The 2005 African U-17 Championship qualification was a men's under-17 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2005 African U-17 Championship.
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
Notes and references
- ^ Tanzania was disqualified for fielding an over-aged player (Nurdin Bakari) in the preliminary and the first round.
External links
- African U-17 Championship 2005 - rsssf.org