Round.

1 Angola were ejected from the competition for fielding over-aged players in the first leg.

First round

|3 Ghana were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players. |4 Mauritius withdrew.}}

Quarter-finals

Mozambique withdrew, leaving its opponent, Somalia, to advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Final

Qualification for the World Youth Championship

These two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile:

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