2005 African U-17 Championship

2005 African U-17 Championship

African U-17 Championship 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Gambia
Dates	7 May – 22 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Gambia (1st title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Ivory Coast
Fourth place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	48 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Opoku Agyemang
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The 2005 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Gambia. The top three teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Qualification[]

Preliminary round[]

The first leg matches were played on either the 26th or 27 June 2004. The second leg matches were played on either the 10th or 11 July 2004. The winners advanced to the First Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rwanda	1 – 2	Tanzania	1 – 1	0 – 1
	3 – 1	Congo	3 – 0	0 – 1
	2 – 4		1 – 2	1 – 2
	2 – 1	Namibia	1 – 1	1 – 0
	w/o		–	–
	w/o	Mauritius	–	–

First round[]

The first leg matches were played on either the 20th or 21 November 2004. The second leg matches were played on either the 4th or 5 November 2004. The winners advanced to the Second Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Senegal	5 – 6	Ivory Coast	1 – 4	4 – 2
Ghana	5 – 2	Tunisia	3 – 1	2 – 1
	1 – 8	South Africa	0 – 3	1 – 5
Sudan	1 – 0		1 – 0	0 – 0
Zambia	1 – 4	Tanzania	1 – 2	0 – 2
Mali	4 – 3	Guinea	3 – 1	1 – 2
Sierra Leone	1 – 1 (a)	Nigeria	1 – 1	0 – 0
Cameroon	2 – 2 (a)	Burkina Faso	2 – 1	0 – 1
	w/o	Morocco	–	–
Ethiopia	w/o	Egypt	–	–
	w/o		–	–
	w/o		–	–
Angola	w/o		–	–
	w/o		–	–

Second round[]

The first leg matches were played on either the 8th or 9 January 2005. The second leg matches were played on either the 22nd or 23 January 2005. The winners advanced to the Finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Morocco	0 – 3	Ivory Coast	0 – 2	0 – 1
Ethiopia	2 – 4	Ghana	2 – 1	0 – 3
South Africa	8 – 0	Sudan	5 – 0	3 – 0
Tanzania	4 – 1 d[1]		3 – 1	1 – 0
Mali	4 – 1		3 – 0	1 – 1
Angola	1 – 6	Nigeria	1 – 3	0 – 3
	3 – 5	Burkina Faso	2 – 0	1 – 5

Qualified teams[]

•  Burkina Faso
•  Gambia (host nation)
•  Ghana
•  Ivory Coast
•  Mali
•  Nigeria
•  South Africa
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Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  Ghana 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6 Advanced to the semifinals  Gambia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6  Mali 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 3 Eliminated and missed out on the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship  Burkina Faso 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3 7 May 2005 Gambia  1–0  Burkina Faso Sanna Nyassi 69' Independence Stadium, Bakau 7 May 2005 Ghana  3–2  Mali 9' Appiah 72' (pen.) Agyemang Diabaté 8' Ansong 51' (o.g.) Independence Stadium, Bakau 10 May 2005 Gambia  3–2  Mali Jallow 50' (pen.) 64' 59' M. Traoré 48' Diabaté 65' Independence Stadium, Bakau 10 May 2005 Burkina Faso  2–1  Ghana Akaminko 10' (o.g.) 14' Agyemang 80' (pen.) Independence Stadium, Bakau 13 May 2005 Gambia  0–1  Ghana Agyemang 14' Independence Stadium, Bakau 13 May 2005 Mali  3–1  Burkina Faso Diabaté 11' M. Traoré Diarra 90' A. Traoré 64' Independence Stadium, Bakau Group B[] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  South Africa 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Advanced to the semifinals  Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 4 Eliminated and missed out on the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship   3 0 0 3 2 10 -8 0 8 May 2005 Nigeria  2–2  South Africa Zenke 50' 78' Msomi 20' Nhlapo 43' (pen.) , Serrekunda 8 May 2005 Ivory Coast  2–0   Fofana 63' 68' , Serrekunda 11 May 2005 Nigeria  2–3  Ivory Coast 4' Zenke 84' Fofana 7' 18' Kouadio 78' , Serrekunda 11 May 2005 South Africa  4–1   45' Siwahla 57' Nhlapo 65' Msomi 82' 34' , Serrekunda 14 May 2005   1–4  Nigeria Karuru 40' Zenke 37' 43' 62' 69' , Serrekunda 14 May 2005 Ivory Coast  0–1  South Africa Nhlapo 48' , Serrekunda Knock-out stage[] Semifinals[] 17 May 2005 Ghana  2 – 0 (a.e.t.)  Ivory Coast 115' Agyemang 120' Independence Stadium, Bakau 17 May 2005 South Africa  1 – 2  Gambia 18' Sainey Nyassi 48' 51' For winning their semifinals, Ghana and Gambia qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Ivory Coast and South Africa meeting in the third place playoff for the third and final place in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship. Third place playoff[] 21 May 2005 Ivory Coast  1 – 0  South Africa Kouadio 87' For winning the third place playoff, Ivory Coast qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with South Africa missing out. Final[] 22 May 2005 Ghana  0 – 1  Gambia Report Jallow 87' Independence Stadium, Bakau [2] Winners[] 2005 CAF Under-17 Championship Gambia First title Goalscorers[] 4 goals Opoku Agyemang 3 goals Ismaël Fofana Ousman Jallow Cheick Diabaté Simon Zenke Tumelo Nhlapo 2 goals Konan Serge Kouadio Momodou Ceesay 2 goals, cont. Mahamane Traoré Sibusiso Msomi 1 goal Alain Traoré Sainey Nyassi Sanna Nyassi George Appiah 1 goal, cont. Lassina Diarra Mkhanyiseli Siwahla Ovidy Karuru Own goals Jerry Akaminko (for Burkina Faso) Emmanuel Ansong (for Mali) References[] ^ Tanzania was disqualified for fielding an over-aged player (Nurdin Bakari) in the preliminary and the first round. ^ Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (22 May 2005). "Gambia win African U-17 title". BBC. Retrieved 1 July 2021. External links[] RSSSF.com: African U-17 Championship 2005