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 ...

2007 was held in the

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. It also served as qualification for the

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the score ...

Qualification

Preliminary Round

Cape Verde, Swaziland and Uganda withdrew. As a result, Senegal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe advanced to the next round.

First Round

Benin and DR Congo withdrew. As a result, Tunisia and Burkina Faso advanced to the next round.

Second Round

Squads

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament: * * * (host) * * * * *

Group stage

Group A

January 20, 2007 January 23, 2007 January 26, 2007

Group B

January 21, 2007 January 24, 2007 January 27, 2007

Knockout Stages

Semifinals

January 30, 2007

Third place play-off

February 2, 2007

Finals

February 3, 2007

Winner

Top scorers

Qualifiers for the
2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the score ...

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External links

Results by RSSSF
{{African Youth Championship Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Youth Championship

2007 in youth association football