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
2005 African Youth Championship logo
Tournament details
Host countryBenin
Dates15–29 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)Morocco Mouhssine Iajour
2003
2007

Qualification

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Preliminary round

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Nigeria 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Benin (H) 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
3   Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4   Mali 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
  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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Egypt 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
3   Lesotho 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
4   Angola 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
  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

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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

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  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

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

Final

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  Nigeria2-0  Egypt
Isaac Promise   45'   55'


 2005 African Youth Championship 
 
Nigeria

Fifth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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

Goalscorers

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Nationality Player name Goals scored
  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 Agbessi 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

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Murder of Samiou Yessoufou

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After Benin lost 3-0 to Nigeria on the opening day, Benin fans became outraged with goalkeeper Samiou Yessofou believing he was blamed 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

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