2005 African Youth Championship
CAN Junior Coupe d'Afrique des nations juniors 2005 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Benin |
Dates | 15 January - 29 January |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Third place |
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Fourth place |
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Tournament statistics | |
Top scorer(s) |
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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 |
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Libya ![]() |
2–2(a) | ![]() |
2–2 | 0–0 |
Sierra Leone ![]() |
(a)1–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–1 |
Sudan ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 |
Eritrea ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–0 |
Namibia ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
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 |
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Algeria ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–1 |
Morocco ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 |
Egypt ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–0 |
South Africa ![]() |
2–2(a) | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–1 |
Mozambique ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–4 |
Angola ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 2–2 |
Ivory Coast ![]() |
2–2 (p: 5–4) | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–2 |
Tunisia ![]() |
1–1 (p: 3–5) | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–1 |
Mali ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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 |
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Morocco ![]() |
DSQ | ![]() |
4–0 | not played |
Zambia ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–3 |
Zimbabwe ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–3 |
Angola ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–0 |
Ghana ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–1 |
Nigeria ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–2 |
Mali ![]() |
(a)2–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Squads
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
Group Stage
Group A
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 1 |
18 January 2005 |
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3-1 | ![]() |
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Kalifa Dembele ![]() |
David Abwo ![]() Solomon Okoronkwo ![]() Olubayo Adefemi ![]() |
18 January 2005 |
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1-4 | ![]() |
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Yedi Zahiri ![]() |
Coffi Agbesi ![]() Gariga Maiga ![]() ![]() Mathieu Adeniyi ![]() |
22 January 2005 |
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3-3 | ![]() |
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Romuald Boco ![]() Bachirou Osseni ![]() Razak Omotoyossi ![]() |
Kalifa Dembele ![]() Boubacar Kebe ![]() Koniba Ladji ![]() |
Group B
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 0 |
19 January 2005 |
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2-2 | ![]() |
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Mouhssine Iajour ![]() Tarik Bendamou ![]() |
Mahmoud Alla ![]() Islam Siam ![]() |
23 January 2005 |
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4-1 | ![]() |
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Abdou Abdallah ![]() Farag Ahmed ![]() Mohamed Abdallah ![]() Mahmoud Alla ![]() |
Lintho Korie ![]() |
Knock-out Stage
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
26 January - | |||||||
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2(5) | ||||||
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2(3) | ||||||
29 January - | |||||||
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2 | ||||||
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0 | ||||||
Third place | |||||||
26 January - | 29 January - | ||||||
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1(3) | ![]() |
1(3) | ||||
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1(1) | ![]() |
1(5) |
Semifinals
26 January 2005 |
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2-2 | ![]() |
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Solomon Okoronkwo ![]() Victor Obinna ![]() |
Mouhssine Iajour ![]() ![]() | |
Penalties | ||
5-3 |
Third Place Match
Final
2005 African Youth Championship |
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Qualification to World Youth Championship
The four best performing teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Goalscorers
Nationality | Player name | Goals scored |
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![]() | Mouhssine Iajour | 5 |
![]() | David Adwo | 2 |
![]() | Farag Ahmed | 2 |
![]() | Kalifa Dembele | 2 |
![]() | Islam Adel | 2 |
![]() | Solomon Okoronkwo | 2 |
![]() | Tarik Bendamou | 2 |
![]() | Victor Obinna | 2 |
![]() | Taye Taiwo | 2 |
![]() | Abou Maiga | 2 |
![]() | Abdou Abdallah | 1 |
![]() | Abdoulaye Ouzerou | 1 |
![]() | Abdramane Diaby | 1 |
![]() | Bachirou Osseni | 1 |
![]() | Bokang Mothoana | 1 |
![]() | Boubacar Kebe | 1 |
![]() | Coffi Agbesi | 1 |
![]() | Dlomo Monaphathi | 1 |
![]() | Hossam Nasr | 1 |
![]() | Isaac Promise | 1 |
![]() | Islam Siam | 1 |
![]() | Koniba Ladji | 1 |
![]() | Lintho Korie | 1 |
![]() | Manuel Zando | 1 |
![]() | Mathieu Adeniyi | 1 |
![]() | Mohamed Abdallah | 1 |
![]() | Olubayo Adefemi | 1 |
![]() | Rachid Tiberkanine | 1 |
![]() | Razak Omotoyossi | 1 |
![]() | Romuald Boco | 1 |
![]() | Zahiri Yedi | 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
- ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afr-u20-05.html
- ↑ Clare, Nelson (19 January 2005). "Murder of goalkeeper will not stop tournament". Telegraph. Retrieved 24 May 2011.