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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 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)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.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

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.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

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

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 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


 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 Agbesi 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 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


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

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. ^ Clare, Nelson (19 January 2005). "Murder of goalkeeper will not stop tournament". Telegraph. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
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