2005 African Youth Championship

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2005 African Youth Championship
CAN Junior
Coupe d'Afrique des nations juniors 2005
2005 African Youth Championship logo
Tournament details
Host country Benin
Dates 15 January - 29 January
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (5th title)
Runners-up  Egypt
Third place  Benin
Fourth place  Morocco
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Morocco Mouhssine Iajour
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The 2005 African Youth Championship was an international football competition that took place between 15 and 29 January 2005. The tournament was hosted by Benin and also served as qualification for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

Preliminary Round

Burundi and Mauritius withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively the Republic of Congo and Lesotho.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Libya  2–2(a)  Niger 2–2 0–0
Sierra Leone  (a)1–1  Gambia 0–0 1–1
Sudan  3–1  Somalia 1–0 2–1
Eritrea  0–1  Rwanda 0–1 0–0
Namibia  0–5  Botswana 0–0 0–5

First Round

Republic of Congo, Congo Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Gabon and Tanzania withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively Cameroon, Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana and Zimbabwe.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria  1–3  Niger 1–2 0–1
Morocco  3–1  Sierra Leone 3–0 0–1
Egypt  4–0  Sudan 4–0 0–0
South Africa  2–2(a)  Lesotho 2–1 0–1
Mozambique  1–4  Rwanda 1–0 0–4
Angola  5–2  Botswana 3–0 2–2
Ivory Coast  2–2 (p: 5–4)  Guinea 2–0 0–2
Tunisia  1–1 (p: 3–5)  Burkina Faso 1–0 0–1
Mali  3–1  Senegal 3–1 0–0

Second Round

Niger were disqualified by the FIFA. Accusations were made to each other from Lesotho and Zimbabwe of using over-aged players, but no actions were taken.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco  DSQ  Niger 4–0 not played
Zambia  2–3  Egypt 2–0 0–3
Zimbabwe  0–3  Lesotho 0–0 0–3
Angola  1–0  Rwanda 1–0 0–0
Ghana  1–2  Ivory Coast 0–1 1–1
Nigeria  5–2  Burkina Faso 2–0 3–2
Mali  (a)2–2  Cameroon 1–0 1–2

Squads

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The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Group Stage

Group A

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
 Benin 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
 Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 2 5 –3 3
 Mali 3 0 1 2 4 7 –3 1


15 January 2005
 Ivory Coast 1-0  Mali
Abdramane Diaby Goal 61'

15 January 2005
 Benin 0-3  Nigeria
Taye Taiwo Goal 25' (pen)
David Adwo Goal 34'
Victor Obinna Goal 46'

18 January 2005
 Nigeria 3-1  Mali
Kalifa Dembele Goal 55' David Abwo Goal 45'
Solomon Okoronkwo Goal 81'
Olubayo Adefemi Goal 84'

18 January 2005
 Ivory Coast 1-4  Benin
Yedi Zahiri Goal 90' Coffi Agbesi Goal 37'
Gariga Maiga Goal 49'
Goal 80' (pen)
Mathieu Adeniyi Goal 52'

22 January 2005
 Nigeria 1-0  Ivory Coast
Taye Taiwo Goal 78'

22 January 2005
 Benin 3-3  Mali
Romuald Boco Goal 31'
Bachirou Osseni Goal 40'
Razak Omotoyossi Goal 44'		 Kalifa Dembele Goal 27'
Boubacar Kebe Goal 35'
Koniba LadjiGoal 65'

Group B

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
 Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Lesotho 3 1 0 2 3 7 –4 3
 Angola 3 0 0 3 1 4 –3 0


16 January 2005
 Egypt 1-0  Angola
Islam AdelGoal 20' (pen)

16 January 2005
 Morocco 2-0  Lesotho
Rachid Tiberkanine Goal 63'
Tarik Bendamou Goal 80'

19 January 2005
 Angola 1-2  Lesotho
Manuel Zando Goal 27' Dlomo Monaphathi Goal 40'
Bokang Mothoana Goal 45'


19 January 2005
 Morocco 2-2  Egypt
Mouhssine Iajour Goal 49'
Tarik Bendamou Goal 76'		 Mahmoud Alla Goal 46'
Islam Siam Goal 84'

23 January 2005
 Angola 0-1  Morocco
Mouhssine Iajour Goal 39'

23 January 2005
 Egypt 4-1  Lesotho
Abdou Abdallah Goal 7'
Farag Ahmed Goal 12'
Mohamed Abdallah Goal 75'
Mahmoud Alla Goal 82'		 Lintho Korie Goal 88' (pen)

Knock-out Stage

Semi-finals Final
26 January -
  Nigeria  2(5)  
  Morocco  2(3)  
 
29 January -
      Nigeria  2
    Egypt  0
Third place
26 January - 29 January -
  Egypt  1(3)   Morocco  1(3)
  Benin  1(1)     Benin  1(5)

Semifinals

26 January 2005
 Nigeria 2-2  Morocco
Solomon Okoronkwo Goal 53'
Victor Obinna Goal 114'		 Mouhssine Iajour Goal 11' Goal 101'
  Penalties  
5-3

26 January 2005
 Egypt 1-1  Benin
Islam Adel Goal 83' Abou Maiga Goal 3'
  Penalties  
3-1

Third Place Match

January 29 2005
 Morocco 1-1  Benin
Mouhssine Iajour Goal 11' Abdoulaye Ouzerou Goal 45'
  Penalties  
3-5

Final

January 29 2005
 Nigeria 2-0  Egypt
Isaac Promise Goal 45' Goal 55'


 2005 African Youth Championship 

Nigeria
Fifth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The four best performing teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Goalscorers

Nationality Player name Goals scored
Morocco Mouhssine Iajour 4
Nigeria David Adwo 2
Egypt Farag Ahmed 2
Mali Kalifa Dembele 2
Egypt Islam Adel 2
Nigeria Solomon Okoronkwo 2
Morocco Tarik Bendamou 2
Nigeria Victor Obinna 2
Nigeria Taye Taiwo 2
Benin Abou Maiga 2
Egypt Abdou Abdallah 1
Benin Abdoulaye Ouzerou 1
Ivory Coast Abdramane Diaby 1
Mali Bachirou Osseni 1
Lesotho Bokang Mothoana 1
Mali Boubacar Kebe 1
Benin Coffi Agbesi 1
Lesotho Dlomo Monaphathi 1
Egypt Hossam Nasr 1
Nigeria Isaac Promise 1
Egypt Islam Siam 1
Mali Koniba Ladji 1
Lesotho Lintho Korie 1
Angola Manuel Zando 1
Benin Mathieu Adeniyi 1
Egypt Mohamed Abdallah 1
Nigeria Olubayo Adefemi 1
Morocco Rachid Tiberkrane 1
Benin Razak Omotoyossi 1
Benin Romuald Boco 1
Ivory Coast Zahiri Yedi 1

[1]

Murder of Samiou Yessoufou

Beninese goalkeeper Samiou Yessoufou was murdered by irate fans following Benin's 3-0 defeat at the hands of Nigeria.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afr-u20-05.html
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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