2015 African U-20 Championship

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2015 African U-20 Championship
Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2015
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Tournament details
Host country Senegal
Dates 8–22 March
Teams 8 (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 played 16
Goals scored 53 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nigeria Musa Muhammed
(4 goals)
Best player Ghana Yaw Yeboah
Fair play award  Nigeria
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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]

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

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

Qualified teams

Venues

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

Match officials

The referees were:[4]

Referees

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  • Botswana Joshua Bondo
  • Burkina Faso Juste Ephrem Zio
  • Burundi Thierry Nkurunziza
  • Cameroon Aurélien Juenkou Wandji
  • Egypt Ibrahim Nour El Din
  • Ivory Coast Bienvenu Sinko
  • Kenya Davies Ogenche Omweno
  • Libya Mohamed Ragab Omar
  • Mali Mahamadou Keita
  • Morocco Rédouane Jiyed
  • Senegal Daouda Gueye
  • Somalia Hagi Yabarow Wiish
  • Sudan Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla
Assistant referees

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  • Algeria Mokrane Gourari
  • Cameroon Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue
  • Chad Issa Yaya
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Olivier Safari Kabene
  • Eritrea Berhe O'Michael
  • Ethiopia Kindie Mussie
  • Ghana David Laryea
  • Guinea Sidiki Sidibe
  • Mauritania Abderahmane Warr
  • Nigeria Abel Baba
  • Senegal Ababacar Sene
  • Seychelles Hensley Danny Petrousse
  • South Africa Mothibidi Stevens Khumalo
  • Tunisia Faouzi Jridi
  • Uganda Mark Ssonko

Draw

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

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Each team can register a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[3]

Group stage

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 are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are 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 are evaluated;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times UTC±00:00.

Group A

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) Host.

8 March 2015
16:30
Senegal  1–3  Nigeria
Sarr Goal 27' Report Awoniyi Goal 9', 12'
Matthew Goal 43'
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

8 March 2015
19:30
Congo  1–1  Ivory Coast
Ganvoula Goal 75' Report Meite Goal 37'
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

11 March 2015
16:30
Nigeria  4–1  Congo
Matthew Goal 4'
Muhammed Goal 35' (pen.), 56' (pen.)
Awoniyi Goal 87'		 Report Ganvoula Goal 61'
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

11 March 2015
19:30
Ivory Coast  2–2  Senegal
Angban Goal 8'
Bedia Goal 89'		 Report Wadji Goal 51', 56'

14 March 2015
17:00
Senegal  4–3  Congo
Niang Goal 15'
Wadji Goal 36'
Sarr Goal 87', 90'		 Report Nkounkou Goal 20'
Ganvoula Goal 55'
Bakaki Goal 66'
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

14 March 2015
17:00
Nigeria  2–2  Ivory Coast
Pyagbara Goal 27'
Muhammed Goal 68' (pen.)		 Report Niangbo Goal 5'
Bedia Goal 32'
Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour
Referee: Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan)

Group B

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

9 March 2015
16:30
Ghana  2–0  South Africa
Masiya Goal 9' (o.g.)
B. Tetteh Goal 44'		 Report

9 March 2015
19:30
Mali  1–0  Zambia
Diallo Goal 75' Report
Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour
Referee: Hagi Yabarow Wiish (Somalia)

12 March 2015
16:30
South Africa  1–2  Mali
Modjeka Goal 71' (pen.) Report H. Traoré Goal 77', 86'
Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour
Referee: Mohamed Ragab Omar (Libya)

12 March 2015
19:30
Zambia  1–2  Ghana
D. Daka Goal 2' Report Attobrah Goal 26'
Afful Goal 85'
Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)

15 March 2015
17:00
Ghana  0–1  Mali
Report I. Diarra Goal 18'
Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour
Referee: Aurélien Juenkou Wandji (Cameroon)

15 March 2015
17:00
South Africa  5–2  Zambia
Zuma Goal 22', 63'
Sandows Goal 57', 66', 87'		 Report Seriba Goal 30' (o.g.)
Zulu Goal 90'

Knockout stage

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

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
            
 
 18 March
 
 
  Nigeria 2
 
 22 March
 
  Ghana 0
 
  Nigeria 1
 
 19 March
 
  Senegal 0
 
  Mali 1
 
 
  Senegal 2
 
 Third Place
 
 
 22 March
 
 
  Ghana 3
 
 
  Mali 1

Semi-finals

18 March 2015
17:00
Nigeria  2–0  Ghana
Nwobodo Goal 23'
Muhammed Goal 71' (pen.)		 Report
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

19 March 2015
17:00
Mali  1–2  Senegal
Diallo Goal 5' Report Koné Goal 2', 81'

Third place match

22 March 2015
16:30
Ghana  3–1  Mali
Yeboah Goal 24', 65'
Aboagye Goal 70'		 Report Touré Goal 84'
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Referee: Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan)

Final

22 March 2015
19:30
Nigeria  1–0  Senegal
Bulbwa Goal 17' Report

Awards

Team of the tournament

Goalscorers

4 goals
  • Nigeria Musa Muhammed
3 goals

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2 goals

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1 goal

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Own goal

See also

References

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