2005 African Youth Championship

2005 African Youth Championship

CAN Junior Coupe d'Afrique des nations juniors 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Benin
Dates	15 January - 29 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (5th title)
Runners-up	Egypt
Third place	Benin
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	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. As a result, the Republic of Congo and Lesotho advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Libya	2–2(a)	Niger	2–2	0–0
	(a)1–1	Gambia	0–0	1–1
Sudan	3–1		1–0	2–1
Eritrea	0–1	Rwanda	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
Algeria	1–3	Niger	1–2	0–1
Morocco	3–1		3–0	0–1
Egypt	4–0	Sudan	4–0	0–0
South Africa	2–2(a)		2–1	0–1
Mozambique	1–4	Rwanda	1–0	0–4
Angola	5–2		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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Morocco	DSQ	Niger	4–0	not played
Zambia	2–3	Egypt	2–0	0–3
	0–3		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[]

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

•  Angola
•  Benin (host)
•  Ivory Coast
•  Egypt
•  
•  Mali
•  Morocco
•  Nigeria

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

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
	3	1	0	2	3	7	–4	3
Angola	3	0	0	3	1	4	–3	0

Knock-out Stage[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	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[]

Third place match[]

Final[]

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.

•  Benin
•  Egypt
•  Morocco
•  Nigeria

Goalscorers[]

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
		1
	Bachirou Osseni	1
	Bokang Mothoana	1
	Boubacar Kebe	1
	Coffi Agbessi	1
		1
		1
	Isaac Promise	1
	Islam Siam	1
		1
		1
		1
	Mathieu Adeniyi	1
	Mohamed Abdallah	1
	Olubayo Adefemi	1
	Rachid Tiberkanine	1
	Razak Omotoyossi	1
	Romuald Boco	1
		1

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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. However, this did not stop the tournament which continued as normal and Benin went on to win a bronze medal later on.^[2]

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