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) Ghana Opoku Agyemang

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
Central African Republic  3 – 1  Congo 3 – 0 0 – 1
Botswana  2 – 4  Lesotho 1 – 2 1 – 2
Burundi  2 – 1  Namibia 1 – 1 1 – 0
Somalia  w/o  Eritrea
Madagascar  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
Mozambique  1 – 8  South Africa 0 – 3 1 – 5
Sudan  1 – 0  Eritrea 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
Libya  w/o  Morocco
Ethiopia  w/o  Egypt
Zimbabwe  w/o  Madagascar
Gabon  w/o  Central African Republic
Angola  w/o  Lesotho
DR Congo  w/o  Burundi

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]  Zimbabwe 3 – 1 1 – 0
Mali  4 – 1  Central African Republic 3 – 0 1 – 1
Angola  1 – 6  Nigeria 1 – 3 0 – 3
Burundi  3 – 5  Burkina Faso 2 – 0 1 – 5

Qualified teams

Group stage

Legend
Advanced to semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 320154+16
 Gambia 320143+16
 Mali 31027703
 Burkina Faso 310235-23

7 May 2005
Ghana  3–2  Mali
Michael  9'
Appiah  72' (pen.)
Agyemang
Diabaté  8'
Ansong  51' (o.g.)

10 May 2005
Gambia  3–2  Mali
Jallow  50' (pen.)  64'
Ceesay  59'
M. Traoré  48'
Diabaté  65'

10 May 2005
Burkina Faso  2–1  Ghana
Akaminko  10' (o.g.)
Kiema  14'
Agyemang  80' (pen.)

13 May 2005
Gambia  0–1  Ghana
Agyemang  14'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Africa 321073+47
 Ivory Coast 320153+26
 Nigeria 311186+24
 Zimbabwe 3003210-80

8 May 2005
Nigeria  2–2  South Africa
Zenke  50'
Wuya  78'
Msomi  20'
Nhlapo  43' (pen.)
Serrekunda Stadium, Serrekunda

8 May 2005
Ivory Coast  2–0  Zimbabwe
Fofana  63'  68'
Serrekunda Stadium, Serrekunda

11 May 2005
Nigeria  2–3  Ivory Coast
Wuya  4'
Zenke  84'
Fofana  7'
Kouassi  18'
Kouadio  78'
Serrekunda Stadium, Serrekunda

11 May 2005
South Africa  4–1  Zimbabwe
Nkambule  45'
Siwahla  57'
Nhlapo  65'
Msomi  82'
Mtandavari  34'
Serrekunda Stadium, Serrekunda

14 May 2005
Zimbabwe  1–4  Nigeria
Karuru  40' Zenke  37'
Wuya  43'
Chukwudi  62'  69'
Serrekunda Stadium, Serrekunda

14 May 2005
Ivory Coast  0–1  South Africa
Nhlapo  48'
Serrekunda Stadium, Serrekunda

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

17 May 2005
Ghana  2 0 (a.e.t.)  Ivory Coast
Abubakar  115'
Agyemang  120'

17 May 2005
South Africa  1 2  Gambia
Sibeko  18' Sainey Nyassi  48'
Ceesay  51'

Third place playoff

21 May 2005
Ivory Coast  1 0  South Africa
Kouadio  87'

Final

22 May 2005
Ghana  0 1  Gambia
Jallow  87'

Winners

2005 CAF Under-17 Championship
The Gambia
Gambia
First title

Countries to participate in 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The 3 teams which qualified for 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Goalscorers

4 goals
  • Ghana Opoku Agyemang
3 goals
2 goals

2 goals, cont.
1 goal

1 goal, cont.
Own goals

References

  1. Tanzania was disqualified for fielding an over-aged player (Nurdin Bakari) in the preliminary and the first round.

External links

RSSSF.com: African U-17 Championship 2005