2005 African U-17 Championship

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.

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

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

•  Burkina Faso
•  Gambia (host nation)
•  Ghana
•  Ivory Coast
•  Mali
•  Nigeria
•  South Africa
•  Zimbabwe

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 Michael  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' Ceesay  59' M. Traoré  48' Diabaté  65' Independence Stadium, Bakau 10 May 2005 Burkina Faso  2–1  Ghana Akaminko  10' (o.g.) Kiema  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  Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 2 10 -8 0 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' Independence Stadium, Bakau 17 May 2005 South Africa  1 – 2  Gambia Sibeko  18' Sainey Nyassi  48' Ceesay  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 Jallow  87' Independence Stadium, Bakau Winners 2005 CAF Under-17 Championship Gambia First title Goalscorers 4 goals Opoku Agyemang 3 goals Ismaël Fofana Ousman Jallow Cheick Diabaté Simon Zenke Ibrahim Jibrin Wuya Tumelo Nhlapo 2 goals Konan Serge Kouadio Momodou Ceesay 2 goals, cont. Mahamane Traoré Samuel Chukwudi Sibusiso Msomi 1 goal Marius Sibdou Kiema Alain Traoré Koffi Kouassi (footballer, born 1989) Sainey Nyassi Sanna Nyassi Awudu Abubakar George Appiah 1 goal, cont. Banahene Michael Lassina Diarra Michael Nkambule Amos Sibeko Mkhanyiseli Siwahla Ovidy Karuru Victor Mtandavari 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. External links RSSSF.com: African U-17 Championship 2005