2015 African U-20 Championship
International football competition
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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]
| 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) |
| Venues | 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 | 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
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
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]
- Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
- Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference in all games;
- Goals scored in all games;
- Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards were evaluated;
- 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 |
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 |
| Ghana | 2–0 | South Africa |
|---|---|---|
Masiya  9' (o.g.)B. Tetteh  44' |
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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
Third place match
Final
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
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Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- Musa Muhammed
- 3 goals
- 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)