Tylon Smith's 66th-minute headed goal at Suez Canal Stadium in Ismailia, north-eastern Egypt, earned coach Raymond Mdaka's team the glory of a place in Sunday's final  at 8pm  CAT.

This makes for the best performance by SA in the tournament since the under-20 team coached by Shakes Mashaba that contained stars like Benni McCarthy, Matthew Booth, Junaid Hartley and Stanton Fredericks lost 1 NIL  to hosts Morocco in the 1997 final.

The Flying Eagles were let down by their finishing. In the 17th minute, left-back Odinaka Okoro's corner from the right landed on SA goalkeeper Fletcher Lowe's crossbar.

On the half-hour, Kparobo Arierhi cantered free down the right and shot into the side-netting.

--ChannelAfrica--