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 countryGambia
Dates7–22 May
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored48 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Opoku Agyemang
2003
2007

Qualification

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Qualified teams

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Group stage

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Group A

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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
Gambia  1–0  Burkina Faso
Sanna Nyassi   69'

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

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

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

Gambia  0–1  Ghana
Agyemang   14'

Mali  3–1  Burkina Faso
Diabaté   11'
M. Traoré  
Diarra   90'
A. Traoré   64'

Group B

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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
Nigeria  2–2  South Africa
Zenke   50'
Wuya   78'
Msomi   20'
Nhlapo   43' (pen.)

Ivory Coast  2–0  Zimbabwe
Fofana   63'   68'

Nigeria  2–3  Ivory Coast
Wuya   4'
Zenke   84'
Fofana   7'
Kouassi   18'
Kouadio   78'

South Africa  4–1  Zimbabwe
Nkambule   45'
Siwahla   57'
Nhlapo   65'
Msomi   82'
Mtandavari   34'

Zimbabwe  1–4  Nigeria
Karuru   40' Zenke   37'
Wuya   43'
Chukwudi   62'   69'

Knock-out stage

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Semifinals

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

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

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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

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Ghana  0 – 1  Gambia
Report Jallow   87'

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Winners

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2005 CAF Under-17 Championship
 
Gambia
First title

Goalscorers

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References

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  1. ^ Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (22 May 2005). "Gambia win African U-17 title". BBC. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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