2005 African Youth Championship

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.

2005 African Youth Championship
CAN Junior
Coupe d'Afrique des nations juniors 2005
Tournament details
Host countryBenin
Dates15 January - 29 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (5th title)
Runners-up Egypt
Third place Benin
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Mouhssine Iajour

Qualification

Preliminary round

Burundi and Mauritius withdrew. As a result, the Republic of Congo and Lesotho advanced to the next round.

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. As a result, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana and Zimbabwe advanced to the next round.

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
Further information: 2005 African Youth Championship squads

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Group stage

Group A
Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 330071+69
 Benin 31117704
 Ivory Coast 310225–33
 Mali 301247–31


 Ivory Coast1-0 Mali
Abdramane Diaby 61'
 Benin0-3 Nigeria
Taye Taiwo 25' (pen)
David Adwo 34'
Victor Obinna 46'
 Nigeria3-1 Mali
Kalifa Dembele 55' David Abwo 45'
Solomon Okoronkwo 81'
Olubayo Adefemi 84'
 Ivory Coast1-4 Benin
Yedi Zahiri 90' Coffi Agbessi 37'
Gariga Maiga 49'
80' (pen)
Mathieu Adeniyi 52'
 Nigeria1-0 Ivory Coast
Taye Taiwo 78'
 Benin3-3 Mali
Romuald Boco 31'
Bachirou Osseni 40'
Razak Omotoyossi 44'		 Kalifa Dembele 27'
Boubacar Kebe 35'
Koniba Ladji 65'

Group B
Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 321073+47
 Morocco 321052+37
 Lesotho 310237–43
 Angola 300314–30


 Egypt1-0 Angola
Islam Adel 20' (pen)
 Morocco2-0 Lesotho
Rachid Tiberkanine 63'
Tarik Bendamou 80'
 Angola1-2 Lesotho
Manuel Zando 27' Dlomo Monaphathi 40'
Bokang Mothoana 45'


 Morocco2-2 Egypt
Mouhssine Iajour 49'
Tarik Bendamou 76'		 Mahmoud Alla 46'
Islam Siam 84'
 Angola0-1 Morocco
Mouhssine Iajour 39'
 Egypt4-1 Lesotho
Abdou Abdallah 7'
Farag Ahmed 12'
Mohamed Abdallah 75'
Mahmoud Alla 82'		 Lintho Korie 88' (pen)

Knock-out Stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 January -
 
 
 Nigeria2(5)
 
29 January -
 
 Morocco2(3)
 
 Nigeria2
 
26 January -
 
 Egypt0
 
 Egypt1(3)
 
 
 Benin1(1)
 
Third place
 
 
29 January -
 
 
 Morocco1(3)
 
 
 Benin1(5)

Semifinals
 Nigeria2-2 Morocco
Solomon Okoronkwo 53'
Victor Obinna 114'		 Mouhssine Iajour 11' 101'
Penalties
5-3
 Egypt1-1 Benin
Islam Adel 83' Abou Maiga 3'
Penalties
3-1

Third place match
 Morocco1-1 Benin
Mouhssine Iajour 11' Abdoulaye Ouzerou 45'
Penalties
3-5

Final
 Nigeria2-0 Egypt
Isaac Promise 45' 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
NationalityPlayer nameGoals scored
Mouhssine Iajour5
David Adwo2
Farag Ahmed2
Kalifa Dembele2
Islam Adel2
Solomon Okoronkwo2
Tarik Bendamou2
Victor Obinna2
Taye Taiwo2
Abou Maiga2
Abdou Abdallah1
Abdoulaye Ouzerou1
Abdramane Diaby1
Bachirou Osseni1
Bokang Mothoana1
Boubacar Kebe1
Coffi Agbessi1
Dlomo Monaphathi1
Hossam Nasr1
Isaac Promise1
Islam Siam1
Koniba Ladji1
Lintho Korie1
Manuel Zando1
Mathieu Adeniyi1
Mohamed Abdallah1
Olubayo Adefemi1
Rachid Tiberkanine1
Razak Omotoyossi1
Romuald Boco1
Zahiri Yedi1

[1]

Murder of Samiou Yessoufou

After Benin lost 3-0 to Nigeria on the opening day, Benin fans became outraged with goalkeeper Samiou Yessofou believing he was to blame for their loss. So they broke into a hotel bar just as Yessofou was beginning to drink alcohol for the first time. They grabbed glass bottles and smashed them on him and stabbed with a knife and tortured him with beating sticks. Then they left the bar causing Yessofou to fall the floor and he died. However, this did not stop the tournament which continued as normal and Benin went on to win a bronze medal later on.[2]

References
  1. "African U-20 Championship 2005". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  2. Clare, Nelson (19 January 2005). "Murder of goalkeeper will not stop tournament". Telegraph. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
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