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.
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 | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Top scorer(s) | |
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 |
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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. As a result, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana and Zimbabwe advanced to the next round.
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 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 3 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 1 |
1-0 | ||
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Abdramane Diaby |
0-3 | ||
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Taye Taiwo David Adwo Victor Obinna |
3-1 | ||
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Kalifa Dembele |
David Abwo Solomon Okoronkwo Olubayo Adefemi |
1-4 | ||
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Yedi Zahiri |
Coffi Agbesi Gariga Maiga Mathieu Adeniyi |
1-0 | ||
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Taye Taiwo |
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 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 3 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 0 |
2-0 | ||
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Rachid Tiberkanine Tarik Bendamou |
1-2 | ||
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Manuel Zando |
Dlomo Monaphathi Bokang Mothoana |
2-2 | ||
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Mouhssine Iajour Tarik Bendamou |
Mahmoud Alla Islam Siam |
4-1 | ||
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Abdou Abdallah Farag Ahmed Mohamed Abdallah Mahmoud Alla |
Lintho Korie |
Knock-out Stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
26 January - | ||||||
2(5) | ||||||
29 January - | ||||||
2(3) | ||||||
2 | ||||||
26 January - | ||||||
0 | ||||||
1(3) | ||||||
1(1) | ||||||
Third place | ||||||
29 January - | ||||||
1(3) | ||||||
1(5) |
Semifinals
2-2 | ||
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Solomon Okoronkwo Victor Obinna |
Mouhssine Iajour |
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Penalties | ||
5-3 |
1-1 | ||
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Islam Adel |
Abou Maiga |
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Penalties | ||
3-1 |
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
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. Luckily this did not stop the tournament and continued as normal and Benin went on to win a bronze medal later on.[2]
References
- "African U-20 Championship 2005". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- Clare, Nelson (19 January 2005). "Murder of goalkeeper will not stop tournament". Telegraph. Retrieved 24 May 2011.