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2015 African U-20 Championship

The 2015 African U-20 Championship was the 20th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. The tournament took place in Senegal between 8–22 March 2015.[1][2]

2015 African U-20 Championship
Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2015
Tournament details
Host countrySenegal
Dates8–22 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (7th title)
Runners-up Senegal
Third place Ghana
Fourth place Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored53 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Musa Muhammed
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Ghana Yaw Yeboah
Fair play award Nigeria
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The semi-finalists of the tournament qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.[3] Nigeria won the tournament, and were joined by hosts Senegal, Ghana, and Mali as CAF qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification edit

Main article: 2015 African U-20 Championship qualification

The qualifiers were played between April and August 2014. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Senegal.

Qualified teams edit

Venues edit

Cities Venues Capacity
Dakar Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor 60,000
M'Bour Stade Caroline Faye 5,000

Match officials edit

The referees were:[4]

Referees
  •   Joshua Bondo
  •   Juste Ephrem Zio
  •   Thierry Nkurunziza
  •   Aurélien Juenkou Wandji
  •   Ibrahim Nour El Din
  •   Bienvenu Sinko
  •   Davies Ogenche Omweno
  •   Mohamed Ragab Omar
  •   Mahamadou Keita
  •   Rédouane Jiyed
  •   Daouda Gueye
  •   Hagi Yabarow Wiish
  •   Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla
Assistant referees
  •   Mokrane Gourari
  •   Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue
  •   Issa Yaya
  •   Olivier Safari Kabene
  •   Berhe O'Michael
  •   Kindie Mussie
  •   David Laryea
  •   Sidiki Sidibe
  •   Abderahmane Warr
  •   Abel Baba
  •   Ababacar Sene
  •   Hensley Danny Petrousse
  •   Mothibidi Stevens Khumalo
  •   Faouzi Jridi
  •   Mark Ssonko

Draw edit

The draw for the final tournament was held on 21 December 2014, 11:00 UTC+02:00, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[5] Senegal and Ghana were seeded and placed into Groups A and B respectively.[6]

Squads edit

Main article: 2015 African U-20 Championship squads

Each team could register a squad of 21 players (three of whom had to be goalkeepers).[3]

Group stage edit

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:[3]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference in all games;
  5. Goals scored in all games;
  6. Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards were evaluated;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are UTC±00:00.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Nigeria 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Knockout stage and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2   Senegal (H) 3 1 1 1 7 8 −1 4
3   Ivory Coast 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 3
4   Congo 3 0 1 2 5 9 −4 1
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Senegal  1–3  Nigeria
Sarr   27' Report Awoniyi   9', 12'
Matthew   43'
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Congo  1–1  Ivory Coast
Ganvoula   75' Report Meite   37'
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)
Nigeria  4–1  Congo
Matthew   4'
Muhammed   35' (pen.), 56' (pen.)
Awoniyi   87'		 Report Ganvoula   61'
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Ivory Coast  2–2  Senegal
Angban   8'
Bedia   89'		 Report Wadji   51', 56'
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Senegal  4–3  Congo
Niang   15'
Wadji   36'
Sarr   87', 90'		 Report Nkounkou   20'
Ganvoula   55'
Bakaki   66'
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Nigeria  2–2  Ivory Coast
Pyagbara   27'
Muhammed   68' (pen.)		 Report Niangbo   5'
Bedia   32'
Referee: Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Mali 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Knockout stage and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2   Ghana 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3   South Africa 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4   Zambia 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
Source: CAF
Ghana  2–0  South Africa
Masiya   9' (o.g.)
B. Tetteh   44'		 Report
Mali  1–0  Zambia
Diallo   75' Report
Referee: Hagi Yabarow Wiish (Somalia)
South Africa  1–2  Mali
Madisha   71' (pen.) Report H. Traoré   77', 86'
Referee: Mohamed Ragab Omar (Libya)
Zambia  1–2  Ghana
D. Daka   2' Report Attobrah   26'
Afful   85'
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)
Ghana  0–1  Mali
Report I. Diarra   18'
Referee: Aurélien Juenkou Wandji (Cameroon)
South Africa  5–2  Zambia
Zuma   22', 63'
Sandows   57', 66', 87'		 Report Seriba   30' (o.g.)
Zulu   90'
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Knockout stage edit

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third place where no extra time was played.[3]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 March
 
 
  Nigeria2
 
22 March
 
  Ghana0
 
  Nigeria1
 
19 March
 
  Senegal0
 
  Mali1
 
 
  Senegal2
 
Third place
 
 
22 March
 
 
  Ghana3
 
 
  Mali1

Semi-finals edit

Nigeria  2–0  Ghana
Nwobodo   23'
Muhammed   71' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Mali  1–2  Senegal
Diallo   5' Report Koné   2', 81'

Third place match edit

Ghana  3–1  Mali
Yeboah   24', 65'
Aboagye   70'		 Report Touré   84'
Referee: Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan)

Final edit

Nigeria  1–0  Senegal
Bulbwa   17' Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Awards edit

Team of the tournament edit

Goalscorers edit

4 goals
  •   Musa Muhammed
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Confederation Africaine de Football Press Release" (PDF). CAF. 22 September 2013. Archived from the original (pdf) on September 27, 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on hosting of Junior and Senior CAF Competitions". CAF. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "Regulations of the African Youth Championship" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  4. ^ "Referees". CAFOnline.com. March 1, 2015.
  5. ^ "U-17 & U-20 draw set for Dec. 21". CAF. 15 December 2014.
  6. ^ "COSAFA duo, South Africa, Zambia draw each other". CAF. 21 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 19th African U20 Championship, Senegal-2015" (PDF). CAF.
  8. ^ a b c d e "General Statistics of Orange African U-20 Championship Senegal 2015". CAF. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

External links edit

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