The 2005 African Youth Championship was an international football competition that took place between 15 and 29 January 2005.

The tournament was hosted by Benin and also served as qualification for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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.

However, this did not stop the tournament which continued as normal and Benin went on to win a bronze medal later on.