The

African Youth Championship The U-20 Africa Cup of Nations also called TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsoring reason (previously known as the African Youth Championship or the African U-20 Championship) is the main international youth football competition ...

1981 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the

1981 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Australia from 3 to 18 October 1981. The tournament took place in six venues—where a total of 32 matches were played. Adelaide, Brisban ...

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament (and played at least one match): * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Preliminary round

The first leg was played on 8 June 1980. The second leg was held on 22 June 1980. The winners advanced to the First Round. Guinea, Cameroon, Tunisia, Morocco, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Algeria, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Uganda, the Central African Republic and Kenya all received byes to the First Round. ¹ Malawi and Benin withdrew.

First round

¹ Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda and Kenya withdrew.

Second round

¹ The second leg was scratched and Algeria advanced to the Semi-Finals as Central African Republic were forced to withdraw after the first leg due to civil unrest and political turmoil in the country.

Semi-Final

¹ Algeria withdrew.

Final

The first leg was played on 12 April 1981. The second leg was played on 26 April 1981.

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the

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External links

Results by RSSSF
{{African Youth Championship Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Youth Championship 1981 in youth association football