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2005 African Youth Championship

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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
Dates15–29 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

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

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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'

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
Morocco Mouhssine Iajour 5
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 Agbessi 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 Tiberkanine 1
Benin Razak Omotoyossi 1
Benin Romuald Boco 1
Ivory Coast 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.