2005 African U-17 Championship

2005 African U-17 Championship
African U-17 Championship 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Gambia
Dates	7–22 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
	← 2003 2007 →

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

Qualified teams

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Ghana	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6	Advanced to the semifinals
Gambia	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6	Advanced to the semifinals
Mali	3	1	2	7	7	0	3	Eliminated and missed out on the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship
Burkina Faso	3	1	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	Advanced to the semifinals
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.