U-20 African Cup of Nations 2005 / qualification

The qualification for the U-20 African Cup of Nations 2005 was held to determine the seven finalists alongside hosts Benin . The games took place between April 2 and October 24, 2004.

mode

The registered teams determined the seven final round participants in three qualifying rounds in the knockout system with home and return legs. In the event of a tie, the away goal rule decided on progress. If there was also a tie, a penalty shoot- out was carried out without extra time .

Preliminary round

The first legs were played on April 2 and 3, the second legs on April 17 and 18, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Libya	(a)2: 2 (a)	Niger	2: 2	0-0
Sierra Leone	(a) 1: 1(a)	Gambia	0-0	1: 1
Sudan	3: 1	Somalia	1-0	2: 1
Lesotho	:	Mauritius	:	:
Eritrea	0: 1	Rwanda	0: 1	0-0
Namibia	0: 5	Botswana	0-0	0: 5
Burundi	:	Republic of the Congo	:	:

Mauritius and Burundi withdrew their team. The other teams had no play.

First round

The first legs were played between July 16 and 18, the second legs between July 30 and August 2, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Algeria	1: 3	Niger	1: 2	0: 1
Morocco	3: 1	Sierra Leone	3-0	0: 1
Egypt	4-0	Sudan	4-0	0-0
Ethiopia	:	Zambia	:	:
South Africa	(a)2: 2 (a)	Lesotho	2: 1	0: 1
Zimbabwe	:	Tanzania	:	:
Mozambique	1: 4	Rwanda	1-0	0: 4
Angola	5: 2	Botswana	3-0	2: 2
Ivory Coast	2: 2 5: 4 i. E.	Guinea	2-0	0: 2
Ghana	:	Gabon	:	:
Tunisia	1: 1 3: 5 i. E.	Burkina Faso	1-0	0: 1
Democratic Republic of Congo	:	Nigeria	:	:
Cameroon	:	Republic of the Congo	:	:
Mali	3: 1	Senegal	3: 1	0-0

Ethiopia, Tanzania, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo withdrew their teams.

Second round

The first legs were played between October 1 and 3, the second legs on October 23 and 24, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Morocco	:	Niger	4-0	:
Zambia	2: 3	Egypt	2-0	0: 3
Zimbabwe	0: 3	Lesotho	0-0	0: 3
Angola	1-0	Rwanda	1-0	0-0
Ghana	1: 2	Ivory Coast	0: 1	1: 1
Nigeria	5: 2	Burkina Faso	2-0	3: 2
Mali	(a) 2: 2(a)	Cameroon	1-0	1: 2

Niger have been suspended by FIFA ahead of the second leg.

Result

Morocco, Egypt, Lesotho, Angola, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Mali qualified for the finals.

Web links

• African U-20 Championship 2005 on rsssf.com (English)