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) Musa Muhammed
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Yaw Yeboah
Fair play award Nigeria

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

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 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.
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
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

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

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

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

Awards

Team of the tournament

Goalscorers
4 goals
  • Musa Muhammed
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Thamsanqa Masiya (against Ghana)
  • Kabelo Seriba (against Zambia)

See also

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.
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