Africa U20 2007 Qualifying [R]

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Preliminary Round
[Apr 15 and 29, 2006]
Malawi 2-0 1-0 Botswana
Rwanda 2-1 0-0 Ethiopia
Sudan 1-3 0-3 Tunisia
Swaziland o/w Mozambique
Uganda o/w Zimbabwe
Niger 2-0 1-3 Togo
Equat. Guinea 0-0 2-1 Gabon
Sierra Leone 1-1 0-4 Gambia
Mauritania 0-0 1-4 Guinea
Senegal w/o Cape Verde
Congo-Kinsh. 3-0 1-1 Namibia
Libya 0-2 1-1 Algeria
[Apr 17, 2006 (one leg)]
Kenya 1-0 Djibouti

Round 1
[Aug 5 and 20, 2006]
Zambia 4-1 1-1 Madagascar
South Africa 1-0 3-3 Zimbabwe
Angola 0-0 2-3 Ivory Coast
Burundi 1-0 1-1 Mozambique
Ghana 2-0 2-1 Senegal
Burkina Faso n/p Congo-Kinshasa
Morocco 2-2 0-2 Gambia
Nigeria 3-0 0-2 Equatorial Guinea
Lesotho 2-1 0-2 Malawi
Egypt 4-0 0-2 Algeria
Cameroon 1-0 1-2 Niger
Benin o/w Tunisia
Rwanda 1-0 1-0 Kenya
Mali 1-0 1-0 Guinea

Information from www.rsssf.com (author Julián Díaz Rubio)

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2nd Round fixtures - 1st leg Sep 29/30/Oct 1 - 2nd leg Oct 20/21/22

Burundi vs Egypt
South Africa vs Zambia
Cameroon vs Malawi
Nigeria vs Rwanda
Tunisia vs Ivory Coast
Mali vs Gambia
Burkina Faso/DR Congo vs Ghana

- Host Congo directly qualifies for the African Championships.

[Daniel]

How does this work?

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The seven winners from the 2nd round fixtures qualify for the African finals... with hosts Congo. How many from Africa qualify?

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Results from the 1st leg of the 2nd round....

Burundi 0 Egypt 1
South Africa 2 Zambia 1
Cameroon 2 Malawi 0
Nigeria 5 Rwanda 0
Tunisia 1 Ivory Coast 1
Mali 1 Gambia 1
Burkina Faso 1 Ghana 0

- Return leg will be played on the weekend of October 20th.
- The African U20 Championship will take place Jan 21 to Feb 4th

[loyola]

Let's hope some big names qualify. Nigeria, Cameroon, SA, Tunisia, Ivory Coast and Ghana are teams that I would like to see next summer.

[DoyleG]

The list of competitors for next year's CAF African Youth Championship was finalised at the weekend, with a clutch of the continent's big guns now set to compete against each other in Congo DR at the start of next year.
However, there was one major casualty in the shape of former winners Ghana, who crashed out in a penalty shootout to Burkina Faso, ending their hopes of a return to a world stage a year on from the Ghanaian senior team's impressive debut appearance at the FIFA World Cup™ finals. The Burkinabe, meanwhile, are joined by Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, the Gambia, Nigeria and Zambia and hosts Congo in the eight-team tournament which kicks off in January.

http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/index/0,...ticleid=124138

[DoyleG]

Groups drawn for the CAF U20's

A: Congo, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Gambia
B: Nigeria, Egypt, Cameroon, Zambia

[Bxl Boy]

Received today at my office :


THE 2007 AFRICAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP AVAILABLE LIVE ON DISH NETWORK™

ENGLEWOOD, COLO. – Jan. 8, 2007— EchoStar Communications Corp. and 3A TELESUD, an African and Afro-European Television Network, announced that EchoStar will carry The African Youth Championship, the main international football competition for CAF nations, on its DISH Network™ beginning Jan. 19 through Feb. 4.

The U20 African Championship is held every two years for players under 20 years old. The top four teams will go on to represent Africa at the 2007 FIFA World Youth Cup in Canada (the largest FIFA event ever hosted by Canada). Teams from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gambia, Nigeria and Zambia will compete in the championship event held in Congo.

“The African Youth Championship is a showcase of the best talent representing Africa’s future football elite,” said Eric Noue, business development manager of 3A TELESUD. “Several of the biggest names in the sport made their first mark on the world's stage at this competition.”

“DISH Network continues to be the leader of international sports programming in the U.S.,” said Andy Karofsky, vice president of programming for DISH Network. “Carrying 3A TELESUD furthers our status as the leader of soccer programming. DISH Network plans to continue to add major soccer events for our North American customers.”

All 17 championship games will be available LIVE on DISH Network channels 591 and 751. 3A Telesud is available for $14.99 per month. For more information about DISH Network’s international programming or 3A TELESUD please call 1-889-793-8492, visit www.dishnetwork.com or a local DISH Network retailer.

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Group A
Jan 20th
Congo vs Cote d'Ivoire
Burkina Faso vs Gambia

Jan 23rd
Cote d'Ivoire vs Burkina Faso
Gambia vs Congo

Jan 26th
Cote d'Ivoire vs Gambia
Congo vs Burkina Faso

Group B
Jan 21st
Nigeria vs Zambia
Cameroon vs Egypt

Jan 24th
Zambia vs Cameroon
Egypt vs Nigeria

Jan 27th
Zambia vs Egypt
Nigeria vs Cameroon

Semi-finals - Jan 30th

Third Place - Feb 2nd

Final - Feb 3rd

Official website - http://www.congobrazza2007.com/