2015 African U-20 Championship

2015 African U-20 Championship

Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2015
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)	Musa Muhammed (4 goals)
Best player(s)	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

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

•   Congo
•   Ghana
•   Ivory Coast
•   Mali
•   Nigeria
•   Senegal (hosts)
•   South Africa
•   Zambia

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

• 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

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

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

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

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

8 March 2015

16:30

Senegal	1–3	Nigeria
Sarr 27'	Report	Awoniyi 9', 12' Matthew 43'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

8 March 2015

19:30

Congo	1–1	Ivory Coast
Ganvoula 75'	Report	Meite 37'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

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11 March 2015

16:30

Nigeria	4–1	Congo
Matthew 4' Muhammed 35' (pen.), 56' (pen.) Awoniyi 87'	Report	Ganvoula 61'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

11 March 2015

19:30

Ivory Coast	2–2	Senegal
Angban 8' Bedia 89'	Report	Wadji 51', 56'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

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14 March 2015

17:00

Senegal	4–3	Congo
Niang 15' Wadji 36' Sarr 87', 90'	Report	Nkounkou 20' Ganvoula 55' Bakaki 66'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

14 March 2015

17:00

Nigeria	2–2	Ivory Coast
Pyagbara 27' Muhammed 68' (pen.)	Report	Niangbo 5' Bedia 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 9' (o.g.) B. Tetteh 44'	Report

Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour

Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

9 March 2015

19:30

Mali	1–0	Zambia
Diallo 75'	Report

Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour

Referee: Hagi Yabarow Wiish (Somalia)

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12 March 2015

16:30

South Africa	1–2	Mali
Madisha 71' (pen.)	Report	H. Traoré 77', 86'

Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour

Referee: Mohamed Ragab Omar (Libya)

12 March 2015

19:30

Zambia	1–2	Ghana
D. Daka 2'	Report	Attobrah 26' Afful 85'

Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour

Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)

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15 March 2015

17:00

Ghana	0–1	Mali
	Report	I. Diarra 18'

Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour

Referee: Aurélien Juenkou Wandji (Cameroon)

15 March 2015

17:00

South Africa	5–2	Zambia
Zuma 22', 63' Sandows 57', 66', 87'	Report	Seriba 30' (o.g.) Zulu 90'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Knockout stage

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-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 23' Muhammed 71' (pen.)	Report

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

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19 March 2015

17:00

Mali	1–2	Senegal
Diallo 5'	Report	Koné 2', 81'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Third place match

22 March 2015

16:30

Ghana	3–1	Mali
Yeboah 24', 65' Aboagye 70'	Report	Touré 84'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan)

Final

22 March 2015

19:30

Nigeria	1–0	Senegal
Bulbwa 17'	Report

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Awards

• Fair play trophy: Nigeria ^[8]
• Orange Man of the tournament: Yaw Yeboah ^[8]
• Best goal of the tournament: Bernard Bulbwa against Senegal in the final ^[8]

Team of the tournament

Starting Eleven [8] Enaholo Joshua Musa Muhammed Souleymane Diarra Mouhameth Sané Sidy Sarr Alassane Diallo Ibrahima Wadji Yaw Yeboah Idowu Elijah Clifford Aboagye Taiwo Awoniyi

Substitutes [8] Sory Ibrahim Traore Joseph Aidoo Ifeanyi Matthew Omego Prince Tyroane Joe Sandows Silvere Ganvoula Mboussy Malick Toure Prosper Kassim

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Musa Muhammed

3 goals

• Silvère Ganvoula
• Taiwo Awoniyi
• Sidy Sarr
• Ibrahima Wadji
• Tyroane Sandows

2 goals

• Chris Bedia
• Yaw Yeboah
• Alassane Diallo
• Hamidou Traoré
• Ifeanyi Matthew
• Dumisani Zuma
• Moussa Koné

1 goal

• Constantin Bakaki
• Moise Nkounkou
• Clifford Aboagye
• Samuel Afful
• Asiedu Attobrah
• Benjamin Tetteh
• Victorien Angban
• Yakou Meite
• Dogbole Niangbo
• Ichaka Diarra
• Malick Touré
• Bernard Bulbwa
• Obinna Nwobodo
• Christian Pyagbara
• El Hadji Malick Niang
• Motjeka Madisha
• Dave Daka
• Charles Zulu

Own goal

• Thamsanqa Masiya (against Ghana)
• Kabelo Seriba (against Zambia)

See also

• 2015 African U-17 Championship

References

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. "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. "General Statistics of Orange African U-20 Championship Senegal 2015". CAF. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

External links

• 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship, CAFonline.com