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| Friday, 17 January, 2003, 13:27 GMT Egypt claim third youth crown ![]() It was the third time Egypt had taken the trophy Under-20 Nations Cup final: Ibrahim Emad was Egypt's hero as the young Pharaohs claimed the Under-20 Nations Cup for the third time with a 4-3 win over Ivory Coast. The striker, who has been one of the stars of the tournament so far, scored the winner in extra time after the two sides had been deadlocked throughout the second half.
Emad opened the scoring for Egypt after just two minutes, but Ivory Coast equalised through a Christian Romaric free kick just six minutes later. Yaya Toure then put the young Elephants in front on 22 minutes - only to see that effort cancelled out from the penalty spot on the half hour mark by Hamed Fatih. Four minutes later Egypt went in front again, with Habdel this time easily tapping home. But as before Ivory Coast equalised quickly, with Michel Saki pouncing on the stroke of half time. The second half then settled into stalemate in front of an intimidating crowd of Burkinabes, until Emad was able to wrap up the goalfest that he had started in the first half of extra time. | Top Africa stories now: Links to more Africa stories are at the foot of the page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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