Thursday, March 14, 2013

Nigeria to begin Youth Title defence against Mali
14-03-2013
    
Nigeria to begin Youth Title defence against Mali


 The race to replace Nigeria as the African Youth Champions begins this Saturday with hosts Algeria playing Benin in Ain Temouchent. Defending champions , Nigeria start quest to retain their title with a clash against Mali the following day Sunday 17th in Oran. The semi-finalists qualify for FIFA U-20 World Cup finals to be played from 21stJune to 13th  July 2013 in Turkey. Since 1991 the current eight (8)team format was adopted and here are the facts and figures so far at the finals. 
Rankings from the first eleven editions

Year
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1991
Egypt
C.Ivoire
Ghana
Zambia
Cameroun
Ethiopia
   
1993
Ghana
Cameroun
Egypt
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Morocco
Maurice
Senegal
1995
Cameroun
Burundi
Nigeria
Mali
Maurice
Senegal
Zambia
Guinea
1997
Morocco
South Africa
C.Ivoire
Ghana
Egypta
Zambia
Mali
Soudan
1999
Ghana
Nigeria
Cameroun
Zambia
Mali
Guinea
Malawi
Angola
2001
Angola
Ghana
Egypt
Ethiopia
Cameroun
Mali
South Africa
Nigeria
2003
Egypt
C.Ivoire
B.Faso
Mali
Gabon
Ghana
South Africa
Morocco
2005
Nigeria
Egypt
Benin
Morocco
C.Ivoire
Lesotho
Mali
Angola
2007
Congo
Nigeria
Gambie
Zambia
Egypt
Cameroun
B.Faso
C.Ivoire
2009
Ghana
Cameroun
Nigeria
South Africa
Egypt
Rwanda
C.Ivoire
Mali
2011
Nigeria
Cameroun
Egypt
Mali
South Africa
Ghana
Gambia     
  Lesotho

Goals:

1991:  19 goals
1993:  39 goals
1995:  42 goals
1997:  37 goals
1999:  57 goals
2001:  46 goals
2003:  43 goals
2005:  46 goals
2007:  35 goals
2009:  44 goals
2011:  34 goals

Participations in the finals

From the 2011 edition, 24 countries have participated in at least one edition:

9 - Egypt
8 – Cameroun, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria
6 – Cote d’Ivoire
5 – South Africa, Zambia
4 – Morocco
3 – Angola, Ethiopia
2 – Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Lesotho, Maurice, Senegal
1 – Benin, Burundi, Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan



 CAN U-20 statistics
(1991 – 2011)


 Country
Participations
P
W
D
L
GF
GF
GA
Pts
Egypt
9
69
37
19
12
6
51
32
+19
Ghana
8
68
35
20
9
6
52
25
+27
Nigeria
8
67
36
20
5
11
56
38
+18
Cameroun
8
55
32
15
10
7
46
27
+19
Mali
8
29
30
6
11
13
38
47
-9
Cote d’Ivoire
6
24
23
6
6
11
24
31
-7
Morocco
4
23
16
6
5
5
17
18
-1
South Africa
5
21
19
6
3
10
23
34
-11
Zambia
5
20
20
5
5
10
29
33
-4
Gambia
2
13
8
4
1
3
9
7
+2
Congo
1
12
5
4
0
1
5
1
+4
Burkina Faso
2
10
8
2
4
2
6
6
0
Angola
3
10
11
3
1
7
13
18
-5
Ethiopia
3
10
12
3
1
8
15
26
-11
Burundi
1
7
5
2
1
2
4
7
-3
Benin
1
6
5
1
3
1
9
9
0
Maurice
2
6
6
2
0
4
6
10
-4
Gabon
1
4
3
1
1
1
6
5
+1
Rwanda
1
4
3
1
1
1
3
4
-1
Lesotho
2
4
6
1
1
4
5
12
-7
Guinea
2
4
6
1
1
4
10
18
-8
Senegal
2
3
6
0
3
3
3
8
-5
Malawi
1
0
3
0
0
3
2
9
-7
Sudan
1
0
3
0
0
3
1
8
-7
(P-Number of matches played, W- matches won, D-matches drawn, L-losses, GF-Goals for, GA-Goals against, GD-Goal difference, Pts-Points)

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