2005 African Youth Championship

Qualification

Preliminary round

Burundi and Mauritius withdrew. As a result, the Republic of Congo and Lesotho advanced to the next round. |}

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. |}

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. |}

Squads

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

• (host)

Group stage

Group A

David Adwo Victor Obinna

Solomon Okoronkwo Olubayo Adefemi

Gariga Maiga

Mathieu Adeniyi

Bachirou Osseni Razak Omotoyossi Boubacar Kebe Koniba Ladji

Group B

Tarik Bendamou

Bokang Mothoana Tarik Bendamou Islam Siam

Farag Ahmed Mohamed Abdallah Mahmoud Alla

Knock-out Stage

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Semifinals

Victor Obinna

Third place match

Final

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The four best performing teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Goalscorers

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 blamed 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.

References

References

1. "African U-20 Championship 2005".
2. Clare, Nelson. (19 January 2005). "Murder of goalkeeper will not stop tournament". Telegraph.