1981 African Youth Championship
3rd African youth football qualification tournament
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The 1981 African Youth Championship was the 3rd edition of the biennial African qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship which was contested on a home-and-away two-legged basis.
Egypt beat Cameroon 3–1 on aggregate in the final to claim their inaugural title, although both teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia.
Teams
The following teams entered this edition of the tournament and played at least a match:
Preliminary round
The first leg was played on 8 June and the second leg was held on 22 June 1980. The winners advanced to the first round.
The teams who received byes to the first round are Guinea, Cameroon, Tunisia, Morocco, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Algeria, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Uganda, the Central African Republic and Kenya.
1 Malawi and Benin withdrew.
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Guinea  |
2–2 (a) |  Equatorial Guinea |
2–1 | 0–1 |
Cameroon  |
5–1 |  Togo |
3–0 | 2–1 |
Tunisia  |
1–1 (6–5 pen.) |
 Morocco |
0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
Zimbabwe  |
2–1 |  Ethiopia |
0–0 | 2–1 |
Mauritania  |
1–6 |  Algeria |
1–3 | 0–3 |
Nigeria  |
w/o 1 |  Ivory Coast |
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Egypt  |
w/o 1 |  Uganda |
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Central African Republic  |
w/o 1 |  Kenya |
1 Ivory Coast, Uganda and Kenya withdrew.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon |
3–1 | Equatorial Guinea |
3–0 | 0–1 |
| Nigeria |
5–4 | Tunisia |
4–0 | 1–4 |
| Zimbabwe |
1–3 | Egypt |
1–1 | 0–2 |
| Central African Republic |
w/o 1 | Algeria |
4–1 | n/p |
1 Civil unrest and political turmoil in the Central African Republic forced their team to withdraw after the first leg: the second leg was scratched and Algeria advanced to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals
Final
Qualification to the World Youth Championship
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.