Football at the 2015 African Games – Men's tournament
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The 2015 African Games men's football tournament was the 11th edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The men's football tournament was held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo between 6–18 September 2015 as part of the 2015 African Games. The tournament was age-restricted and open to men's under-23 national teams only.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Republic of the Congo |
| City | Brazzaville |
| Dates | 6–18 September |
| Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Senegal (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Burkina Faso |
| Third place |  Nigeria |
| Fourth place | Congo |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 22 (1.69 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ibrahima Keita Mohamed Sydney Sylla (3 goals each) |
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Qualification
Congo qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and took place from February to April 2015.[1]
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition.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 tournament, and Group B, where Egypt were drawn in, was composed of three teams only.[2]
Venues
A new 60,000 capacity stadium, Stade Municipal de Kintélé, was built for the 2015 African Games. The Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat was also used.
| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Brazzaville | Stade Municipal de Kintélé | 60,000 |
| Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat | 33,037 | |
Squads
Group stage
The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[4][5] For the draw, the hosts Congo were seeded in position A1 and the holders Ghana were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups.[6]
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
All times were local, WAT (UTC+1).[7]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congo (H) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Burkina Faso |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4[a] | |
| 3 |  Sudan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4[a] | |
| 4 |  Zimbabwe |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 0–1 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Sylla  63' |
| Burkina Faso | 1–2 | Congo |
|---|---|---|
| Somda 62' |
Report | Makiessé 4' Somda  85' (o.g.) |
| Sudan | 0–0 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Senegal |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Ghana |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Egypt |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 15 September – Brazzaville | ||||||
| Congo | 1 | |||||
| 17 September – Brazzaville | ||||||
| Senegal | 3 | |||||
| Senegal | 1 | |||||
| 15 September – Brazzaville | ||||||
| Burkina Faso | 0 | |||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||
| Burkina Faso | 3 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 18 September – Brazzaville | ||||||
| Congo | 0 (3) | |||||
| Nigeria (p) | 0 (5) | |||||
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
| Senegal | 1–0 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
| Seydi 2' |
Report |
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Senegal |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 | Gold Medal |
 |
Burkina Faso |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Silver Medal |
 |
Nigeria |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Congo (H) |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Sudan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Zimbabwe |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Ghana |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |
| 8 | Egypt |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
Goalscorers
- 3 goals
Mohamed Sydney Sylla
Ibrahima Keita
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Omar Kaboré
- Ziem Somda
Junior Makiessé- Merveil Ndockyt
Mustapha Abdullahi- Junior Ajayi
- Etor Daniel
- Kingsley Sokari
- Cheikhou Dieng
- Moussa Seydi
Abuaagla Abdalla- Walaa Eldin Yaqoub
Tafadzwa Kutinyu
- Own goal
- Ziem Somda (playing against Congo)