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Soccer-Ghana and Nigeria reach African youth final

Fri, 5 Mar 1999 Source: Reuters

07:03 p.m Mar 04, 1999 Eastern

ACCRA, March 4 (Reuters) - Hosts Ghana will meet favourites Nigeria in the African Nations Youth Cup final after beating Zambia and Cameroon respectively on Thursday.

Ghana beat Zambia 3-1 while Nigeria beat Cameroon 2-1. The final takes place in Accra on Sunday.

All four teams have qualified for the World under-20 Championships in Nigeria in April -- Nigeria as hosts and Ghana, Cameroon and Zambia as semifinalists here -- and will be joined by Mali who beat Guinea 4-1 in a play-off on Wednesday.

Source: Reuters