2005 African Youth Championship

2005 African Youth Championship
CAN Junior
Tournament details
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria
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.

Contents

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2005 African Youth Championship squads.

Group

Group A

15 January 2005
  Côte d'Ivoire 1-0  Mali
Abdramane Diaby  61'
15 January 2005
  Benin 0-3  Nigeria
Taye Taiwo  25' (pen)
David Adwo  34'
Victor Obinna  46'
18 January 2005
  Nigeria 3-1  Mali
Kalifa Dembele  55' David Abwo  45'
Solomon Okoronkwo  81'
Olubayo Adefemi  84'
18 January 2005
  Côte d'Ivoire 1-4  Benin
Zahiri Yedi  90' Coffi Agbesi  37'
Gariga Maiga  49'
 80' (pen)
Mathieu Adeniyi  52'
22 January 2005
  Nigeria 1-0  Côte d'Ivoire
Taye Taiwo  78'
22 January 2005
  Benin 3-3  Mali
Romuald Boco  31'
Bachirou Osseni  40'
Razak Omotoyossi  44'		 Kalifa Dembele  27'
Boubacar Kebe  35'
Koniba Ladji 65'
Position Team Played Won Drew Lost Goals for Goals against Points
1  Nigeria 3 3 0 0 7 1 9
2  Benin 3 1 1 1 7 7 4
3  Côte d'Ivoire 3 1 0 2 2 5 3
4  Mali 3 0 1 2 4 7 1

Group B

16 January 2005
  Egypt 1-0  Angola
Hossam Nasr  20' (pen)
16 January 2005
  Morocco 2-0  Lesotho
Rachid Tiberkrane  63'
Tarik Bendamou  80'
19 January 2005
  Angola 1-2  Lesotho
Manuel Zando  27' Dlomo Monaphathi  40'
Bokang Mothoana  45'
19 January 2005
  Morocco 2-2  Egypt
Mouhssine Iajour  49'
Tarik Bendamou  76'		 Mahmoud Alla  46'
Islam Siam  84'
23 January 2005
  Angola 0-1  Morocco
Mouhssine Iajour  39'
23 January 2005
  Egypt 4-1  Lesotho
Abdou Abdallah  7'
Farag Ahmed  12'
Mohamed Abdallah  75'
Mahmoud Alla  82'		 Lintho Korie  88' (pen)
Position Team Played Won Drew Lost Goals for Goals against Points
1  Egypt 3 2 1 0 7 3 7
2  Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 2 7
3  Lesotho 3 1 0 2 3 7 3
4  Angola 3 0 0 3 1 4 0

Knock-out Stage

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

Semifinals

26 January 2005
  Nigeria 2-2  Morocco
Solomon Okoronkwo  53'
Victor Obinna  114'		 Mouhssine Iajour  11'  101'
  Penalties  
5-3
26 January 2005
  Egypt 1-1  Benin
Farag Ahmed  83' Abou Maiga  3'
  Penalties  
3-1

Third Place Match

January 29 2005
  Morocco 1-1  Benin
Mouhssine Iajour  11' Abdoulaye Ouzerou  45'
  Penalties  
3-5

Final

January 29 2005
  Nigeria 2-0  Egypt
Isaac Promise  45'  55'

Goalscorers

Nationality Player name Goals scored
Mouhssine Iajour 4
David Adwo 2
Farag Ahmed 2
Kalifa Dembele 2
Mahmoud Alla 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 Tiberkrane 1
Razak Omotoyossi 1
Romuald Boco 1
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. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2353987/Murder-of-goalkeeper-will-not-stop-tournament.html. Retrieved 24 May 2011. 
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