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1989 African Youth Championship

7th African youth football qualification tournament

Field	Value
tourney_name	African Youth Championship
year	1989
dates	30 April 1988 – 14 January 1989
num_teams	16
confederations	1
champion_other
count	4
second_other
matches	30
goals	82
prevseason	1987
nextseason	1991

The 1989 African Youth Championship was the 7th edition of the biennial African qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship, contested on a home and away two-legged basis.

Nigeria reached the final and defended their title for the third consecutive time and the fourth time overall by defeating Mali 4–1 on aggregate, although both teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia.

Teams

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

Preliminary Round:

First round:

Preliminary round

Central Africa, Mauritania, Mauritius and Kenya withdrew, leaving their respective opponents Gabon, Algeria, Madagascar and Lesotho to advance to the first round. |}

First round

Madagascar, Somalia and Togo withdrew, leaving their respective opponents Egypt, Ivory Coast and Lesotho to advance to the second round. |}

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

The final was played over two legs; on 1 January in Bamako and on the 14th in Ibadan. |}

Second leg match details:

Qualification for the World Youth Championship

These two best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia:

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