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Football at the 2015 African Games – Men's qualification

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Not to be confused with 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification.

The 2015 African Games men's football tournament qualification decided the participating teams of the 2015 African Games men's football tournament. A total of eight teams qualified to play in the men's football tournament, including Congo who qualified automatically as hosts.[1] Both the qualifying rounds and the final tournament were age-restricted and open to men's under-23 national teams only.

2015 African Games men's football tournament qualification
Tournament details
Dates21 February – 12 April
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored45 (1.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Kahraba (4 goals)
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Teams edit

A total of 24 teams entered the qualifying rounds, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[2]

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
First round
20
Second round
4
Qualifying rounds Total 24
Final tournament 1

Format edit

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).

The seven winners of the second round qualified for the final tournament.

Schedule edit

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[3]

Round Leg Date
First round First leg 20–22 February 2015
Second leg 6–8 March 2015
Second round First leg 20–22 March 2015
Second leg 10–12 April 2015

Qualification rounds edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burkina Faso   w/o   Libya — —
Ivory Coast   w/o   Guinea-Bissau — —
DR Congo   1–2   Burundi 0–1 1–1
Egypt   4–1   Kenya 3–0 1–1
Gabon   1–6   Nigeria 1–4 0–2
Zambia   w/o   Madagascar — —
Mali   w/o   Tunisia — —
Mozambique   0–0 (4–1 p)   Uganda 0–0 0–0
Swaziland   w/o   Zimbabwe — —
Ethiopia   1–4   Sudan 1–2 0–2

Note: Libya, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Tunisia and Swaziland withdrew.[4]

Burkina Faso  Cancelled  Libya
Report
Libya  Cancelled  Burkina Faso
Report

Burkina Faso won on walkover.

Ivory Coast  Cancelled  Guinea-Bissau
Report
Guinea-Bissau  Cancelled  Ivory Coast
Report

Ivory Coast won on walkover.

DR Congo  0–1  Burundi
Report Nshimirimana   50'
Referee: Aurélien Juenkou Wandji (Cameroon)
Burundi  1–1  DR Congo
Fiston   42' Report Ipumbu   36'
Referee: Zekarias Girma Fega (Ethiopia)

Burundi won 2–1 on aggregate.

Egypt  3–0  Kenya
Rabia   45'
Kahraba   88', 90+4' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Mokhtar Amalou (Algeria)
Kenya  1–1  Egypt
Omumbo   22' (pen.) Report Kahraba   16' (pen.)
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

Egypt won 4–1 on aggregate.

Gabon  1–4  Nigeria
Méyé   53' Report Ajayi   2', 47'
Oghenekaro   45+1' (pen.)
Onyekachi   90'
Referee: Denis Dembele (Ivory Coast)
Nigeria  2–0  Gabon
Oduduwa   67'
Ajayi   87'		 Report
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

Nigeria won 6–1 on aggregate.

Zambia  Cancelled  Madagascar
Report
Madagascar  Cancelled  Zambia
Report

Zambia won on walkover.

Mali  Cancelled  Tunisia
Report
Tunisia  Cancelled  Mali
Report

Mali won on walkover.

Mozambique  0–0  Uganda
Report
Referee: Dennis Nguluwe (Malawi)
Uganda  0–0  Mozambique
Report
Penalties
1–4
Referee: Jean Claude Kinamvuidi Fuengi (DR Congo)

0–0 on aggregate. Mozambique won on penalties.

Swaziland  Cancelled  Zimbabwe
Report
Zimbabwe  Cancelled  Swaziland
Report

Zimbabwe won on walkover.

Ethiopia  1–2  Sudan
Hotessa   89' (pen.) Report Osman   26'
Gaafar   38'
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)
Sudan  2–0  Ethiopia
Mukhtar   3'
Osman   56'		 Report
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

Sudan won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round edit

Winners qualified for 2015 African Games.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burkina Faso   2–1   Ivory Coast 2–1 0–0
Burundi   0–4   Egypt 0–2 0–2
Nigeria   2–1   Zambia 0–0 2–1
Mali   3–3 (a)   Senegal 2–2 1–1
Mozambique   1–2   Ghana 1–0 0–2
Zimbabwe   2–1   Cameroon 1–0 1–1
Sudan   2–1   South Africa 2–0 0–1
Burkina Faso  2–1  Ivory Coast
Ouédraogo   54'
Sango   88'		 Report Kouadio   45+2'
Referee: Ousmane Sidibe (Mali)
Ivory Coast  0–0  Burkina Faso
Report
Referee: El Fatih Wadeed Khaleel (Sudan)

Burkina Faso won 2–1 on aggregate.

Burundi  0–2  Egypt
Report Trezeguet   5'
Fathi   45'
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
Egypt  2–0  Burundi
Kahraba   21'
Salem   62'		 Report
Referee: Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)

Egypt won 4–0 on aggregate.

Nigeria  0–0  Zambia
Report
Referee: Med Said Kordi (Tunisia)
Zambia  1–2  Nigeria
Samu   76' Report Awoniyi   35', 87'
Referee: Mohamed Hamada (Mauritania)

Nigeria won 2–1 on aggregate.

Mali  2–2  Senegal
Sylla   6'
A. Traoré   68'		 Report Diaw   15'
Thiouné   75'
Referee: Daudu Williams (Sierra Leone)
Senegal  1–1  Mali
Koné   54' Report S. Traoré   15'
Referee: Idriss Biani (Chad)

3–3 on aggregate. Senegal won on away goals.

Mozambique  1–0  Ghana
Salomão   85' Report
Referee: Osiase William Koto (Lesotho)
Ghana  2–0  Mozambique
Salomão   73' (o.g.)
Adjei   83'		 Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Ghana won 2–1 on aggregate.

Zimbabwe  1–0  Cameroon
Mutasa   21' Report
Referee: Tinyiko Victor Hlungwani (South Africa)
Cameroon  1–1  Zimbabwe
Tchamabo   45' Report Moyo   57' (pen.)
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)

Zimbabwe won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sudan  2–0  South Africa
Osman   21'
El Tahir   69'		 Report
Referee: Bruno Andriamiharisoa (Madagascar)
South Africa  1–0  Sudan
Masuku   83' Report
Referee: Allister Barra (Seychelles)

Sudan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams edit

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  Congo (hosts) 14 September 2011[1] 3 (1965, 1973, 1995)
  Burkina Faso 11 April 2015 1 (1973)
  Egypt 12 April 2015 7 (1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007)
  Nigeria 12 April 2015 5 (1973, 1978, 1991, 1995, 2003)
  Senegal 12 April 2015 3 (1987, 2003, 2011)
  Ghana 12 April 2015 5 (1973, 1978, 2003, 2007, 2011)
  Zimbabwe 12 April 2015 2 (1991, 1995)
  Sudan 11 April 2015 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition. Burundi, the team eliminated by Egypt in the final round, declined to replace them due to short notice. Therefore, only seven teams competed in the final tournament.[5]

Goalscorers edit

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Congo to host 2015 All Africa Games". 2011-09-14.
  2. ^ "AAG Congo 2015: Men, Women qualifiers set for start". CAFonline.com. 20 February 2015.
  3. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Jeux Africains : La RD Congo et le Gabon à la trappe" (in French). Afrik.com. 9 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Egypt withdraws from African Games Brazzaville 2015". CAF. 26 August 2015.

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