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      The 1985 African Youth Championship was the 5th edition of the biennial African qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship which was contested on a home-and-away two-legged basis.
      Nigeria reached the final for the first time in consecutive editions of the tournamentand successfully defended the title for the second time and beat Tunisia 3–2 on aggregate, although both teams qualified for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Soviet Union.


      Teams


      The following teams entered this edition of the tournament and played at least a match:


      Preliminary round


      Burkina Faso, Libya and Togo withdrew, leaving Benin, Ethiopia and Senegal to advance to the First Round. The teams that received byes to the next round were Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia and Zimbabwe.


      First round


      Benin and Senegal withdrew, leaving Guinea and Ivory Coast to advance to the second round.


      Quarter-finals


      Ivory Coast entered this edition of the tournament at this round.


      Semi-finals




      Final




      Qualification for the World Youth Championship


      These two best performing teams qualified for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Soviet Union:

      Nigeria
      Tunisia


      External links


      Tournament records at RSSSF

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