2003 African Youth Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	African Youth Championship
Year:	2003
Other Titles:	Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2003
Size:	90
City:	Ouagadougou, Bobo Dioulasso
Country:	Burkina Faso
Dates:	4–18 January
Num Teams:	8
Confederations:	CAF
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Count:	3
Matches:	16
Goals:	43
Top Scorer:	Emad Moteab (5 goals)
Prevseason:	2001
Nextseason:	2005

The 2003 African Youth Championship was an association football tournament for under-20 players (born in 1983 and before). It was held in Burkina Faso from January 4 until January 18. The top four teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

Preliminary round

The first leg was played on either 6, 7 or 8 April 2002. The second leg was held on either 19, 20 or 21 April 2002. The winners advanced to the First Round.

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First round

The First Round first leg matches were held on 20 and 21 July 2002. The second leg matches were held on 10 and 11 August 2002. The winners qualified for the Second Round.|}

Second round

The Second Round first leg matches were played on 28 and 29 September 2002. The second leg matches was played on 20 October 2002. The winners of the aggregate of the two legs qualified for the Finals.|}

Final tournament

The final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, were held from 18 March to 1 April 2003.

• • • • • • (hosts)

Referees

Referees: Pare Lassina Essam Abdel Fattah Atef Yacoubi Samba Diouf Modou Sowe Keita Yakhouba Mochubela Walters Njike Gilbert

Assistant referees: Celestin Ntangungira Millogo Brama Nako Boukare Diabate Moussa Bekolo Angoula Robert Kimbatsa Luleseged Begashew Antonio Luciano

Group stage

Group A

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5
	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1

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Group B

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5
	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
	3	0	1	2	0	5	-5	1

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Knock-out stage

Semifinals

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Third place

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Final

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The four best performing teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

External links

• Results by RSSSF